Case Study: Universal Robina Corporation achieves faster, more transparent compensation planning with Darwinbox and Compport

How URC Is Implementing a Total Rewards Philosophy with Darwinbox and Compport

Universal Robina Corporation (URC), one of the Philippines’ largest branded food and beverage companies, needed to modernize a compensation process that relied heavily on spreadsheets, manual coordination, and siloed workflows. The lengthy merit cycle created delays, data discrepancies, security risks, and inconsistent decision-making across HR teams and business units. URC partnered with Darwinbox and Compport to support its Total Rewards approach and improve compensation planning.

Darwinbox and Compport implemented a centralized compensation platform in just 20 weeks, eliminating Excel-based processes and giving URC real-time budget visibility, stronger access controls, and configurable approval workflows. The solution improved data accuracy, transparency, and process efficiency while enabling more data-backed merit, bonus, and movement decisions. According to URC, the team was relieved to remove manual work and can now administer compensation more conveniently, with better user experience for HRBPs and managers and greater transparency for employees.

Universal Robina Corporation

John Albert Ampil

Group Manager, TA, TR, and Employee Experience