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Engenco accelerates HR transformation with Zalaris and SAP SuccessFactors
Engenco, a leading Australian engineering solutions provider across rail, mining and defence, partnered with Zalaris to optimise and expand their SAP SuccessFactors platform, enhancing HR capabilities to support sustainable growth.
22.10.2025
SECTOR
Infrastructure & Transportation
EMPLOYEES
> 500
LOCATION
Australia
CLIENT SINCE
2025Strategic Objective/ Value Driver
Engenco needed to extract greater value from their SAP SuccessFactors investment while preparing the platform for anticipated growth. Operating in high-stakes industries where safety and compliance are non-negotiable, workforce management excellence was fundamental to competitive advantage.
Key priorities:
- Optimise current workflows to eliminate inefficiencies
- Introduce new modules to strengthen talent management
- Ensure the platform could scale as the business evolved
- Build a foundation ready for their upcoming S/4 HANA upgrade
Engenco ascertained that this required more than technical implementation. They needed a partner who could support immediate improvements and future innovation, not just deliver discrete projects.
Role of Zalaris
Zalaris engaged through a proactive partnership model designed to deliver ongoing value throughout the engagement. This began with comprehensive business reviews and workshops to understand Engenco's operational context, workforce challenges, and growth plans.
Implementation approach:
New capabilities delivered
- Performance and Goals Management module
- Learning Management System (currently in implementation)
- Enhanced integration flows for improved data accuracy
Platform optimisation
- Streamlined workflows across Employee Central, Time Tracking, Recruitment and Onboarding
- Tailored training programmes to improve user adoption
- Dedicated account management for strategic alignment with organisational goals
- Application management support across the entire SAP SuccessFactors HCM Suite
The approach positioned Engenco's platform to support their imminent upgrade from SAP ERP On-Premises to S/4 HANA, protecting their investment and enabling future innovation.
Outcomes achieved
The partnership delivered measurable improvements across operational efficiency, strategic capabilities and business impact, validating Engenco's decision to pursue comprehensive platform optimisation rather than isolated fixes.
- Streamlined SAP workflows reduced administrative burden, enabling HR teams to redirect effort towards higher-value strategic activities
- Enhanced data accuracy across the platform improved reporting reliability, giving leadership confidence in workforce insights that inform critical business decisions
- Performance and Goals Management module provided structured frameworks for talent development and performance visibility at scale
- Improved integration flows created unified data architecture, reducing manual reconciliation and enabling more sophisticated workforce analytics
- Significantly strengthened system adoption across internal teams through tailored training programmes, ensuring enhanced capabilities translated into actual usage
- Regular business reviews and proactive engagement ensured platform evolution remained aligned to genuine business priorities rather than following a predetermined technical roadmap
- Established scalable architecture ready to support anticipated growth and imminent S/4 HANA upgrade, protecting existing investment while enabling future innovation
The team at Zalaris was critical to the success of delivering the project vision and objectives. Payroll and HR transformation projects require attention to detail, team member change management, high-quality project management, and a partner who understands the importance of a long-term relationship. Zalaris is a partner that understands this, and I recommend them to any organisation about to undertake such a transformation
Mark Bain, Executive General Manager – Digital at Engenco.