Chemicals, Forestry & Paper, Industrial Metals, Mining

The heavy manufacturing and materials industry, punctuated by the advent of global procurement, offshore manufacturing and the relocation of low-tech activities to areas such as Central & Eastern Europe, Russia, Turkey and China, finds itself at a crossroads. As the price of commodities continues to rise, even low-cost provider organisations need to accelerate their pace of innovation to remain competitive.

People and talent challenges

These industries are becoming increasing technologically complex, which in turn places serious demand on the recruitment and retention of highly qualified people. Organisations need to be able to identify the talent they have – or recently acquired - and understand how they can develop and retain it.  Simultaneously, they need to reach into diverse markets to attract new talent in a highly competitive, skills shortage market.

How can Jobpartners help you?

With Jobpartners ActiveSuite solutions, you can connect your overall business strategy with your people management strategies to:

• Broaden and diversify your global talent reach to attract innovative talent
• Align with works councils and labour groups with clear, easy-to-use people planning and performance processes
• Optimise your labour arbitrage strategies with improved compensation planning and reward strategies aligned with your business objectives
• Fully engage managers and employees at all levels to be personally accountable to improve overall corporate performance

Let us show you how we’ve worked with industry leaders such as Corus, Evonik and Solvay to put the people back into people management to strengthen your bottom line.