Cloetta selects Workday to support HR transformation

Global confectionery giant Cloetta have opted to pick Workday to transform their HR department, and will oversee all the required tasks needed to progress….
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Workday, Inc., a leader in enterprise cloud applications for finance and human resources, have announced that Cloetta, a leading global confectionery company has selected Workday Human Capital Management (HCM),  to streamline and standardise its HR policies, processes, and reporting, while increasing the efficiency and quality of HR support for both managers and employees.

Headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden, Cloetta is the leader in the Nordic confectionery market with a heritage dating back to 1872. Cloetta manufactures and markets confectionary, chocolate products, nuts, pastilles, chewing gum and pick & mix concepts. Cloetta´s products are sold in more than 50 markets and include well-known brands: Malaco, The Jelly Bean Factory, and Sportlife.

With Workday HCM, Cloetta will transform its HR business for more than 2,600 users, providing managers across 11 countries with real-time insights and reporting. The Workday deployment will also ensure that Cloetta meets the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) compliance requirements.

With Workday, Cloetta will also be able to:

  • Gain greater control of, and visibility into HR data to drive better decisions around performance management and employee development.
  • Hire faster and make more-informed decisions on a global basis, using all relevant data in one mobile-first system.
  • Simplify administration and benefit from less manual data entry.
  • Leverage Workday’s “Power of One” – one version of software, one security model, one user experience, one architecture, and one customer community — to benefit from continuous innovation delivered in the cloud.

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“As a consumer goods business with access into more than 50 markets, it’s crucial that Cloetta’s systems and processes reflect the global nature of our organisation, and empower our employees and managers with one, standardised way of working,” says Regina Ekström, senior vice president, Cloetta “We’re confident that, with Workday, we have a partner that will help us improve the efficiency of our HR operations today and meet our needs as we continue to grow.”

“Organisations with a strong heritage, such as Cloetta, have developed their reputation and position as market leaders over many years, while building increasingly complex HR processes and systems,” said Mattias Bolander, regional director, Nordics, Workday. “The journey to HR transformation is about simplification. Workday is focused on helping organisations eradicate complexity and make quicker, data-driven decisions that enable them to keep pace with rapid business change.”

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