OUR SUCCESS STORIES
HR CONSULTING FOR AN INTERNATIONAL CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY ORGANISATION
“A Renowned International Construction Machinery Organisation based in Saudi Arabia approached Origin Consultants to lead an HR Consulting Project involving Organisation Structure Design & Implementation of an Effective and Efficient Operating Model.”
Organisation Structure Design & Implementation by the HR Consulting Team led to improved business processes, achieved new efficiencies, adopted new digital capabilities, reduced labour costs and improved service levels of the organisation.
HR CONSULTING FOR RETAIL & FASHION INDUSTRY
Organization Development, Transformation & Workforce Effectiveness boosting assignment that improved business, sales and processes, achieved new efficiencies, reduced people issue and costs and brought about a performance driven and positive culture that delivered substantial incremental profit.
ONBOARDING PROCESS FOR A RETAIL ORGANIZATION
“We’re too busy to run a Retail Employee Onboarding Program,” can stop you dead in your tracks from making your Retail Stores succeed.
Here’s a little secret… The better you Onboard your employees, the more likely they will stay with your organization and vice versa.
So, what is Onboarding for a Retail Employee?
Onboarding Process includes all the detailed steps you use to set an employee and your team - up for success! It must include the following:
SUCCESS STORY
HR CONSULTING FOR CONSTRUCTION MACHINERY INDUSTRY
HR Challenges at Construction Machinery Organization
This Construction Machinery Company which was based in Saudi Arabia had been suffering from poor employee performance, heavy labour costs and support departments were over staffed. Critical business processes were lagging in delivery and thus service levels were affected badly.
The Board asked Origin Consultants to advise and spearhead in the Organisation Re-Structure Design & Implementation of an effective and efficient operating model assignment.
The Desired Objectives
To Improve Business Processes and
Bring Down Labour Costs of the Equipment Rental, Leasing, Credit, Control, Billing & Collection Departments of the Finance Department.
Improve Service Delivery Levels and Customer Service.
Solution for the Talent Quality Issues of the Domestic Market.
Design and implement an Operating model that will be more flexible, modern and efficient.
Discovery during HR Consulting for Construction Machinery at The Study Stage:
As the foremost step, a thorough diagnostic study of the organizational was done. Origin Consultants worked closely with the company's leadership to understand the stated challenges of the organization and the findings were:
Quality of workforce was inadequate and lacked enthusiasm.
The Finance Division supporting Construction Machinery Leasing Business with Rental Billing & Collection was over staffed and was a major cost centre due to huge labour costs.
The Finance Division supporting Construction Machinery Sales Business through Invoicing & Credit Control was also over staffed and was a major cost centre due to huge labour costs.
There was a lack of relevant and suitable talent in the domestic market due to visa and other regulations in the country.
Business Processes in the Accounting Support Function department had redundancies and were unnecessarily complex.
Service Delivery Levels of departments was unsatisfactory and were leading to huge lags and business losses.
A culture lacking energy and stimulation existed in the Department.
Origin’s HR Consulting Approach & Delivery:
As a global construction machinery company embarked on a journey to transform its business services organization, we helped them design and implement a new operating model. We suggested a Shared Service Model that would address all the current challenges of talent availability, manpower costs, service levels and delivery. The Board immediately accepted this decision and asked us to initiate the search for a Managed Service Provider.
Through an accelerated but meticulous RFP, Evaluation & Selection Process for a managed services provider (MSP), we guided the Client Organisation. This involved evaluating the business cases for all the complex organizational redesign required to integrate a new Shared Service Provider. Eventually a leading Managed Service Provider in India was selected for the services.
We then helped them implement its new shared services blueprint, which transformed the accounting support function services. A new shared service model that integrated corporate functions and new service deliveries was designed.
We supported the company during the entire transition of services to onshore and offshore locations with programs sequenced to accelerate value delivery.
The Results Delivered by Origin’s HR Consulting for Construction Machinery Organisation:
The result was a new shared services organization with suitable workforce, improved service levels, reduced costs drastically, embraced new digital capabilities and became a more efficient growth engine for the Company.
Together these ideas revolutionized their way of doing business, reduced in-scope operating costs by nearly half and created an organization and operating model that was more flexible, modern and efficient.
The new operating model significantly lowered their annual labour costs, automated 15% to 20% of the department’s activity.
As this Organisation continues to implement our recommendations, our work will help them increase internal NPS- Net Promoter Scores and save nearly $00 million while embracing new digital capabilities and improving service quality for both internal and external customers.
Summary of overall Impact on the Organization:
New effective and efficient Operating Model Implemented
Managed Service Partner onboarded
Business & Accounting Support Processes Streamlined
Culture of High Pace, Energy and Performance in the department achieved
Labour Costs of the Finance Support Departments (Billing, Collections, Invoicing & Credit Control) reduced by 50%
Talent Acquisition & Talent Pipeline Management
Contact Origin’s HR Consulting for Construction Machinery Team to streamline processes and set up High Pace, Energy and Performance culture for your Construction Equipment organization that delivers reduced people costs, enhanced efficiencies, improved customer service and profits.
SUCCESS STORY
CONSULTING FOR RETAIL & FASHION INDUSTRY
Challenge at the Retail Organization
A retail company, historically an industry leader, had seen its performance lag its competitors’. Its overhead costs were significantly higher than average—driven by a complex, oversized organization with a low performing workforce and unstructured and ad-hoc processes with minimum control.
The Board asked Origin Consultants to help undertake an Organisation Development, Transformation & Workforce Effectiveness boosting assignment. Objectives were to bring the leadership closer to the business, reduce cost, build employee motivation and morale, improve sales, workforce effectiveness and customer service.
Discovery at the Initial Study Stage
Post conducting a thorough diagnostic of the current organization, Origin Consultants worked closely with the company's leadership to determine the architecture of the organization and the findings were:
On assessing the Senior Management Team, it was found that the Core Team lacked in Leadership Skills & direction.
A laid back and a culture lacking pace was prevailing.
Non effective performance management system existed.
Not enough checks and control mechanisms to important processes such as billing, inventory management, vendor management, and sales which were costing the organisation dramatically.
Decision-making was adhoc and not streamlined.
There were behavioural and attitudinal issues that had to be addressed and resolved on priority.
Origin Consultants Approach and Delivery
With joint decisions to address these findings, the assignment kicked off. Origin Consultants drove a detailed master plan for the transition. We developed a comprehensive step by step chart to address all the challenges through effective communication with employees and systematic approaches.
A central program-management office (PMO), co-staffed by Origin Consultants and the company’s best talent, oversaw the entire organisation development and transformation and provided hands-on support to employees in setting/redesigning various processes.
Over an intense eight month period, the new organization was designed level-by-level;
New core processes were developed; relevant HR policies and procedures were designed and implemented,
Detailed job descriptions were defined right across the business;
Employees were appointed to new positions through a carefully managed application and selection process;
Retail SOPs were deployed throughout the stores,
Inventory audit systems initiated,
Sales incentives were designed and
New KRAs and performance metrics were created to give Regional Managers clear profit- and loss- accountability,
Employee engagement strategies were set in place.
Impact
A comprehensive set of Business, HR and Sales & Inventory Control Processes was designed and successfully implemented in just eight months.
During this time the organization was significantly simplified and streamlined, personnel numbers were reduced by 12 percent, losses due to pilferage at stores was reduced by 00%, Employee Effectiveness drastically improved and a performance driven culture was in place,
As a result, the company's profit margin moved up significantly in two years, adding to substantial incremental profit.
Summary of overall Impact on the Organization
Leadership Competencies enhanced
HR Policies & Procedures Implemented
Talent Acquisition & Talent Pipeline Management
Behavioral & Attitude issues resolved
Business & Sales Processes Streamlined
Inventory Control & Pilferage Reduction
Attractive Sales Incentive Programs
Continuous Performance Management System (KRAs, KPIs & Metrics)
High Employee Motivation and Morale
Culture of High Pace and Performance achieved
ONBOARDING PROCESS
FOR A RETAIL ORGANIZATION
“We’re too busy to run a Retail Employee Onboarding Program,” can stop you dead in your tracks from making your Retail Stores succeed.
When Origin Consultants was consulting a Fashion Retail Client and trying to understand their existing Onboarding Process, we found that Onboarding there consisted of:
A checklist of topics that the employee had to self-study and self-learn.
A document which the newcomer signed stating that he had understood his role and responsibilities and knows how and where to get his uniforms.
An instruction to shadow his co-worker Sagar, who will be his “On the Job Trainer” at the store. Sagar had been with the organization for over 8 months.
The newcomer obviously failed miserably when servicing the customers at the Retail outlet and following Sagar’s explicit instruction to let customers take only 4 apparels to trial rooms, the customer said, "What is this?" and demanded to carry more. The customer got angry and called for the store manager. The new joinee then endured a dressing down by his manager in front of the customers at the store.
Origin Consultants understood, the newcomers were thrown into a pool and told to swim.
Such incidents have been instrumental when designing all the Retail Employees Onboarding and Induction Processes that Origin Consultants have crafted for their Retail Clients over the years.
Origin Consultants believe that Onboarding should prepare an employee for his tenure at the organization.
So many Retail Organizations are struggling to fill vacant positions due to high turnover and uncertainty about the future.
Here’s a little secret… The better you Onboard your employees, the more likely they will stay with your organization and vice versa.
So, what is Onboarding for a Retail Employee?
Onboarding Process includes all the detailed steps you use to set an employee and your team - up for success! It must include the following:
Corporate Section:
Code of Conduct
Company Values
Founders and / or Top Management Brief
Vision & Mission of the Company
Human Resource Section:
Reporting Structure
Introduction to the Team
Dress code & Personal Hygiene
Leave & Work Hour Policies
Harassment Guidelines
Asset Allocation & Record
HR Handbook
Employee Record:
All Personnel Records need to be up to date and as per the statutory compliances:
Employee Identification Details
Employee Tax Details
Past Employment Records
Educational Documents
Family Contact Details
Blood Group and Health Record
HR Benefits Forms & Documents
Health & Accident Insurance
Functional / Store Related:
Most standard onboarding processes are geared around orienting the new associate to the store; however, it must also plan for their long-term relationship with customers and the retail brand and must include:
Store Operations SOPs – Standard Operating Procedures
Retail KPIs
Performance Evaluation Parameters
Growth opportunities for employees
Billing & POS Training
Product Knowledge
Who are the Customers?
How to deal with Emergencies like theft, fire, etc.
What are the benefits of a thoughtfully crafted Onboarding Program?
70% of employees who have a positive onboarding experience at your company are more likely to remain with you.
Professional onboarding increases employee performance rates, employee engagement and retention levels.
Further, a structured onboarding process results in a steep increase in productivity.
Thus, there is a high return on investment in onboarding employees for success, but it does take time, professionalism and consistency.
If onboarding is rushed as a checklist to be completed as fast as possible, you set yourself up for new associates having to learn – as one did at the retail outlet – only from making mistakes.
However, a well-designed Onboarding Process where the learner is achieving quick wins, will boost motivation and confidence in your new hires.
Get in touch to Design and Implement your Retail Employee Onboarding Process today!