Cezanne’s human capital management software, which will be implemented by PricewaterhouseCoopers and Cezanne Software Ibérica, was selected based on its web technology, modularity and rich feature set

Grupo Balzola has selected Cezanne Software Ibérica, the Spanish subsidiary of Cezanne Software, a leading European provider of advanced solutions for human capital management, to supply HR solutions in order to streamline the management of the group’s workforce.

PricewaterhouseCoopers, along with Cezanne Software Ibérica, will manage the implementation of the solution. According to Carlos Bel, HR Consultant at PricewaterhouseCoopers, this has the benefit of: “combining the expertise of Cezanne Software in the area of human resources and their understanding of talent management, with the consulting and management experience of PricewaterhouseCoopers.”

Balzola was established in 1989 and is one of the most important construction companies in Spain. The company tailors its solutions to its customers; combining the flexibility of a small company with the capabilities and drive of a big one. Among their core strategic values, in addition to customer satisfaction and the delivery of successful projects, are concern for the environment and a high level of quality control. The group employs more than 400 professionals, 110 of them graduates.

The company wanted a system to speed up their HR processes, and met with Cezanne Software as well as other leading HR software vendors. After working with PricewaterhouseCoopers to define their HR system requirements, and following a comprehensive evaluation of different HR solutions, the managers of Grupo Balzola selected Cezanne Enterprise.

Abel Las Hayas, HR Director of Grupo Balzola, says that Cezanne Software was selected because: “The wide range of functionality offered by Cezanne Enterprise will allow us to improve all of the processes associated with human capital management, from selection and recruitment of talent through to its retention. The full web technology of Cezanne’s solution was another deciding factor.”

Total Talent Management
For Grupo Balzola, human capital management is one of the key factors in the growth of their organization; which is why improving and streamlining HR-related processes has been made a high priority. The ability to be able to analyse salaries and model compensation in order to define reward policies; or to design pay for performance approaches that allows performance to be managed against individual and collective goals; or to manage the training and associated development activities of employees are only some of the many possibilities the Cezanne HCM solution offers to Grupo Balzola.

According to Las Hayas: “We needed to provide the group’s professionals and managers with the right tools to find and improve talent.” But, to develop talent you first have to have an optimal recruitment process - from definition and publication of vacancies through to candidate selection.
“For this reason, it is fundamental to have reliable, easy-to-use tools that facilitate talent management from beginning to end, and allow the organization to grow without requiring changes to the system. The advantages of using Cezanne Enterprise can be summed up in three words: usability, functionality and scalability”, says Félix Díaz, Account Manager at Cezanne Software Ibérica.

From their side, Grupo Balzola highlights other features of Cezanne Enterprise as critical to the implementation; the availability of a configurable tool to run e-surveys; the combination of enterprise-wide HR administration with an employee and manager portal that provides the information needed to make decisions; the ability to manage vacation plans based on contract, department, seniority etc; the powerful query and reporting tools; and the management of data relating to the administration of stock option plans.

For more information about Grupo Balzola visit: http://www.balzola.com