Workday Manager

Want to help us bring happiness to the world? Want to join an ambitious and fast growing global biscuits and confectionery business investing heavily in iconic global brands, infrastructure and people? Then this is the place for you.

As proud bakers and chocolatiers and custodians of iconic global brands, we don’t compromise on the quality of ingredients in our products or on the people we hire. We are looking for entrepreneurial spirits who share our passion for bringing happiness to our consumers and who embody our Winning Traits.

To succeed at pladis you need to be purpose-led, resilient and positive to succeed here because we expect pace and agility, we insist on collaboration and demand accountability. If that is your thing, then pladis offers global ambition, a clear Vision and roadmap for success, challenge, and unrivalled opportunities to learn and make an impact

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Global Workday Manager – FTC

The Global Workday Support Team provide Tier 2+ support, advice and resolution to both pladis and Godiva globally on all matters Workday. The role holder will be required to provide expert support to all users, providing an escalation point for any issues unable to be resolved at Tier 1 alongside simplification and optimisation of our Global People system – Workday.

As a key member of the Global Team, the role holder will be instrumental in driving system enhancements and optimisation across the organisation through delivery of our Workday Roadmap

The Global Workday Manager must be a highly organised self-starter with strong analytical, problem solving and collaboration skills.

Key Responsibilities

• Support Regional Super Users with advice, guidance and issue resolution.
• Provide end user training, communication materials and support for BAU and all relevant changes to Workday
• Drive Workday efficiency and lead internal projects whilst delivering our Workday Roadmap
• Expert for specific business processes and functional areas
• Capture system requirements for business stakeholders and impact assess across the Global system landscape, managing enhancements through to completion
• Analyse business report requirements by conducting information gathering sessions with clients, analysing the information and gaining understanding of business needs
• Lead and support global Workday process excellence
• Testing of all future Workday releases

Requirements and Qualifications 

Essential Criteria

• 3+ years’ experience in the Workday Ecosystem
• Expert, technical working knowledge of Workday in a live, BAU environment
• Strong configuration skills
• Speciality in one or more area of Workday – eg. Core HCM, Recruiting, Security, Business Process, Reporting
• Excellent stakeholder engagement

Desirable Criteria

• Global Experience
• Workday Certified
• Previous experience within HR function outside of HRIS

pladis is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to hiring a diverse workforce. All openings will be filled based on qualifications without regard to race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, marital status, veteran status, disability, age, religion or any other classification protected by law.

We operate a strict Preferred Supplier List. If you are a recruitment agency and wish to submit candidate to be considered for this vacancy, you must have agreed to, and signed, our terms of business.

We will not accept CVs from any other sources other than those currently on our PSL. We will not pay a fee for any candidate that has not been represented by a provider on our PSL.

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