CUSTOMER STORY
dsm-firmenich Streamlined Their People Data Insights To Create a More Data-Driven HR
dsm-firmenich is a global science-based company active in nutrition, health, and sustainable living. The company is headquartered in Heerlen, Netherlands, and was founded in 1902.
INDUSTRY
Manufacturing
HEADQUARTERS
Heerlen, Netherlands
EMPLOYEES
23,000+
VISIER PEOPLE® SOLUTIONS:
• Benchmarks • Essentials • Standardized Occupations • Talent Acquisition
With people analytics from Visier, dsm-firmenich has:
Regained 80% of time previously spent gathering data.
Increased user adoption by implementing an intuitive interface.
Reduced the effort required for discovering important insights.
dsm-firmenich's user adoption rates dramatically increased with a new streamlined and intuitive people data interface from Visier, resulting in a more data-driven team.
As much as we like to talk about HR as a strategic business partner, I haven't seen a whole lot of organizations who have been really able to successfully take that position. But being able to provide insights very quickly is just one of those absolutely essential pillars to get there. And you have to grasp the right momentum and show results quickly, and that's also what we have been able to do with Visier. We would never have been able to do it at that speed when we would have been building something ourselves.
Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience
THE CHALLENGE
Scattered people data
The Vice President of Global Strategy, Analytics & Employee Experience, Laura Stevens, and her team sought a solution to their scattered people data landscape. With more than five different Power BI dashboards, her team was spending 80% of their time on integrating data sources and ad-hoc reporting. They wanted to put that time and effort into seeking solutions that would add business value instead.
In their pursuit to spend resources more effectively on projects with business impact, they decided to partner with Visier.
THE SOLUTION
Intuitive user experience
For Laura, getting a solution was less about the technology than it was about the likelihood of adoption and adding business value. “Making the approach to data or insights democratization as easy as possible is paramount,” she says. With no shortage of data nowadays, presenting only the relevant data is key. Visier’s intuitive user interface and ability to coexist with enterprise reporting tools that present people and organizational data together was a perfect fit.
The ability to reveal subconscious patterns on a daily basis without having to spend an enormous amount of modeling efforts just adds a tremendous amount of value to the organization.
Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience
1. Better data architecture
Curated an HR tech ecosystem that allows data to flow across systems.
2. Faster insights
Delivered pre-built visualizations for at-a-glance, accurate analysis.
3. Less manual analysis
Empowered HR professionals to refocus on more strategic initiatives.
4. Deeper conversations
Sparked meaningful discussions about diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We strongly believe that when our people adopt or make use of insights, the quality of their decision-making actually increases and that better decisions make us a better organization increasing our value.
Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience
THE OUTCOME
Quick user adoption
The greatest success for DSM has been the enormous amount of rapid adoption, which has led to Laura’s team becoming more data-driven.
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LOW EFFORT REQUIRED FOR INSIGHTS
After implementing Visier, Laura’s team was able to immediately validate a hypothesis that male line managers have a tendency to hire more males.
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IMPROVED HR'S REPUTATION
Being able to provide insights quickly has positioned HR as a strategic business partner within the organization. While HR teams are often criticized for not providing enough value, this isn’t the case for dsm-firmenich, which Laura says has been made possible because of Visier.
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EXTERNAL VALIDATION
The next focus for DSM is to drill into Visier’s benchmarking solution. A common follow-up question from business leaders is how the company’s people data compares to other businesses. Plus, external benchmarks help Laura’s team communicate the value of focusing on certain problems to solve.
All the people in the HR leadership team have access to Visier. Our head of finance by the way, also has access. So, they use it for cost reporting, for FDA reporting. I bet that if you would ask the executive committee whether they know Visier, they would say yes. I actually think that they find it one of the greatest tools or platforms that came out of HR over the last few years.
Laura Stevens, VP Global Strategy, Analytics, & Employee Experience
Visier solutions used by dsm-firmenich
Visier People® Benchmarks
Visier Benchmarks cover North America, Central Asia, and all of Europe divided into four subregions: Western, Eastern, Northern, and Southern.
Visier People® Essentials
Visier People® Essentials is a single people analytics package designed to help you move the needle on the HR challenges that matter most—from talent acquisition to retention, and beyond.
Visier People® Standardized Occupations
Match your organization’s jobs using job titles and any other fields that add details to jobs to a standardized list of job names and hierarchies.
Visier People® Talent Acquisition
Connect recruiting data with employee outcomes so you can refine and define recruitment processes, programs, and results.
About Visier
Visier is the recognized global leader in people analytics, workforce and compensation planning, embedded solutions, and GenAI for people answers. At the core of Visier’s innovations is a simple premise: People impact is business impact, and you can’t manage what you don’t measure. Visier gives people-powered organizations the tools and insights to drive productivity, performance, and business outcomes through people impact. Founded in 2010 by the pioneers of business intelligence, Visier has over 50,000 customers in 75 countries, including enterprises like BASF, Panasonic, Experian, Amgen, eBay, Ford Motor Company, and more. Visier is headquartered in Vancouver, BC with offices and team members worldwide.
For more information, visit visier.com