EMEA HR Excellence Partner

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Where is the work:

On-Site (5 days)

What's in it for you:

The EMEA HR Excellence Partner is responsible for driving operational excellence, process optimization, and digital innovation across the region’s HR function. This role serves as a strategic partner to HR and business leaders, ensuring that HR processes, systems, and data capabilities enable an efficient, consistent and high-quality employee experience across EMEA. As a key integrator between the global HR technology organization and regional HR teams, the EMEA HR Excellence Partner will guide process improvements, lead regional Workday initiatives, support M&A integrations, and own the HR enhancement roadmap for the region.

Key Responsibilities

1. HR Service Delivery and Process Excellence

• Serve as a change champion for HR transformation initiatives across EMEA.
• Review and challenge existing HR processes to identify efficiencies, standardization opportunities, and ways to optimize how HR delivers services.
• Conduct data-driven analysis to understand pain points, process gaps, and improvement areas; translate insights into actionable recommendations.
• Design and deploy scalable, simplified, and compliant HR processes, and related documentation and operating procedures across EMEA.
• Standardise and improve end to end employee lifecycle processes across EMEA with a focus on efficiency, automation and continuous improvement

• Maintain a centralised record of HR services delivered by country and track adherence to standard work. Ensure key processes are documented to reduce operational and compliance risk
• Equip HR teams with practical tools, resources, and best practices to drive continuous improvement and elevate the overall HR service delivery model.

2. HR Technology & Workday HCM Leadership

• Act as EMEA point of contact to HR Solutions, IT and global COEs; ensure regional priorities are embedded in global frameworks Translate global Workday direction, enhancements, and requirements into regional implications, communicating clearly and proactively.
• Guide regional testing, training, change management, and communications for all Workday changes and releases.
• Provide HR technology training, enablement, and guidance to HR teams to enhance HR digital capability in the region.

3. Transformation & Project Support

• Provide project management governance for regional and global HR initiatives. Ensure adoption of new processes and tools across EMEA.
• Lead change management activities for large-scale transformation programs, including M&A initiatives.
• Develop and support the implementation of post-acquisition process improvements, system adoption strategies, and transition plans to ensure a seamless integration experience 

4. Data Governance & Analytics

• Own regional HR metrics and reporting and generate insights for decision making.
• Monitor Workday data quality and lead regular data health checks and data remediation activities with HR teams.
• Identify gaps in metrics or reporting and propose new dashboards or analytics to support better decision-making.
• Partner with global reporting teams to ensure EMEA needs are represented and solutions are scalable.

What yo will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field.
• Master's degree preferred.
• 7+ years' experience in HR operations, HR process improvement and/or HR back office/shared service function.
• Hands-on experience with Workday HCM or a similar HRIS platform, including enhancements and roadmap planning.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence without direct authority.
• Experience supporting HR aspects of M&A integrations is an advantage.
• Advanced analytical skills with the ability to translate data into insights and decisions.
• Strong communication, stakeholder management, and change management skills.
• Ability to navigate complexity, work independently, and drive results in a matrix organization.

Success Factors

• Passion for improving the employee and HR stakeholder experience.
• Strong ability to simplify, standardize, and problem-solve complex processes.
• Comfort working at both strategic and hands-on levels.
• High level of collaboration across HR and cross-functional teams.
• Ability to build trust and influence in a highly matrixed, multicultural environment.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits and programs. We are an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, pregnancy, age, marital status, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any legally protected status.