Case Study: Evotec achieves systems consolidation and 50% faster acquisition integration with Workday

Evotec strengthens HR effectiveness and data integrity with one system

Evotec, an innovative life sciences and biotechnology company headquartered in Hamburg with 3,000+ employees across six countries, faced growing complexity as rapid organic growth and acquisitions left it running many disparate HR systems. That fragmentation made it hard to integrate new businesses, slowed reporting and analysis, and kept HR teams tied to transactional work instead of strategic partnering.

By implementing Workday (HCM, Recruiting, Time Tracking) Evotec consolidated legacy tools into a single global system, freeing HR from IT dependencies and improving data quality and security. The change cut onboarding from two months to two weeks, reduced head-count reporting from about a week to five minutes, sped acquisition integrations by 50%, shortened merit cycles to 2–3 days, and kept recruitment costs steady during higher hiring—delivering major productivity gains, faster decision-making and better alignment across the business.

Evotec

Cyril Guitter

Head of Global HRIS