Approval of organisational changes for Royal FloraHolland

Royal FloraHolland wants to improve the margins for its growers and their buyers. To realise increased revenue and lower costs, they need to re-organise the company. Royal FloraHolland informed all of its employees what precisely that will mean for them.

A careful process preceded this decision, during which the company discussed it with the unions and the works council. Last week the works council sent their recommendations concerning the reorganisation, containing reservations and suggestions for improvement. The MT of Royal FloraHolland incorporated these points in its decision.

The organisational change aims to achieve better service provision and higher margins. They shall improve the organisation by:

Harmonising services better to the needs of growers and buyers, and developing, improving and digitising new services faster
Working more efficiently, for example by automating manual and operational tasks
Terminating commercial activities like services for which better alternatives are available
Outsourcing work, like post distribution and copying tasks

This means that Royal FloraHolland shall be shedding about 100 permanent positions in 2017. Employees who cannot be transferred to fill a vacancy will become redundant and can make use of a Social Plan. If the changes affect growers and their buyers, they shall be informed of this well in advance.

Source: Royal FloraHolland