Irving-based Kimberly-Clark outsources HR to Accenture

by PegNews wire

IRVING — Accenture has signed a seven-year agreement with Kimberly-Clark Corporation to "provide a broad range of human resources services". The actual terms of the contract were not disclosed.

Accenture will provide Kimberly-Clark with administrative services in the areas of recruitment, payroll administration, workforce reporting, employee data management, and training and development. The latter includes scheduling, tracking and reporting of training activities for the company's North American workforce.

There is no truth to the rumor that the outsourcing will have any effect on Huggies' exceptional quality.

Christian Marchetti, global managing director of Accenture HR Services, said, "Industry leaders increasingly understand the business value of outsourcing non-strategic elements of human resources as they look to attract, retain and maximize the performance of the workforce. With this agreement, Kimberly-Clark is well-positioned to concentrate on its core objectives of driving market innovation and accelerating growth."

The news release issued Monday did not say how many non-strategic Kimberly-Clark workers would be affected by the outsourcing.

Source: Kimberly-Clark