FC Bayern: Digitalizing HR Management for Better Employee Experiences and Business Success
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FC Bayern: Digitalizing HR
management for better employee
experiences and business success
A giant of the beautiful game, FC Bayern is Germany’s most successful football club and
one of the most successful professional sports clubs in the world. It achieves success by
constantly setting new goals and pursuing them with vigor. The club recognizes its
stunning achievements come from not just its talented football players on the field but its
dedicated employees in Munich, New York, Shanghai, and Bangkok.
Committed to supporting its people to reach their full potential, FC Bayern looked to
digitalize its HR and talent management capabilities by investing in a modern HR suite
in the cloud. It had an immediate need to optimize employee self-services, recruiting, and
performance management. FC Bayern also needed support for onboarding, compensation
management, learning, succession planning, and leadership development processes. Picture Credit | FC Bayern, Munich, Germany. Used with permission.
FC Bayern: Digitalizing HR
management for better employee
experiences and business success
A giant of the beautiful game, FC Bayern is Germany’s most successful football club and
one of the most successful professional sports clubs in the world. It achieves success by
constantly setting new goals and pursuing them with vigor. The club recognizes its
stunning achievements come from not just its talented football players on the field but its
dedicated employees in Munich, New York, Shanghai, and Bangkok.
Committed to supporting its people to reach their full potential, FC Bayern looked to
digitalize its HR and talent management capabilities by investing in a modern HR suite
in the cloud. It had an immediate need to optimize employee self-services, recruiting, and
performance management. FC Bayern also needed support for onboarding, compensation
management, learning, succession planning, and leadership development processes. Picture Credit | FC Bayern, Munich, Germany. Used with permission.
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“SAP SuccessFactors solutions enable FC Bayern’s HR
team to do what it does best – focus on strategic, value-
added HR rather than transactional processes.”
Julia Willer, Head of HR, FC Bayern
FC Bayern
Munich, Germany
www.fcbayern.com
Industry
Sports and entertainment
Products and services
Professional sports club
Featured solutions
SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite, including
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central,
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, and
SAP SuccessFactors Performance & Goals
solutions
100%
Of employees enabled
with digital HR
experiences
Reduced
Time spent on
outdated, highly manual
HR tasks
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Historically grown, time-consuming, and manual HR processes with a reliance on spreadsheets
• Lack of functionality for employees to access their HR data securely from anywhere and on any
device, and no self-service options for employees, managers, and HR staff
• Inefficient processes to generate HR reports
Why SAP
• Comprehensive functionality and reputation for stability and reliability offered by SAP SuccessFactors
Human Experience Management Suite (SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite)
• Preconfigured processes and best practices, enabling an accelerated solution deployment
After: Value-driven results
• Digitalized and integrated HR processes using SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• Unified HR processes and data across employee self-services, recruiting, and performance management,
with future plans for onboarding, compensation management, learning, succession planning, and
leadership development processes
• Empowered employees, including nonoffice workers such as greenkeepers and coaches, to quickly
access their personal data and streamline HR tasks using the SAP SuccessFactors Mobile app
• Simplified report generation for managers, optimizing workforce planning and analytics
Enabling digital HR capabilities and a more engaged workforce
with SAP SuccessFactors Human Experience Management Suite
88429enUS (23/06) © 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
Employees
>1,000
Revenue
€665 million
“SAP SuccessFactors solutions enable FC Bayern’s HR
team to do what it does best – focus on strategic, value-
added HR rather than transactional processes.”
Julia Willer, Head of HR, FC Bayern
FC Bayern
Munich, Germany
www.fcbayern.com
Industry
Sports and entertainment
Products and services
Professional sports club
Featured solutions
SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite, including
SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central,
SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting, and
SAP SuccessFactors Performance & Goals
solutions
100%
Of employees enabled
with digital HR
experiences
Reduced
Time spent on
outdated, highly manual
HR tasks
Before: Challenges and opportunities
• Historically grown, time-consuming, and manual HR processes with a reliance on spreadsheets
• Lack of functionality for employees to access their HR data securely from anywhere and on any
device, and no self-service options for employees, managers, and HR staff
• Inefficient processes to generate HR reports
Why SAP
• Comprehensive functionality and reputation for stability and reliability offered by SAP SuccessFactors
Human Experience Management Suite (SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite)
• Preconfigured processes and best practices, enabling an accelerated solution deployment
After: Value-driven results
• Digitalized and integrated HR processes using SAP SuccessFactors HXM Suite
• Unified HR processes and data across employee self-services, recruiting, and performance management,
with future plans for onboarding, compensation management, learning, succession planning, and
leadership development processes
• Empowered employees, including nonoffice workers such as greenkeepers and coaches, to quickly
access their personal data and streamline HR tasks using the SAP SuccessFactors Mobile app
• Simplified report generation for managers, optimizing workforce planning and analytics
Enabling digital HR capabilities and a more engaged workforce
with SAP SuccessFactors Human Experience Management Suite
88429enUS (23/06) © 2023 SAP SE or an SAP affiliate company. sap.com/terms-of-use
Employees
>1,000
Revenue
€665 million