Karistem supports a historical actor of the French communication industry
to design its HR target organisation
Context
Over the last few years, a historical actor of the French communication industry is facing deep changes within its sector. To face a deteriorating economic situation, a plan to bring costs down has been carried out accross all entities for several years.
In this context, the Group HR Director is questioning the performance of the HR function and its capacity to support a potential reorganisation of the Group.
Karistem was mandated to realise a performance diagnosis and to issue recommandations.
Mission
To realise the objectives, Karistem choose an approach in six steps :
- Analyse the current organisation and the resource allocation (dimensioning and perimeter covered)
- Carry out a benchmark of HR functions in order to identify good practices on the market and to analyse several organisation modes
- Analyse the current organisation and the resource allocation (dimensioning and perimeter covered)
- Co-construct a target model independently of the one in place, following the ZBO method (Zero Based Organization)
- Adjust the target model according to the one in place and to the benchmark results
- Define the main objectives of each position and the missing skills
- Build a 3-year Business Case to evaluate benefits/costs associated to this transformation
Main results :
- A HR strategy aligned with the Group strategy
- An assessment of the activities, skills and resources of the current HRD
- A realisation of the gaps between te Group HR function and the market standards (quanti/quali)
- A target organisation more agile, in the service of the Group’s transformation
- A quantified target saving
Key figures :
- 8 companies leader in HR interviewed
- 19 interviews carried out within the Group (whole Executive Committee and the HR and business directors)
- A new organisation built around 3 excellence centers
- A quantified and justified objective of costs reduction
Why Karistem ?
Four key factors explaining why Karistem was chosen :
- Small team of consultants
- Internal resources highly leveraged
- Constant focus on results
- Ability to mobilise and drive through change