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UK’s leading off-price premium and luxury brand e-tailer

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THE PROJECT

    BrandAlley engaged ReThink HR to work on the optimisation of their system after being put in touch by the team at Cezanne. Having implemented Cezanne earlier in the year and some of the implementation project team moving on from the business,

    BrandAlley were looking to engage expertise to help them get the most out of their system and ensure the current team were upskilled and confident to use Cezanne.

    ReThink HR consultant, Hollie, joined the BrandAlley team and reviewed their current system set up in line with their goals and requirements.Having agreed priorities and developed a project plan, Hollie set to work configuring various aspects of the system and modules to quickly create automations and efficiencies. She also worked to extract data from legacy systems and import this to Cezanne to ensure that Cezanne was now the single source of people data for the business. In conjunction with working on system configuration, Hollie also engaged regularly with the People and Culture team to train them on different aspects of the system, such as reporting, ensure that they understood the configuration being developed, and to increase their knowledge and confidence in their day-to-day use of Cezanne.

    Following ReThink HR’s engagement, BrandAlley now have an optimised HR system which is increasing the People and Culture team’s operational efficiency and is providing an improved employee experience. The team has developed its knowledge of and confidence in using Cezanne, both for operational requirements and for any further configuration. The business has also been able to retire legacy systems that were no longer required. ReThink HR’s involvement has been credited as being invaluable to helping the team get the most out of their system and helping the team to increase their confidence in using Cezanne.

    AT A GLANCE

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    INDUSTRY

    Fashion

    EMPLOYEE COUNT

    220 employees across two UK sites plus remote workers

     

    PROJECT STAGES

    System Optimisation

    CHALLENGES

    • Cezanne had been implemented at the start of the year, but those involved in the project had moved on from the business and internal knowledge of the system functionality was now limited
    • The People and Culture team knew that Cezanne had more capability than was being used, but were lacking resource and expertise to implement optimisation
    • The team were also lacking confidence in their day-to-day use of Cezanne
    • Legacy systems were still in place and needed to be retired, with processes consolidated in Cezanne

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      PROJECT  STAGES

       

      Launching Cezanne Recruitment module and decommissioning standalone ATS
      Connecting the Recruitment module to Onboarding, developing and automating onboarding processes for new joiners

      Exporting data from legacy systems and importing to Cezanne
      Creating improvements, efficiencies and automation in HR and payroll processes

      Developing integration between Cezanne and existing T&A system

      Developing expenses process within Cezanne and retiring current expenses system

      Building out automated functionality for letters and contracts

      Working with IT to enable single sign on to Cezanne and integrate with IT service desk to communicate joiners, movers and leavers information

      Training People and Culture team in reporting capabilities and system developments

       

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      “Having a consultant focused solely on the project – free from day‑to‑day operational pull – gave us the traction we couldn’t have achieved internally and moved us much further, much faster. I would recommend ReThink HR one hundred times over.”

      Danielle Alsey, Head of People and Culture

       

      PROJECT  OUTCOMES

       

       Data and processes consolidated in Cezanne

      Legacy systems retired

      Automation created, delivering efficiencies and improved employee experience

      People and Culture team upskilled and more confident in their use of Cezanne – and confident to run company-wide training on the system enhancements and improvements

      Cezanne integrated with other internal teams’ systems and processes

       

      TESTIMONIAL

      “Working with ReThink HR to optimise our Cezanne HR system at BrandAlley has been transformational. Our consultant Hollie was hugely experienced and cut through complexity to find solutions fast. What stood out was her problem‑solving: she grasped our needs, explored system options and gave clear recommendations so we could move forward confidently. She was a joy to work with and incredibly productive. Most importantly, she genuinely cared about doing a good job and getting things sorted.

      Having a consultant focused solely on the project – free from day‑to‑day operational pull – gave us the traction we couldn’t have achieved internally and moved us much further, much faster. I would recommend ReThink HR one hundred times over.”

      Danielle Alsey, Head of People and Culture