International

Position Evaluation
Modern, fast, consistent and
flexible position evaluation

International Position Evaluation

How are organisations using position
evaluation systems?
Position evaluation systems offer organisations an
independent method to compare various aspects of a
job and then rank positions against each other. As a
result, companies overcome the ambiguities caused
by comparing job titles alone and have an objective
basis for:
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Determining pay for positions,

Ensuring internal equity across job families, and

Mercers IPE system is:

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R
 eady-made: Our system has been tested by
hundreds of organisations and can be implemented
quickly and consistently across your offices without
months of design work.

M
 odern: Reflecting todays complex and diverse
business structures, IPE objectively considers the
nature of your organisation as well as a full array of
knowledge (technical, management and cultural),
communication and innovation requirements.

G
 lobal: Built from the ground up to be an
international system, IPE is supported globally by
Mercer consultants. Now, multinational organisations
can easily compare positions across job families and
organisations, anywhere in the world.

W
 eb based: eIPE is a web tool that can facilitate the
evaluation process, store your evaluations, compare
outcomes across businesses and job families,
identify outliers and be distributed globally.

F
 lexible: Our factor-based approach uses a
traditional point-factor or decision-tree process,
or both, in the same organisation. Its your choice
when using eIPE.

M
 ultilingual: No need to worry about inaccuracies
due to translation; eIPE now interfaces with
multiple languages.

Measuring the organisations positions against

the market.

Mercers IPE System A step ahead

Mercers proprietary International Position Evaluation
(IPE) system is a global factor-based approach,
allowing for fast, reliable and consistent measurement
of positions size and value to an organisation
across job families, within any type of organisation,
anywhere in the world.

Users talk, and we listen and act

Consider these questions:

Two noteworthy updates over the past few years are

a result of users desire to increase the transparency
of their global pay programs and distribute evaluation
responsibility while maintaining consistencies.

Still wondering whether IPE is right for you? Join

the hundreds of other organisations who chose
Mercers IPE system for the reasons you might now
be struggling with within your organisation.

1. D
 ecision Tree. Users now can chose to evaluate
jobs using a decision-tree approach that equates to
a full factor evaluation (same native methodology
and same transparency) by answering a set of
hierarchically structured questions. Easy to use
and ideal for HR generalists.

 re you looking for something that has a track

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record of success and can be implemented quickly
and consistently?

 o you desire multiple approaches to evaluate jobs,

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such as point factor and decision tree?

2. e
 IPE. Because technology is critical to todays
anytime, anywhere business norms, eIPE now is
used by hundreds of clients for quick and easy
cross-company and cross-function comparisons.
It has linking capability to Mercers job family
structure, multilingual user interface and the
option to use the decision-tree approach.

 ould you like to decentralize responsibility

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(particularly among HR generalists) while
maintaining consistency and corporate oversight
and governance?

Are multilingual capabilities a key consideration?

Is anytime, anywhere access important?

 re you seeking a strong and transparent linkage

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to market data around the globe as well as access
to more than 2,000 Mercer benchmark jobs and
evaluations to speed the evaluation process?

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Division Director

68 729 10

Complexity

4 3.5 4

Innovation

Frame

Size of Org

68 750 10

Total Pts

Chief Executive Officer

Actual Title

Position Class

Communication

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Contribution

Grid Edit

Impact

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To learn more
If you are seeking a robust management tool to
provide insights into your job and organisational
structures, we should talk. Mercer has significant
experience working with the worlds leading
organisations in implementing and managing their
position evaluation processes.
To learn more, visit our website at mercer.com/ipe
or contact your local Mercer office.

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