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Under Armour, a leading American sportswear company, engaged Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page as its Managed Service Provider to gain visibility of its corporate contingent workforce. Following a successful roll-out in the US, the programme expanded to include 49 departments in seven additional markets.
Under Armour’s existing Managed Service Provider (MSP) was struggling to support the company’s evolving workforce needs. The result was limited visibility, control, and standardisation across its contingent workforce.
Contingent workers were needed to support product launches and provide cover for long-term employee absences, such as for parental leave. Under Armour wanted a compliant, effective, and scalable way to manage its existing contingent workforce in the US and expand this programme to several other markets.
Under Armour partnered with Enterprise Solutions from Michael Page to provide the visibility, global reach, and risk management it needed.
We deployed a dedicated MSP team to manage Under Armour’s corporate contingent workforce. Regular in-person meetings helped maintain stakeholder alignment throughout the programme’s planning, implementation, launch, and day-to-day management. At the same time, to help Under Armour’s hiring teams adopt new contingent workforce processes, we delivered a bespoke change management programme. This included roadshows and training guides.
The initial programme’s focus was improving visibility and governance. We reconfigured the existing Vendor Management System (VMS) to strengthen integrations across Under Armour’s technology stack. This included reviewing and cleansing workforce and supplier data, establishing clear ownership and approval processes, and strengthening on- and offboarding controls. We also brought independent contractors into the programme and added referral hires into the VMS, helping ensure every appointment followed company policy. As a result, Under Armour gained a single source of truth for its corporate contingent workforce.
The Enterprise Solutions team feels like an extension of our own. Their regular communication, complete transparency, and tailored support have been critical as we’ve built out visibility and strengthened our governance across eight different markets.
Global Talent Acquisition Director
As visibility improved, the focus shifted to standardising suppliers’ contracts and rates. This reduced costs and delivered a more consistent comparison between suppliers, enabling hiring managers to make decisions based primarily on skills and experience.
Efforts then turned to international expansion. We collaborated closely with Under Armour’s legal team to establish contingent workforce agreements across different regions. We also created compliance packs for hiring managers in the new markets, covering payroll requirements, worker classification, and VMS processes.
As our partnership deepened, Under Armour expanded the scope of our support to include hiring for permanent and temporary roles. Michael Page’s specialist recruitment service line stepped in alongside Enterprise Solutions to meet these needs.
Enterprise Solutions delivered and managed a compliant, scalable, and cost-effective contingent workforce for Under Armour that consistently exceeded KPIs. Since launch, we’ve overseen white-collar hiring across marketing, branding, corporate support, HR, operations, finance, IT, product, and admin. This has taken place in eight countries: Belgium, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, the UAE, the UK, and the US.
Alongside our work as Under Armour’s MSP, our Michael Page specialist recruitment services team filled permanent and temporary roles across Hong Kong, Japan, the Netherlands, South Korea, the UK, and the US.
By delivering this as a single, integrated talent offering, Under Armour now has full visibility and control of its corporate contingent workforce, alongside permanent and temporary hires where and when the business needs. The result is a strong foundation for its next phase of growth.
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