Building a Global Data-Driven Workforce Strategy for a $30B Consumer Goods Leader

Discover How Draup Helped a Lifestyle Products Leader Optimize Global Workforce Planning Across R&D and Digital Functions

83,000+

Employee Count

$37.9 Bn

Revenue

Consumer Goods

Industry

Connecticut, U.S.

Headquarters

About the Company

The company, a leading consumer goods organization operating in 100+ countries, is transforming into a science-led, innovation-driven enterprise by enhancing R&D and digital capabilities and adopting a data-driven global workforce strategy to balance innovation with operational efficiency.

Before Draup

1

Fragmented View of Global Talent

Expansion into emerging and mature markets lacked a unified view into tech talent demand, competitiveness, and scalability, especially across Europe and Asia.

2

Rising Competition for Specialized Talent

Switzerland’s life sciences skill cluster faced mounting competition and cost pressures, complicating workforce and location planning.

3

Limited Visibility into Emerging Markets

While Southeast Asia offered cost advantages, the company required data-driven insights on talent quality, wage trends, and workforce sustainability to guide scaling decisions.

4

Need for Predictive Workforce Planning

Leadership needed a unified analytics framework to assess talent supply-demand, hiring complexity, and compensation patterns to support long-term workforce strategy.

The Core Challenges

Fragmented Talent Data Across Functions

Needed a unified, data-driven framework to align global R&D talent strategy.

Emerging Skill Gaps in Biotech & AI

Rapid innovation created shortages in bioinformatics, data science, and cloud research.

High-Cost vs. Scalable Talent Hubs

Aimed to balance European R&D centers with cost-efficient hubs in Southeast Asia.

Need for Predictive Workforce Intelligence

Sought a data-backed model to localize planning and guide future investments.

The Solution

Laboratory Analyst

PROFILE

LOCATION ANALYSIS

TALENT MARKET INSIGHTS

CAREER PATHS

DATA INTEGRATION

TECH STACK

Life sciences Talent Market Assessment – Switzerland

Conducted end-to-end talent mapping across 4,500+ R&D roles, identifying Basel, Zurich, and Geneva as top hubs and validating Switzerland’s position as a high-value innovation market.

Data & Analytics Talent Location Strategy – Southeast Asia

Performed a comparative Location Capability Index across Malaysia, Indonesia, and the Philippines, assessing talent supply, competitiveness, and cost factors to identify scalable, cost-efficient digital workforce destinations.

Predictive Workforce Analytics Dashboard

Built a unified Global Talent Competitiveness Dashboard visualizing supply-demand ratios, cost trends, and hiring difficulty across major R&D and data markets to enable scenario-based workforce planning.

Predictive Talent Intelligence Dashboard

Designed a phased talent roadmap prioritizing near-term expansion in Southeast Asia and long-term localization in Switzerland, balancing innovation capacity with cost efficiency and future workforce readiness.