Functional Expert- P&O (Human Resources) Solutions

Job Description:

We are looking for a P&O Solutions Manager who will be responsible for HR solutions design, customer partnership, process, and project management.

What are we looking for?

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• 5+ years HR Systems, HRIS, HCM experience in design user centric technology solutions
• 2+ years of Workday business process & configuration responsibility and reporting experience
• Completion of Workday training in HCM and/or Recruiting; Workday Pro Certified
• Successful track record of taking system ownership, including system administration responsibilities
• Knowledge of requirement gathering techniques, project management, and HRIS systems development methodologies.
• Critical thinker with exceptional ability to model business processes and identify and resolve gaps.
• Strong analytic, problem solving, consultancy and communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks and deadlines in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in a Shared Services Center environment.

What will be your key responsibilities?

Solutions Design:

• Serve as a subject matter expert on the Workday platform (for defined scope) performing administrative functions including business process administration, security, Integration support, and ticket management.
• Identify automation opportunities to eliminate waste and drive efficiency in the organization, and leverage return on technological capabilities.
• Understand business outcomes, gather business requirements and map to system capabilities and design solutions.
• Lead and/or perform configuration changes in accordance with application procedures.
• SME for Recruiting and Onboarding domain driving towards decisions and recommending best practices related to functionality and processes at Mars
• Actively contribute and participate In Workday community; build cross-domain capability to design and deliver integrated solutions

Customer Partnership

• Partner with GPO, COEs and P&O Operations to identify continuous improvement opportunities, drive adoption of global standards
• Ensure vision and strategy is understood.
• Ensure requirements are defined, reviewed, and agreed upon with the key stakeholder/project team.
• Communicate regularly with key stakeholders to ensure expectations are aligned.

Process Management

• Regularly assess current state and proactively identify areas of opportunity for improvement
• Understand objectives of business processes related to technology and translate into functional requirements.
• Responsible for driving WD business process design activities of the assigned functional areas
• Serve as an escalation point and lead for process design and system configuration support
• Maintain the system configuration, reporting and calculated field designs

Project Management

• Use agile methodology to continually delivery solutions, manage small to medium size projects,
• Identifies, escalates key issues, risks, roadblocks in delivering solutions
• Develop documentation for test scenarios and ensure process documentation for configurations and maintain project documentation standards.

What can you expect from Mars?

• Work with over 130,000 diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
• Join a purpose driven company, where we're striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
• Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
• An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.

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Mars is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. If you need assistance or an accommodation during the application process because of a disability, it is available upon request. The company is pleased to provide such assistance, and no applicant will be penalized as a result of such a request.