StepStone Selected by Alzchem

September 2, 2009 – StepStone, a London-based provider of human capital management solutions, has announced that Germany-based AlzChem, a spin-off of Evonik Industries AG, has chosen StepStone’s talent management solution to maintain performance and skills management processses for its senior staff. Besides AlzChem, other major StepStone clients in the chemical industry include Akzo Nobel, Altana, BASF, Bayer, Evonik Degussa, Linde Group, Beiersdorf, Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Novozymes and Lundbeck. With a direct interface to its SAP HR system, the 1300-staff specialist chemicals supplier will rely on StepStone to maintain and enhance its future skills model and performance processes. “Middle-size businesses, that form the largest part of the German economy, are looking to strengthen and focus on their talent management processes and increase the performance of their staff,” said Dr. Carsten Busch, StepStone Solutions’ managing director for Germany and Switzerland. “The AlzChem group is an outstanding example of this trend, proving that choosing a professional talent management solution can optimize processes such as performance management.”