2005 Annual report - Virbac

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Training and development
With the addition of a talent manager within the Group HR
Department, Virbac’s training management is being
overhauled in terms of both processes and quality.
In fact from 2006 managers will participate in identifying
training needs and be much more involved than in the past
in the proposed solutions. In parallel, a series of initiatives
are being undertaken internationally such as, for example, a
sales and marketing course for European subsidiaries initially
as well as an international leadership project which will be
developed over a number of years.
Compensation
Virbac applies a compensation policy that is directly linked
to corporate performance.
In France, the policy for manual workers, technicians and
supervisory staff has a strong social focus with social
benefits above and beyond the sector median as well as a
policy of combined general and individual salary increases.
The policy for executives is constantly being reviewed and
focuses primarily on compensating individual performance,
which is subject to a full analysis of mastery of the position,
contribution over the year as well as internal and external
criteria regarding fairness.
Internationally the desire to harmonise is primarily focussed
on executives in order to simplify personnel exchanges
globally and thus to facilitate international careers.
Group workforce
Workforce at 31/12/05 per geographic area Total % Women % Men %
Europe 1,223 55% 629 51% 594 49%
North America 279 13% 105 38% 174 62%
Latin America 233 10% 89 38% 144 62%
Pacific 163 7% 77 47% 86 53%
Asia 203 9% 73 36% 130 64%
Africa / Middle East 129 6% 44 34% 85 66%
VIRBAC TOTAL 2,230 100% 1,017 46% 1,213 54%
Over half the workforce is in Europe (55%) with 985 employees in France (44%).
Change in workforce per geographic area 2005 2004 Change %
Europe 1,223 1,240 -17 -1%
North America 279 270 9 3%
Latin America 233 218 15 7%
Pacific 163 231 -68 -29%
Asia 203 172 31 18%
Africa / Middle East 129 129 - -
VIRBAC TOTAL 2,230 2,260 -30 -1%
The workforce at 31 December 2005 was down 1%, namely 30 employees, following the disposal of MR Manufacturing and
Packaging in 2005 (66 employees in 2004) and growth in the Asia and Latin America areas.
Workforce by function 2005 % 2004 %
Production 908 41% 955 42%
Administration 337 15% 330 15%
Sales & Marketing 768 34% 757 33%
Research & Development 217 10% 218 10%
TOTAL 2,230 100% 2,260 100%
The breakdown between the main functions remained stable between 2004 and 2005. In terms of production, the disposal of MR
Manufacturing and Packaging had an impact since 88% of employees were production-related (58 people).