Workday Functional Lead (m/f/d)

Location: Germany or Poland Hybrid

The SWISS KRONO Group is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of woodbased materials and stands for sustainable and innovative solutions in the fields of interiors flooring and building materials. Founded in 1966 as a familyowned company the Group now employs around 5000 people at ten production sites in eight countries around the globe.

Our headquarters are located in Lucerne Switzerland. In our international environment you can develop your personal strengths and advance professionally.

We focus on the best for our employees and customers. This is how we create wood in top form.

In this role you report to the Head of Digital HR & Analytics and will work closely with our HR IT and business to support the development the implementation support and continuous improvement of various Workday modules with a primary focus on HCM and Absence.

Our offer:

• Professional onboarding and close collaboration

• Stable international business environment in a market leading Swiss family owned company

• You work within a remote team with different stakeholder groups across the globe and act as a trusted partner

• Professional and personal development opportunities

• Personal benefits like ebike leasing and pension plans based on location

Your tasks:

• You manage the various Workday modules and the diverse needs from different user groups to improve the end user adoption of Workday to unveil the full potential of the solution

• As a functional owner of Workday you understand the different business needs within the group and build a strong case for change and actively influence the design process

• Lead the functional design and implementation of new features and enhancements in Workday including requirements gathering design documentation configuration testing deployment and training & stabilization

• Transform technical requirements into concrete value adding outcomes for SWISS KRONO while ensuring the integrity quality and security

• Partner with the Head Digital HR & Analytics HR and other business leaders to create business value add solutions within the Workday landscape

• Provide guidance and expert coaching as subject matter expert to endusers and stakeholders on system capabilities and advanced ways to optimize Workday

• Manage concurrent and complex Workday projects including new feature implementations and Workday releases for successful implementation and adoption of the new feature functionality

• Conduct data analysis to identify system trends and recommend solutions to improve data quality system performance and user experience

• Develop and maintain system documentation including business process flows technical specifications and test scripts

• Stay current with Workday product releases across multiple functional areas and features and recommend updates and enhancements as appropriate

• Build and maintain custom reports and calculated fields in Workday

• Support with mass uploads (EIB) to assist HR in maintaining a high data accuracy and ensure downstream data quality

Your profile:

• Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems Business or related field

• 35 Years of Experience and knowledgeable in the HRIS field

• 3 years of Workday experience

• At least 2 successful endtoend deployments of Workday HCM as senior functional consultant or internal principal consultant

• Solid Project Management Skills would be an asset

• Workday Certified or previously Certified Consultant preferred

• Extensive knowledge of Workday HCM

• Deep understanding of the Workday data structure including business process framework and security

• Workday Absence

• Workday Reporting & Calc fields Advanced

• Excellent analytical and problemsolving skills with the ability to identify and resolve challenges and transform complex requirements in flow chart diagrams and creative solutions

• Strong requirement gathering and documentation skills planning & deployment approaches

• Ability to facilitate communication and work between crossfunctional stakeholders: business (nontech) and technical teams

• Ability to work independently and selfsufficiently willingness to take on challenges

• Basic understanding of the integrations landscape and its impacts to the functional areas and running operations

• Experience working in an agile development environment

• Demonstrated ability to be confidential with personal data

• English fluent (C1 or higher) German fluent (B2 or higher) is highly preferred

• Other language (French Polish) is a plus

We look forward to hearing from you!

Welcome to the SWISS KRONO family. Challenging tasks in a successful international company a multicultural working environment flat hierarchies and excellent development opportunities are waiting for you here.

Interested in this challenge

We are happy to receive your application including your salary expectations and potential starting date.

For any questions feel free to get in contact:

DE: Thomas Grndling

Recruitment Manager @SWISS KRONO Tec GmbH

PL: EmiliaDauksza

HRBusinessPartner @ SWISS KRONO GLOBAL SERVICES sp. z.o.o.