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Summary:

The leader will oversee the Global functional and technical management of the Workday system (HR) within the organization. This role is responsible for overall process efficiency, data integrity, and proactively analyzing business opportunities alongside technical processes, to streamline, automate and improve our Workday platform. This leader will provide strategic management and guidance to Global HRIS Managers, Subject Matter Experts, Business Processes Leaders, and Project Teams; serving as the HR Project Lead when any additional system implementations, upgrades or changes occur. They are responsible for leading HRIS Team Leaders to provide functional and analytical support around core HR business processes, including Recruiting, Payroll, Absence, Learning, Performance and Talent Management and the integration of various HRIS systems.

This position is available Hybrid (Houston) or Remote

Duties & Responsibilities

+ Manage and oversee the team of Global HRIS managers and colleagues who are performing functional requirements gathering, configuration and testing of all Workday impacts across the HR function.

+ Involvement in all aspects of mid-to-large-scale Workday system enhancement projects. This includes developing and maintaining standards, tools, and templates that need to be followed for Workday configuration activities

+ Work with our HR Governance leader, assisting in assessing all change requests and ensuring business justification, financial analysis, and timeline impacts are quantified

+ Partner with our Centers of Excellence (COEs) to understand business priorities and advising them on technology capabilities; review and help prioritize their enhancement requests, and uncover opportunities for automation

+ Ensure system enhancements, new processes and integrations, in partnership with HR technology, are properly documented and tested.

+ Provide project management leadership and communications for projects and anticipate needs, raise risks and propose mitigation plans

+ Partner with HR Operations/Shared Services for impacts to system configuration, service center impacts and overall colleague experience

+ Support best practices that can be leveraged by all of HR to manage projects, report status, plan for change and measure success

+ Anticipate and identify potential issues and risks that may impact program implementation

+ Provide strategic advice and thought leadership and deploy the required resources to address various program challenges and unanticipated events

+ Ensure the HRIS system has global consistency, stability, and data accuracy

+ Partner with various HR and IT leaders in defining HR’s Technology strategy and roadmap ensuring alignment with business needs

+ Manage appropriate security within the HRIS team by role assignment and ensure role assignments remain relevant

+ Partner with functional HR leaders to prioritize business needs and implement a strong project management cadence in delivering solutions. This includes leading weekly prioritization meetings, measuring the effectiveness of solutions and managing customer expectations

**ABILITIES AND SKILLS** :

+ Ability to manage a global team of HRIS leaders while managing priorities in a fast-paced environment

+ Strong communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills

+ Utilize project management concepts to ensure successful delivery

+ Strong problem-solving and project management skills to deliver strategic objectives

+ The ideal candidate will be passionate about delivering meaningful solutions and possess rigorous goal-setting and continuous improvement discipline.

**REQUIRED MINIMUM EXPERIENCE** :

+ 9+ years of experience in a leadership position of which 7 leading a team

+ 5+ years of experience demonstrating a strong understanding of HR and payroll business processes, Workday preferred

+ Global HRIS implementation experience, Workday preferred

+ Experience building and delivering complex communication plans across diverse stakeholder groups.

+ Experience managing global initiatives and ability to navigate through ambiguity/re-prioritize as requirements and direction change

+ Experience building and managing case tool reports/SLAs to manage the effectiveness and efficiency of the HRIS team

+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Excel, PowerPoint, Word) and project management tools

+ Proven track record of managing cross-functional partnerships, (ie, business leadership up to C-suite, IT, Finance, Legal, and HR)

+ Exceptional people skills with demonstrated ability to communicate effectively with both a technical audience and business users

REQUIRED MINIMUM EDUCATION:

+ Bachelor's degree in related discipline or an additional 4 years of relevant experience in lieu of degree

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this job.

AFFIRMATIVE ACTION STATEMENT:

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law. This opportunity is available through Sysco Corporation, its subsidiaries and affiliates.