In the midst of the COVID-19 lockdowns of 2020, the wider SAP ecosystem has been remarkably agile and resilient in handling otherwise crippling disruptions to businesses globally. However, this is not to say that sweeping changes to the way we work have come easily.
It is clear that the pandemic has completely changed the way we work and disrupted the normal talent landscape. This in turn has disrupted SAP projects and operations universally. Particularly in staffing and delivering SAP projects, new workforce solutions are needed to tackle emerging challenges.
Recruiting for SAP projects and practice teams was already a lengthy and expensive process for most. Throw a series of sweeping lockdowns and economic upheaval into the equation, and we find that:
- Consultant availabilities have changed
- Project requirements have changed
- Technology is expected to drive leaner projects and resourcing
Every crisis is an opportunity, and as businesses adapt to the new normal, SAP recruitment has the opportunity to re-imagine and improve itself. Especially so in the SAP talent landscape, businesses are proving how agile they really are. The disrupted SAP talent landscape has highlighted how leveraging digital technology and embracing leaner, more agile systems can enable smoother projects.
New Workforce Solutions to Drive Talent Flexibility
Findings compiled in January, based on research conducted in Q2 and Q3 of 2020, included over 300 HR leads across Australia. At 65{8bf2b29f36318f0ac46ab1cc03d7035abce669a1cea16c9ed62389a818fa22fd}, over half expected flexible workforce policies to be critical to talent recruitment and retainment. However, only 23{8bf2b29f36318f0ac46ab1cc03d7035abce669a1cea16c9ed62389a818fa22fd} believed their existing technology and environments to be up to the challenge. Almost half believed productivity issues will remain an ongoing challenge.
Speaking at September’s digital e’ffect conference, Martin Wezowski, Chief Designer and Futurist at SAP, shared his insights on how technology will positively impact our shift to the changing workforce in the New Normal. His “four A’s” are made up of:
- Automation of mundane processes
- Autonomy, by connecting in real-time
- Augmentation on the human-side
- Abundance: human and artificial intelligence complementing each other
A critical part of any SAP workforce transformation, especially when dealing with large projects, is an effective TRP (Talent Resource Planning) system. Having a system in place, backed by effective technology, will effectively solve disruptions to the project caused by an uncertain or locked-down workforce.
TRP Needs a View of Available Talent
Project gaps post-COVID can be caused by both new and existing challenges: Sudden lockdowns demanding a remote workforce, uncertain employment status and contractor availability and contractor satisfaction all play a part. On-demand access to an available talent pool, accessed in real-time, gets people back into work sooner and problems solved faster.
Your TRP needs to enable your business to:
- Empower your internal talent team to own the resourcing processes
- Become smarter about how and where to find talent
- Source talent directly and efficiently
- Maintain a top-down view of SAP consultant skills and availabilities
- Review existing sourcing and procurement in light of new, more economic, TRP platforms
- Cut out the wait for job applications and the processing time in shortlisting
- Place consultants rapidly, getting your project back on track much faster and with less costs due to downtime.
When you have visibility into who has the skills you need and when they are available, your business can strategically plan projects and practice teams more effectively. Agility and the ability to improve project delivery are vastly improved, as project gaps are solved immediately by rapidly engaging replacement talent resources from your available talent pool.
Access an Existing on-Demand Talent Pool
Building your own TRP with a top-down view of skills and availabilities in real-time can be cost prohibitive and extremely time consuming. However, by leveraging an existing digital talent pool to drive TRP strategy your internal talent team can be resourcing your teams and projects without delay.
The first and best of its kind in the SAP talent landscape, InsideSAP Careers delivers new workforce solutions to empower your TRP transformation, responding faster to new challenges in the new normal. By combining powerful smart-matching technology with an existing talent pool our TRP gives your internal talent team an unparalleled view into the available skills at the time you need them.
Cutting costs and time while improving agility and deliverability, InsideSAP Careers boasts:
- State-of-the-art smart matching technology
- 360-degree view of the available SAP workforce
- Real-time talent availability
- Direct hiring, without waiting for job applications
- Simple and seamless human-machine interaction
- Contactless, paperless engagement using a sustainable digital platform
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