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Position Purpose:

The Manager, Benefits and Health Management [Communications] is responsible for identification, coordination, integration, and implementation of initiatives that support organizational transformation across all HR entities. The Manager is responsible for providing guidance as new business needs emerge, as well as collaborating with HR business partners to understand business needs and translate those needs into process documents that will be used to develop business or technology process improvements. They will define measures of success and follow-up post implementation to determine the level of success. They will ensure project feasibility, determine prioritization, present business case approval, and identify and report out measures of success upon project completion. They will lead teams through rapidly evolving, complex demands, including multiple projects with dependencies on HR business partners and external vendors. They ensure that their team delivers measurable improvements/efficiencies in HR processes.

Key Responsibilities:

40% Identification of business needs and solutions

• Ensures that the change management vehicles incorporate all stakeholders of process or system changes
• Creates logical and innovative solutions to complex problems
• Partners with Sr. Manager or Director to define and prioritize projects; collaborates with multiple business partners

40% Documentation and Project Tracking

• Ensures requests and issues are tracked and documented (business case, scope, resource requirements, and impact) and issues are resolved within the SLA
• Manages HR prioritization activity/Disaster Recovery plans to include cost benefits analysis, documentation and annual testing

10% Team Management and Development

• Manages the responsibilities of the Process team including development of the team to perform qualitative and quantitative insight/trend analysis to drive continuous business improvement recommendations.
• Develops successful team culture

10% Analysis

• Performs insight/trend analysis to drive continuous business improvement by conducting deep-dive analysis, producing actionable information, and presenting recommendations to business partners to improve the associates experience.
• Provides project status and next steps to all necessary leaders

Direct Manager/Direct Reports:

• Reports to a Sr Manager or Director.
• This position has multiple direct reports.

Travel Requirements:

• Typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time.

Physical Requirements:

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

Working Conditions:

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Must be eighteen years of age or older.
• Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.

Preferred Qualifications:

• HR consulting experience preferred
• Experience analyzing and interpreting data with the goal of improving the customer experience and problem solving
• Experience building a high performing team and ability to elicit feedback on recommendations and foster an environment of teamwork, customer satisfaction, communication, approachability, and empowerment.
• Workday experience

Minimum Education:

• The knowledge, skills and abilities typically acquired through the completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent degree in a field of study related to the job.

Minimum Years of Work Experience:

• 5

Competencies:

• Ability to understand complex processes and their interrelations across all HR business partners
• Ability to weigh risks and benefits of recommendations and ability to create business justification for all recommendations presented
• Proven ability to synthesize information quickly and efficiently in determining the most practical and effective applications of process revisions
• Proven track record of building solid partner relationships and influencing and negotiating with key stakeholders
• Proven experience at effectively planning and prioritizing multiple cross-functional projects
• Strong ability to manage, lead and develop a team people Building a results-driven team
• Models exceptional customer service Excellent time and project management skills
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills Builds strong on-going relationships and partnerships
• Demonstrated proficiency with Microsoft Office Products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• Commitment to continuous improvement
• Ability to work at the strategic and tactical level, as required

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