How Bekaert Drives Manager Effectiveness & Cost Optimization with Visier

Global manufacturer Bekaert turned to Visier to transform its fragmented data into actionable workforce intelligence. The team created a custom manager effectiveness framework that improved leadership development and made data more accessible and digestible. The result: empowered managers,
optimized workforce costs, and improved data literacy.

Bekaert’s ambition is to be the leading partner for shaping the way we live and move, and to always do this in a way that is safe, smart, and sustainable.

Our Summary:

Industry

Manufacturing

Headquarters

Zwevegem, Belgium

Company size

26,000

Visier solutions used

Workforce Planning

The challenge:

Bekaert, a global steel manufacturer with more than 40 locations, faced mounting cost pressure, and its HR team lacked the consistent, trustworthy data it needed to measure talent effectiveness.

Why Visier Workforce AI:

Bekaert chose Visier for its user-friendly interface and proven impact, then built a custom manager effectiveness framework that combines sentiment-based and outcome-based metrics.

Key outcomes:

Bekaert optimized workforce costs, supported organizational redesign across locations, and made total cost of employment visible. HR went from delivering reports to providing intelligence that drives C-suite decisions.

THE CHALLENGE

Data gaps blocked HR’s impact

When Romi Roye joined as VP of Group HR Functions, the HR team was eager to measure talent effectiveness, but lacked the consistent, trustworthy data necessary to back it up. Additionally, as a steel manufacturer with 20,000+ employees across 40+ global locations, Bekaert faced mounting cost pressures. To lead strategically, Bekaert needed a single source of truth.

THE SOLUTION

Building a Manager Effectiveness Framework

Bekaert chose Visier for its user-friendly interface and proven impact. With a focused team and strong Visier support, they implemented the organizational suite and developed a custom manager effectiveness framework that combines sentiment-based and outcome-based metrics.

Now, managers use data to ask better questions, have meaningful conversations, and drive measurable business impact.

The fact that you can combine data, people analytics, and organizational intelligence from Visier is second to none. I can't even envision a world without having that data anymore. - Romi Roye, VP HRBP Group Functions, Talent, Leadership, Org Effectiveness and People Analytics, Bekaert

THE OUTCOME

From Data Provider to Strategic Partner

Visier transformed how Bekaert's managers think about leadership. They now ask fundamentally different questions about psychological safety, diversity, and engagement.

The platform enabled cost optimization achievements, supported organizational redesign across locations, and made total cost of employment visible. Most importantly, HR evolved from delivering reports to providing organizational intelligence that drives C-suite decisions.