

Case Study
Carve-out of three sites for leading international pharmaceutical company
Harmonization of three new sites regarding HR, IT and employment terms and conditions
Company Details
- Leading international full-service contract development and manufacturing company
- 11 production sites in Europe and the USA
- 2,600 employees
Situation and Challenge
- Acquisition of 3 new sites
- Announcement of the acquisition of the company by PE firm
- Global head of HR leaves the company
Objective and Tasks
- Carve-out of the three acquired sites in relation to terms of employment conditions, IT system, HR organization
- Harmonization of the terms and conditions of employment of all locations in Switzerland
Measures and Procedures
- Alignment of the terms and conditions of employment of the acquired sites with those of the company
- Outsourcing of payroll accounting for the two new Swiss sites
- Harmonization of the HR presence within the Swiss sites
- Development of an HR IT strategy
- Establishment of a global HR network
Results and Achievements
- New harmonised terms and conditions of employment for all CH sites without redundancies
- Despite enormous time pressure (9 months) successful project outsourcing payroll Switzerland with the first payroll
- Introduction of a uniform talent acquisition system
- Establishment of the HR organization in Switzerland
- Introduction of a success factor for two key locations
- Introduction of competency model for all sites
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