OSLO, NORWAY: Zalaris have signed a five-year agreement with KAEFER UK & Ireland to implement SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central, Recruiting and Onboarding which will be fully integrated to Zalaris’ PeopleHub for cloud-based payroll, payroll control centre, time & absence and further enhanced with Zalaris’ mobile solutions for KAEFER’s c.3 000 employees in the United Kingdom and Ireland.

Established in 1918 and still headquartered in Bremen (Germany), KAEFER is a multi-national group with more than 30 000 employees working around the world providing industrial services. In the UK & Ireland KAEFER’s service portfolio includes access solutions, insulation, inspection & testing, protective coatings, asbestos management and more – generating an annual turnover of over £250 million.

Zalaris will manage and maintain the time and payroll solutions on behalf of KAEFER UK & Ireland as well as provide ongoing application support to further enhance, futureproof and evolve HR & payroll technology for the benefit of the organisation.

“I am ecstatic that KAEFER UK & Ireland have chosen Zalaris as their partner of choice for HR & payroll cloud-based technology. We have already worked so well together as a team and have formed a great relationship, which is the perfect foundation for achieving excellence.” – says Will Jackson, Managing Director and Executive Vice-President, Zalaris.

After a full process of evaluation on suitability for the KAEFER UK & Ireland business Bob Bell CFO commented, “We are pleased to have Zalaris as our HR and Payroll system partner and look forward to working with them as part of our team over the course of the next five years. Our continual investment in improved systems will help support the delivery of KAEFER UK & Ireland’s strategic growth plans.”

“We are delighted and proud to enter into a partnership with KAEFER. Establishing and delivering effective digital processes for HR, payroll, time and attendance is complicated, but with Zalaris PeopleHub we can offer one standardised solution and integration concept to SAP SuccessFactors in combination with local compliance for customers to operate in a cost-effective manner.” – says Hans-Petter Mellerud, CEO and founder of Zalaris.