PIZZA making isn’t just rolling the dough and putting the toppings. It becomes quite intricate when its Shakey’s Pizza with its long menu of pizza varieties and a team of over a thousand employees to manage.
Recently, Shakey’s Pizza Asia Ventures, Inc. (PIZZA), the company that runs the well-loved pizza chain brought in the services of Darwinbox, an end-to-end Human Resource Management System (HRMS) platform to up its operational efficiency and improve business productivity.
Darwinbox, the only Asian player to feature on Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for HCM suites for 1000+ Employee Enterprises, is set to help Shakey’s thrive in a post-covid world by managing its Human Resources effectively from hire to retire.
“Pizza is ultimately a guest-centric business where people are front and center. When our people are well-cared for, it flows through to our guests. Guest-centricity begins at home, thus, investing in our people is a key pillar in delivering sustainable growth,” Vicente Gregorio, the President and Chief Executive Officer of PIZZA said.
Shakey’s employee-centric work culture is demonstrated in its multiple initiatives. Last year, the company rolled out a program to shuffle store employees closer to their place of work and reduce their travel time. To date, more than 90 percent of its workforce is within 30 minutes from their place of work.
With Darwinbox by its side now, the pizza chain now has the power to complement its safe and healthy work environment with tech infrastructure that manages the entire employee lifecycle. With its over one thousand employees under one virtual roof, it is possible for the company to keep record of its employees, provide quick and actionable feedback, and ensure an impeccable employee experience for everyone.
“We are absolutely thrilled to be partnering with one of the leading restaurant brands in the Philippines. By providing PIZZA with a digital platform for all their HR needs, we are enabling an uninterrupted and frictionless experiences for employees across its multiple stores, and for the company, it means improved efficiency and productivity,” Jayant Paleti, Co-founder of Darwinbox explained.
The HRMS implementation continues in full swing with go-live scheduled in early Q1 aligned with PIZZA’s reopening moves for 2022. The company is already gearing up for a strong recovery, investing in-store network expansion and more than 30 new stores already built in 2021. Further, Performance Management, Leave & Attendance management, Recruitment, Analytics, and Reporting are some of the key areas in the HCM suite that the food chain plans to adopt over the coming months.
