Santa Fe Shutters Limited

About Santa Fe Shutters Limited

Santa Fe Shutters Limited is a company dedicated to the design and manufacture of top quality shutters and blinds. Their products can be found in luxury homes throughout New Zealand, and have been featured in popular design publications.

The company has grown from a small entrepreneurial venture back in the late nineties, to a company with over 100 employees based across the country.

To match their spirit of innovation and drive, Santa Fe was searching for a tech partner to support their people management. That’s what led them to Employment Hero.

We spoke to Monette Gildenhuys, Senior People & Culture Advisor for Santa Fe Group, about her experience with Employment Hero and how it has streamlined the company’s processes for the future.

The challenge…

With team members spread out across New Zealand, getting all the key HR processes done used to be a challenge for Santa Fe. They were missing a unified platform, instead relying on manual processes for basic tasks.

For Monette and the team, they had to work really hard to keep everything running.

“We lacked a streamlined system for tasks such as recruitment, employee profiles, performance reviews, contracts, and health and safety management.”

Having to manually organise fundamental parts of people management wasn’t just costing them time – it was costing money. From time to hire, to performance management, every day lost to manual processes was a day they potentially could have saved.

Luckily those days are saved now, after Monette reached out to Employment Hero to find an answer to their HR problems.

Solutions…

Streamlined processes

When Santa Fe began using Employment Hero, they found it was tailor-made to address their issues. Manual processes were automated and day-to-day tasks were streamlined, from leave requests to policy management.

For Monette, her highlight was in our recruitment and onboarding features.

“This system has greatly simplified and streamlined our employee onboarding procedures, significantly reducing the reliance on paper-based documentation.”

No more paper contracts or policies. With Employment Hero, getting a new employee settled and ready to start could be completed entirely online.

Effortless integration

HR and payroll often rely on similar information, but too often they’re managed with different platforms. It can make things really tricky. Here at Employment Hero, we offer both HR and payroll features that work together effortlessly.

Santa Fe saw the benefit of this when they brought in Employment Hero. The platform united their HR and payroll functions so that key data and information could be easily shared. As Monette describes,

“The seamless integration of Employment Hero HR with Employment Hero Payroll has significantly alleviated our biggest challenges, rendering my role considerably more efficient and effective.”

Constant innovation

Employment Hero has continued to bring in new features too, offering fresh ideas for routine HR problems. It’s something that the team at Santa Fe have really appreciated. As Monette says,

“Employment Hero continually evolves with the introduction of additional functionalities aimed at enhancing various operational processes.”

At Employment Hero, we’re really proud of the work we do in evolving and developing our platform. Just as the businesses who work with us have changing demands, we’re constantly looking to find solutions to their problems. Check out our support centre for the latest and greatest additions.

Santa Fe Shutters Limited has a bright future with Employment Hero

We love hearing about how Employment Hero is supporting Santa Fe’s future ambitions. If you’d like to learn more about how Employment Hero can support your team and transform your HR processes, speak to one of our business specialists today.

If you’d like to see how much time and money you can save with Employment Hero, take a look at our return on investment (ROI) report.