Company Overview
Industry:
Pharmaceutical
Company Size:
30,000+
Location:
20+ countries, 6 continents
Voices of Success: Cipla’s Experience
At Cipla, after extensively evaluating and piloting several compensation management tools for a year, CompUp stood out for its intuitive user interface, depth in core functionality, and ability to scale with complex compensation processes.
Its strengths enabled the end-to-end execution of the annual merit increase cycle across 20+ countries, receiving positive feedback from leadership, end users, and process stakeholders. A key highlight was the exceptional support provided by the CompUp team throughout.
Nikhil Morade
Global Head - HR Technology & HR Shared Services, Cipla
Introduction
Cipla, a global pharmaceutical leader, manages a highly complex and localized compensation structure across geographies. With over 30,000 employees and multiple business units, their Annual Compensation Review (ACR) process required a complete overhaul to improve compliance, transparency, and scalability.
Challenges
- Existing platform lacked flexibility for granular compensation planning.
- 60+ increment letter templates managed manually, slowing rollouts.
- No real-time insights or dashboards — decisions made in silos.
- 353 planners involved across multiple leadership layers, creating coordination challenges.
- Multiple file versions caused data misalignment and delays.
- Knowledge concentration in a few individuals, risking process continuity.
- High need for data integrity, audit trails, and compliance readiness.
Solution with CompUp
- Global rollout covering 27,000+ employees across 20+ countries, 8 BUs, and 6 continents.
- Reduced 60 letter templates to 5 dynamic, logic-driven templates.
- Live dashboards for discretion tracking, distribution trends, and cohort monitoring.
- Hyper-local salary bands for 21 countries, 20+ functions, and 15+ levels.
- Built 28 custom grids for region, performance, compa ratio, and talent indicators.
- Flags for anomalies and governance alerts for policy breaches.
- Comprehensive audit trails and real-time budget visibility year-round.
Results & Impact
- 100+ Excel sheets replaced with one centralized platform.
- 27,000+ employees across 20+ countries managed in a single cycle.
- Letter generation and reporting time reduced from days to minutes.
- Salary bands tailored for 21 countries, 20+ functions, and 15+ levels.
- Governance controls and anomaly alerts strengthened compliance.
Looking ahead, Cipla aims to integrate CompUp with SAP SuccessFactors, launch personalized Total Rewards Statements, and enable expat compensation flows. The platform has become the backbone of its global compensation governance — fair, scalable, and future-ready.
