HR project management case study
Offshoring of a business unit from Germany to Canada
Country: Germany / Canada
Industry: Telecommunications
Company: GmbH, ~€600 million revenue, ~3000 employees
Team: 80 FTE
Duration: 16 weeks
Scope: Relocation of a business unit abroad
Initial situation:
>>> Post-merger migration of business units within the company
>>> Management decision to offshoring a business unit to Toronto (Canada)
Project:
>>> Information to the works council regarding the operational change pursuant to Section 111 of the Works Constitution Act
>>> Drafting the social plan and negotiating with the works council
>>> Information event for the employees of the business unit
>>> Employees partially reassigned to other business units in Germany
>>> Partial reduction of staff based on the social plan
Project result
>>> Knowledge transfer successfully completed
>>> Activities continued in the outsourced business unit >>> Customer orders successfully fulfilled
Added value for the company / ROI
>>> Synergies through the merging of business units
