Industry:
Oil and gas
Employees:
64,000
Headquarters:
Houston, USA
Managing large fluctuations of employee numbers across multiple geographies and entities while ensuring a correct and timely payroll processing, is not an easy task for HR departments.
In order to tackle this challenge and to increase HR service delivery efficiency, Baker Hughes, a global oilfield services company active decided to globally transform its HR department.
In addition to improving payroll accuracy and increasing HR efficiency, Baker Hughes also needed to comply with legal and regulatory requirements. But perhaps more importantly, reduce HR operational costs.
To achieve these objectives, Baker Hughes decided to adopt a new global HR information system. This harmonized and consolidated their global HR processes.
In addition, their payroll was outsourced in 14 countries, managing over 11,500 employees. As a result, HR can now focus on delivering added-value services to support the business and the future growth of the company.
In 2007, Baker Hughes decided to look for a long-term partner to support the objectives of their HR transformation program:
Overall, Baker Hughes’ main HR objective was to increase HR service delivery efficiency. This whilst reducing HR costs and operational efforts. Therefore, they wanted to collaborate with a single partner which could support them from an HRIS and HR services perspective on a global basis.
Based on Baker Hughes’ HR challenges and requirements, NGA Human Resources proposed the following solution:
Baker Hughes Incorporated is a global oilfield services company delivering focused efforts on shale gas and other oilfield services. They are bases in Houston, Texas in the USA with nearly 40,000 employees in over 90 countries.
The use of euHReka as their global HR technology responds to Baker Hughes’ need to have a global HR system to manage its employees. In addition, outsourcing payroll processing gives Baker Hughes the opportunity to focus on value-added HR activities. As such, this integrated HR solution allows them to drive down time-to-benefit and cost, increase standardization and quality and improve HR management. Through all steps of this journey, NGA acts a true partner and accompanies Baker Hughes in the transformation of their HR department towards a more efficient and competitive model.
Results and Benefits
As a result, Baker Hughes can now benefit from fully integrated, standardized and harmonized HR data and processes across the globe. The decision to outsource payroll to NGA led to a more flexible and configurable payroll solution, as well as to a more harmonized and simplified in-country payroll management.
The setup of standard processes, a single HR technology based on euHReka and global payroll outsourcing services, provided Baker Hughes with the following business benefits:
Why euHReka
euHReka was chosen based on the following criteria:
Why NGA Human Resources
Baker Hughes selected NGA as their long-term HR partner thanks to our proven capability to meet all of their requirements. Our comprehensive solution combining the setup of standard processes, an innovative HR technology, a proven project management methodology and global payroll outsourcing services, was selected as the best response to Baker Hughes HR challenges. Throughout the project, NGA was perceived as a true partner focusing on mutual trust and collaboration at all levels. NGA’s flexible HR solution now enables Baker Hughes’ HR department to support the business, and can at easily be adapted to future requirements as well.