Case Study: Alexander Dennis achieves $300K+ in agency fee savings and streamlines recruitment with Workable

Alexander Dennis saves over $300K in agency fees in the first year of using Workable

Alexander Dennis, the world’s largest double-decker bus manufacturer with 2,600 employees operating globally, faced rapid growth while its HR team stayed small. The company relied on agencies and manual spreadsheets, spending several hundred thousand dollars a year on external recruitment and struggling with long time-to-hire and limited internal hiring infrastructure.

After implementing Workable, Alexander Dennis standardized and automated its recruitment process, engaged 120 hiring managers, and reduced reliance on agencies. The HR team managed 483 hires without headcount increases and cut more than $300,000 in agency fees in the first year, improving speed and consistency of hiring.

Alexander Dennis

David Raphael

Head of Talent Acquisition