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Case Study

Carve-out of three sites for leading international pharmaceutical company

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Harmonization of three new sites regarding HR, IT and employment terms and conditions

A leading international pharmaceutical company is harmonizing its three new sites and introducing an HR and IT strategy. In addition, the employment conditions for the Swiss sites were harmonized and an HR organization was successfully established in Switzerland.

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Company Details

  • Leading international full-service contract development and manufacturing company
  • 11 production sites in Europe and the USA
  • 2,600 employees
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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
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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
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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
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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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