About Tailor Wimpey
Taylor Wimpey is one of the UK’s leading residential developers, building high-quality homes and thriving communities across the country.
Industry
Construction & Real Estate
Headquarters
UK
Powered by
SAP SuccessFactors
Business Challenge
As one of the UK’s leading residential developers, Taylor Wimpey is no stranger to building strong foundations. The time had come to look beyond their legacy payroll system and explore a future-ready alternative. At the same time, their wider HR landscape was fragmented across multiple platforms, driving up maintenance costs, creating integration challenges, and limiting the ability to streamline processes or reporting. The priority was clear – ensure employees continued to be paid seamlessly while laying the groundwork for a modern, unified HR system that could support the business for years to come.
Our Approach
Lavasource partnered with Taylor Wimpey from the very beginning, guiding them through the RFI (Request for Information) and vendor selection process to ensure the best fit for their needs. Our consultative approach and deep understanding of HR, payroll, and compliance positioned us as a trusted advisor throughout.
Taylor Wimpey chose SAP SuccessFactors for its comprehensive functionality, and Lavasource for our ability to combine consulting with hands-on, client-side delivery. With long-standing relationships and practitioner expertise, we were able to work seamlessly alongside their team to keep the project on track.
Lavasource first supported Taylor Wimpey in building their business case and selecting the right solution. Phase 1 saw implementation of Payroll, Recruitment and Onboarding – delivered on time and to scope. Phase 2 is now extending functionality across Learning, Performance, Succession, Compensation and Service Centre – creating a truly unified HR platform.
Lavasource’s role extended beyond implementation. Acting client-side, we ensured integrations reduced manual effort, automated data flows, and established SuccessFactors as the single source of truth.
Key improvements included:
- Automating transfers of employee benefits, previously handled manually each payroll cycle.
- Integrating with Active Directory for stronger governance and security.
- Building in CITB (Construction Industry Training Board) compliance logic to automatically calculate complex allowances and reduce manager intervention.
100%
On time go-live for Payroll, Recruitment & Onboarding.
17,000+ hrs
Manual effort saved.
£1 million
Saved through smarter processes and reduced effort.
Results
Taylor Wimpey now benefits from:
- CITB compliance built into SAP SuccessFactors, removing manual calculations and reducing manager workload.
- Full payroll automation for benefits and share data, eliminating manual spreadsheets.
- Improved data quality and governance through integrations with core systems.
- On-time delivery of a complex payroll and HR system transformation.
Lavasource have been more than an implementation partner - they’ve acted as an extension of our team. Their consultative approach, deep payroll expertise, and ability to deliver on time meant we not only kept our payroll running but also transformed how HR operates at Taylor Wimpey. We now have a future-ready platform that reduces manual effort, improves compliance, and sets us up for the long term.
Russell Brittain,
Head of Human Resources at Taylor Wimpey
The Future
With Phase 2 underway, Taylor Wimpey is on track to have a full suite of SAP SuccessFactors modules in place by the end of 2025. Beyond that, they are already exploring integration with a CRM system to strengthen governance and streamline sales incentive processes, further aligning HR with their overall business strategy.
Just as they do across their core business practices, Taylor Wimpey is investing in strong, future-ready foundations for their staff – and Lavasource will continue to work alongside them as a trusted partner, helping to shape the next stage of Taylor Wimpey’s HR and payroll journey.
