Proactive position management for a pharma multinational
People are the key assets within most companies around the world, especially in knowledge driven industries like pharmaceuticals. Planning based on headcount can be very volatile even when the staff turnover is low. There are always promotions, job rotations and transfers. This makes headcount models very sensitive to changes, requiring a lot of maintenance.
Goals
- Decrease the adjustments needed to keep the plan up to date; positions only move to another department in case of a reorganization and are far less volatile;
- Stop the need to get a position approved over and over again after a person leaves: If a person leaves the department the headcount becomes zero, whilst a position can stay but is set to’ Open’ as long as there is a vacancy. This means that the managers don’t have to ask for budget for one and the same position again and again;
- Improved accuracy and alignment with the business.
Vision & Approach
Together with FP&A and HR we developed a position based model instead of a headcount based model, making the integration with the HR system more smooth and being able to analyze the capacity available, the open positions and the transfers.
Added Value
- Planning model supporting the process within the company, giving clear insight into approved positions versus unapproved positions;
- A dynamic planning solution based on parameters and positions, without the hassle of an headcount model;
- Better integration of source system and planning and budgeting system.
