One of the best things about working at AIRINC is getting to talk to so many different people across a variety of industries and locations. We get to work on all sorts of projects including, but not limited to, policy, strategy, and operational excellence.
While there are many reasons for organizations to make changes to their Mobility function, the leading reason is that HRBPs are increasingly engaging Mobility in global workforce modeling. More and more HRBPs are asking Mobility to consult, coach, and problem solve.
Another common driver for change is when organizations want to strengthen their processes and increase efficiencies, either internally and/or with their service partners.
These two priorities often neatly complement each other. Because few organizations are adding headcount, there is a need to drive operational efficiency to create the capacity for consultative relationships.
In a recent Operational Optimization project, a client came to us with a decentralized function with more than 4 dozen external service partners across the globe. Following these steps, the determination for the future structure was for Centralization and globalization of vendors. Some of the compelling reasons to move to a Centralized function were:
For this particular client, 'Centralization' will allow for a consistent and improved experience for employees and will create a global standardized approach to assignments and relocations. One of the big challenges for this company is to help previously autonomous business units understand that the transfer to a centralized function is advantageous to them as well as to the company at large. The communication strategy has largely focused on neutralizing this perceived loss of local authority and demonstrating the advantages global and local businesses.
The next step in this project is to look at the skillset of the internal team.
Be sure to look subscribe to our blog, to see the next update where we take a deeper dive on this topic. Kudos to my colleague Mike Wincott who co-produced this post with me.
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