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Support from a unified
IT system
All these processes can function
harmoniously only if managed
worldwide on a common system.
This is provided by the “Connect”
system for the strategic and
operational HR processes, and for
all the basic data. This SAP-based
system is compatible with the ERPs
(Enterprise Resource Planning)
already operational throughout the
Group for managing the businesses
and in particular with the Shared
Services Centre (3S) in Lisbon
(Portugal).
The Group’s new HR
organization
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The “Renaissance”
project: the
resources for the
Group’s global HR
management
Renaissance is the
project that supports
and gives concrete
form, in its three
aspects, to the
transformation of the
overall HR function
within the Group, in
a manner consistent
with the new HR
strategies and policies.
Reconfiguration of all
HR processes
The full range of HR processes,
organized in a global architecture
(the Solvay HR process
framework) as been rethought
in the framework of unified
global functioning:
Strategic processes:
• develop Solvay Culture;
• develop organizational
performance.
Operating processes:
• manage workforce planning;
• hiring, career management;
• manage skills, expertise and
competencies;
• manage employee performance;
• managing international mobility;
• reward.
The introduction of the new HR
policies, with the processes
reviewed and managed globally
on a single system, has given rise
to a new HR organization, aligned
to the Group’s global structure,
respectful of its Values, and oriented
towards its businesses. This
organization takes account of local
specificities and clarifies roles and
responsibilities.
The major changes cover
four items:
• the “Business HR,” HR managers
of the different Sectors and
Functions, of the SBUs, legal
entities and sites, become the
center of gravity of the Group’s
HR organization. It is they who
pilot the HR processes described
above and are responsible for
their smooth operation vis-à-vis
their respective entities, for
defining the objectives supporting
the enterprises’ strategies and for
implementing them;
Support and transactional
processes:
• manage internal & external
employee relationship;
• manage payroll & data.
• the HR Competence Centres,
which define the HR policies
for which they are responsible.
They also oversee the proper
application of and changes and
revisions to those policies.
Solvay Global Annual Report 2007