Electrolux Business Partnering Academy

Why did you choose to engage with Business Partnering Institute?

“Primarily because of the need for organizational change. Given the market changing and shifting very quickly circumstances changing within the organization and a stronger need for a finance partner to the business in making decisions and ensuring that we have the right conversations going.

We needed to strengthen our own internal organization and we also needed to create more efficiency. And the concept of a business partner was something that we had been working with for a long time but it was at that point that not concrete enough.

So given that we felt that we needed external support when it came to providing market practice and it varies in this field so we can create an organization that was relevant and adapted to our needs. And that experience was something we felt Business Partnering Institute was able to provide us with.”

What has been the impact of the service that Business Partnering Institute created in collaboration with you?

“So the impact has been an increased awareness of the topic. It has led to a sharpening of our understanding of what a business partner should provide based on our needs and the market needs but also based on best practice.

One of the main results has been, obviously, the business partnering training program that we are running in order to upgrade an upskill on this topic.”

What is it like to work with the people in Business Partnering Institute?

“I have primarily been in touch with two of you and for me the experience has been very different. Given your different personality profiles and competencies and strengths.

Without going into to much detail I think working with you has been very collaborative and I felt that I very much enjoyed your strict conversations and that call you made to me, was it last summer, was for me really valuable. And the kind of call I really value and appreciate.

So from that perspective I felt that you really wanted to make things work and listened to your custumer. And for me that was very constructive. It was a good direction of what we needed to consider for that collaboration to work well towards our joint target. All in all a good experience.”

Summed up:

“We needed to strengthen our own internal organization and we also needed to create more efficiency. The concept of a business partner was something that we had been working with for a long time but at the time it was not concrete enough. Therefore, we needed external support in order to create an organization that was relevant and adaptive to our needs. And that experience was something we felt Business Partnering Institute was able to provide us with.

The impact has been an increased awareness of the topic. It has led to a sharpening of our understanding of what a business partner should provide - based on our needs but also on best pratice. One of the main results has been the business partnering training program that we are now running.

Our collaboration has been very collaborative. I felt that you really wanted to make things work and listened to your custumer. And you provided us with a good direction of what we needed to consider. All in all a good experience.”