Opportunity | Elevating Brenntag's rewards program​                          

Brenntag is a global chemical manufacturing and distribution market leader, operating from over 600 sites in 72 countries. They firmly believe that their 17,700+ employees are their greatest asset and are committed to providing an exceptional work environment where employees can thrive. ​

Brenntag's employee rewards program is a critical part of the workplace experience, and it includes performance and milestone awards tied to rewards. Engagement activities include birthday celebrations, team-building activities, Bring-Your-Kids-to-Work days, and CSR activities. Rewards for awards and activities were bank gift cards, which were manually procured, distributed, and tracked by the HR team. ​

An assessment of the rewards program uncovered that employees were dissatisfied with the lack of transparency, limited visibility for recognitions, and unexciting reward choices. The HR team wasted time on manual tasks such as managing multiple reward programs and negotiating with numerous vendors for reward procurement and distribution, hampering accurate budgeting and reporting.  

Solution | Boosting HR efficiency​                                

Brenntag explored multiple solutions before zeroing in on Empuls, an AWS Partner, for its software-as-a-service (SaaS) employee engagement and rewards platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This cloud-native application offers solutions for recognition, rewards, perks & benefits, surveys, and social intranet with community groups. Nidhi explains, "Empuls stood out for its intuitive and stellar user experience, AI-led approach to engagement, and professional services expertise spanning program design to adoption and everything in between, giving us the confidence to choose Empuls over others." ​

Built on a scalable microservices architecture, the platform utilizes Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to manage and scale Kubernetes control plane nodes. AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances support the application's MySQL databases (Amazon RDS), while Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) optimizes performance by distributing incoming requests across various application services. Furthermore, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) serves as a reliable high-availability data store. ​

Since adopting Empuls, Brenntag has leveraged workflow automation for multiple types of recognition and rewards, including awards and milestones. Additionally, employees can stay connected and cheer colleagues being recognized or celebrating milestones through a user-friendly web and mobile app, amplifying visibility. For HR staff, this has led to 80 per cent less time spent on administrative tasks and 100 per cent on-time reward distribution, saving time and resources. ​

The high configurability and customizability of Empuls' R&R solution on AWS helped drive 92 per cent adoption and three times more social recognition by Brenntag employees in just six months. The HR team has real-time visibility, with reports and dashboards, into program adoption, budget utilization, and reward redemption, providing detailed insights into the effectiveness of Brenntag's reward program.  ​                                      

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Outcome | Motivating employees with a modern rewards solution​                                                                

Utilizing workflow automation coupled with AI prompts and nudges within the R&R module, Brenntag empowers HR and People Managers to promote a culture of transparency, appreciation, and employee engagement. Brenntag benefits from Empuls' Professional Services team, which unearths and shares valuable insights for making critical adjustments to ensure the continued success of the reward program and ROI from the platform. With our support, Brenntag can optimize its rewards program to meet its employees' evolving needs and preferences. ​

Opportunity | Elevating Brenntag's rewards program​                          

Brenntag is a global chemical manufacturing and distribution market leader, operating from over 600 sites in 72 countries. They firmly believe that their 17,700+ employees are their greatest asset and are committed to providing an exceptional work environment where employees can thrive. ​

Brenntag's employee rewards program is a critical part of the workplace experience, and it includes performance and milestone awards tied to rewards. Engagement activities include birthday celebrations, team-building activities, Bring-Your-Kids-to-Work days, and CSR activities. Rewards for awards and activities were bank gift cards, which were manually procured, distributed, and tracked by the HR team. ​

An assessment of the rewards program uncovered that employees were dissatisfied with the lack of transparency, limited visibility for recognitions, and unexciting reward choices. The HR team wasted time on manual tasks such as managing multiple reward programs and negotiating with numerous vendors for reward procurement and distribution, hampering accurate budgeting and reporting.  

Solution | Boosting HR efficiency​                                

Brenntag explored multiple solutions before zeroing in on Empuls, an AWS Partner, for its software-as-a-service (SaaS) employee engagement and rewards platform on Amazon Web Services (AWS). This cloud-native application offers solutions for recognition, rewards, perks & benefits, surveys, and social intranet with community groups. Nidhi explains, "Empuls stood out for its intuitive and stellar user experience, AI-led approach to engagement, and professional services expertise spanning program design to adoption and everything in between, giving us the confidence to choose Empuls over others." ​

Built on a scalable microservices architecture, the platform utilizes Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (Amazon EKS) to manage and scale Kubernetes control plane nodes. AWS Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2) instances support the application's MySQL databases (Amazon RDS), while Amazon Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) optimizes performance by distributing incoming requests across various application services. Furthermore, Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) serves as a reliable high-availability data store. ​

Since adopting Empuls, Brenntag has leveraged workflow automation for multiple types of recognition and rewards, including awards and milestones. Additionally, employees can stay connected and cheer colleagues being recognized or celebrating milestones through a user-friendly web and mobile app, amplifying visibility. For HR staff, this has led to 80 per cent less time spent on administrative tasks and 100 per cent on-time reward distribution, saving time and resources. ​

The high configurability and customizability of Empuls' R&R solution on AWS helped drive 92 per cent adoption and three times more social recognition by Brenntag employees in just six months. The HR team has real-time visibility, with reports and dashboards, into program adoption, budget utilization, and reward redemption, providing detailed insights into the effectiveness of Brenntag's reward program.  ​                                      

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Outcome | Motivating employees with a modern rewards solution​                                                                

Utilizing workflow automation coupled with AI prompts and nudges within the R&R module, Brenntag empowers HR and People Managers to promote a culture of transparency, appreciation, and employee engagement. Brenntag benefits from Empuls' Professional Services team, which unearths and shares valuable insights for making critical adjustments to ensure the continued success of the reward program and ROI from the platform. With our support, Brenntag can optimize its rewards program to meet its employees' evolving needs and preferences. ​