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A Nordic food giant’s HR strategy balances culture & coherence
- Orkla India, a Nordic investment company owning heritage Indian brands, has crafted a workforce strategy blending tradition with modern governance.
- With a decentralized approach, Orkla allows its business units to tailor strategies to regional diversity, aligning with long-term business goals.
- Maintaining HR consistency across diverse manufacturing facilities posed challenges, met through skill standard benchmarks and continuous improvement culture.
- Orkla focuses on talent development, with nearly half of the blue-collar workforce comprising women and internal mobility being a priority.
- Investing in digital transformation alongside traditional values, Orkla upskills its workforce for an automated future, emphasizing performance metrics ownership.
- Orkla India balances tradition with digital imperatives, emphasizing values-based engagement, cultural celebrations, and sustained recognition.
- The company's approach serves as a recipe for blending cultural nuances with global HR standards, offering a model for others to adapt in the manufacturing sector.
- Orkla's strategy highlights the importance of honoring local contexts while maintaining global standards for authentic market engagement in India.
- As multinationals seek market engagement in India, Orkla's approach showcases the significance of balancing culture and systems in HR strategies.
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