Ringnes Signs Full Service HR Outsourcing Agreement with Zalaris
Zalaris HR Services AS to outsource transactional HR and payroll for Ringnes - a market leading beverage producer and member of the Carlsberg Group in Norway.
Zalaris shall deliver full service payroll and personnel administrative processes to Ringnes' 1500 employees on the basis of Zalaris' smartHR template with go live in March 2010.
The ten year agreement is an important as a part of Zalaris' extending the SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) based smartHR template to support organizations that combine production with a large mobile and field based work force.
In addition to delivering full service HR, personnel and payroll services in Norway, Zalaris shall implement system supported processes based on the smartHR template powered by SAP HCM covering the following functionality:
- Performance appraisals
- Competency and learning
- Work force planning
- Sick leave follow up solution
The agreement resulted from a thorough tender and evaluation process.
"We are naturally very satisfied to be selected as Ringnes' partner for full service personnel administration and payroll. Ringnes' values combined with an active involvement of HR in corporate development makes an excellent fit with Zalaris' own value system" says Hans-Petter Mellerud, Zalaris CEO.
"The Zalaris' to be delivered functionality will improve integration of the various HR functions and the day to day HR process flow. At the same time we can offer a set of tools supporting managers operating the various HR processes" says Kari Nicolaisen, Ringnes' HR Director.
Zalaris is certified as a SAP Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) Partner and is a leading SAP Human Capital Management (HCM) and SuccessFactors consulting partner. Founded in 2000, Zalaris today operates in Denmark, Estonia, Finland, India, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland and Sweden, including local-language service centers with extensive expertise in HR-related laws and regulations.