Sr. Manager - IT, HR & Legal Apps

Rehlko•Milwaukee, WI

About The Position

BASIC FUNCTION As a member of the Rehlko Global IT organization, this position has the objective of enabling the growth of Rehlko businesses by increasing focus on new digital business models and improving business capabilities. This position is critical to accelerating Rehlko’s business performance by leading the planning, justification, delivery, and adoption of IT applications to enable Hire-to-Retire, Payroll and Legal business processes. This role includes aligning with and influencing enterprise strategy, which will include regular senior level leadership interaction, providing visibility for career growth opportunities. This Sr Manager role will have the following scope and expectations. Business Solutions Manager and Portfolio Management: Partner with business leaders to understand their strategies, objectives, and pain points. Assist in developing business case and project definition to drive business value through new technology introductions, along with leading IT capital, and financial planning. Guide and engage business partners to establish strong product owners and super user. Solution Leadership: Partners with Human Resources, Payroll, Legal, and other IT counterparts to create and align on technology strategies, roadmaps, solutions, technical architecture, and project proposals that include estimated hours of effort. Platform and Product Owner: Accountable for establishing the global solutions platforms and products to enable end- to- end business processes including Hire-to-Retire, Payroll and Legal business processes. This includes utilizing Life Cycle Management and Software Development Life Cycle best practices to ensure integrity and reliability of the HRIS platforms. Delivery and Resource Management: Responsible for leading a global team for designing, building (configuration and development), testing, implementing, and sustaining solutions to all of Rehlko’s diverse business units and regions. This includes recruiting, leading, and developing a diverse global team of functional architects and analysts across multiple time zones of architects/analysts, along with selecting and managing contractors and third-party Systems Integrators. The successful candidate will be a passionate people leader, strategic thinker, and a change agent, able to build credibility and influence at all levels of the organization. The ability to rapidly understand the opportunities at Rehlko, create an aligned and inspiring vision and roadmap, and then lead a global team to realize that vision is critical to success. Must be capable of directing and supervising a wide range of activities covering multiple concurrent projects, and interfacing with personnel and leaders from all regions and business units.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Business, or related field required.
Eight to ten years’ experience with managing IT applications and delivering effective proposals and solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills for varied audiences (including senior business leaders) on business and technology related subject matter, including storytelling and making the complex simple.
Demonstrated track record of partnering with business stakeholders and handling multiple complex transformation projects and delivering results in human resources business functions.

Nice To Haves

Masters / MBA desirable.
SAP ECC R3
Workday
Infor Work Brain
ADP Payroll and Time & Attendance
Service Now
Learning Management System

Responsibilities

Responsible for the HRIS applications, including but not limited to HCM (SAP & Workday), Payroll, Time and Attendance (Infor/Workbrain), Service Now, and other related systems.
Leads the creation and execution of solution strategies and proposals to enable the desired business process capabilities and outcomes.
Responsible for the creation of project proposals through consultative engagements and requirements gathering sessions lead by internal team.
Generate realistic project quotes along with evaluating the credibility of solutions and estimates developed by partners.
Works with IT Program Management Office to provide quotes and staffing plans for major business systems projects and process improvement initiatives.
Drive Continuous Improvement through investigation and evaluation of improved methods, procedures, software, and equipment to enhance all functional responsibilities.
Develop, control, and adhere to systems methodologies, standards, and procedures, including the review, critique, and approval of detailed designs and systems specifications.
Builds knowledge of what is coming next, through external networks, contacts, and partnerships.
Understand the changing competitive, consumer, and technology landscape and identifies opportunities to bring new tools, concepts, and approaches.
Lead the recruiting, interviewing, and hiring of staff and staff augmentation, along with the associated onboarding and ramp- up plans.
Provide positive motivational leadership and coaching of staff along with developing the staff’s technical, engagement, and problem-solving skills required to meet the continuing needs of current and new technologies.
Strong awareness of privacy and data security regulations and considerations, and works with data and analytics, security, and privacy teams to ensure all solutions are compliant.
Promote and foster a culture built on trust, respect, collaboration, and accountability.