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Employee Experience Research: Clarios

CX Architect · Launch by NTT Data · 2023–2024

Led the strategic architecture of a multi-plant employee experience research program across 4 North American manufacturing facilities — translating 87 interviews and 23 focus groups into company-wide CX recommendations and a centralized digital training platform.

4
Manufacturing Plants across North America
87
Employee Interviews conducted across all sites
23
Focus Groups facilitated on-site
5
Recommendations delivered to leadership
Clarios site visit

“This is ultimately about something much deeper than employee satisfaction.”

Opening framing for Clarios North America leadership · October 2024

Key Outcomes

What the work produced.

01

Company-Wide CX Framework

A prioritized set of 5 recommendations delivered to Clarios North America leadership, grounded in cross-plant research and validated by frontline employees.

Company-Wide
02

Cross-Plant Research Synthesis

Unified findings from 4 plants, 87 interviews, and 23 focus groups into a coherent employee experience narrative spanning operations, HR, and culture.

Cross-Plant
03

Digital Training Platform Blueprint

Defined the CX requirements and content architecture for a centralized training platform — moving from insight to a concrete product roadmap.

Digital

Project Artifacts

Assembly Supervisor Journey Map

Assembly Supervisor Journey Map

Assembly Supervisor Persona

Assembly Supervisor Persona

Approach

How we worked.

01
Discovery & Site Selection

Partnered with Clarios HR and operations leadership to scope the program, identify participating plants, and align on research priorities across North America.

02
Research Design

Built the full methodology — interview guides, focus group protocols, and facilitation playbooks — tailored to manufacturing environments and shift-worker realities.

03
Field Research

Led on-site visits across 4 plants, facilitating 87 individual interviews and 23 focus groups with frontline employees, supervisors, and plant managers.

04
Synthesis & Theming

Coded and synthesized all qualitative data into cross-plant themes, employee journey maps, and a prioritized insight framework for leadership consumption.

05
Recommendations & Handoff

Delivered 5 strategic CX recommendations to Clarios North America leadership and defined the product requirements for a centralized digital training platform.