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As an Inhouse Procurement Workday Consultant you are part of the internal ERP team. You will be responsible for
- Continuous development of the Workday Procurement Suite
- You will work very closely with the specialist colleagues in Purchasing, as well as with the EMBL project team and that of the implementation partner during the next implementation phases and rollout.
- Following the roll out you will be responsible for liaising with the Purchase colleagues, the EMBL IT teams and the Workday Support Team and deliver technical configuration support and coordinating the bi-annual system upgrades.
- You will also be providing conceptual support for the integration of external procurement platforms to the Workday system.
You will play a key role in the implementation & later support of the Workday Procurement Suite.
As part of the ERP Team, you are liaising closely with the Purchase Section and the Workday project team members for support & further development of the Workday Procurement Suite including:
- Liaising with Purchase Section about business requirements aligning with the Procurement Strategy
- Implementing further changes including technical design, configuration, testing and cutover
- Conceptual support for integration between Workday and various upstream & downstream systems
- As a Workday expert in the Procurement field, you are responsible for establishing knowledge management within the team and supporting with the training of your colleagues
- Delivering key conceptual expertise to IT Procurement application projects & integration of various B2B platforms
- Liaising with third party consultants and internal stakeholders
- Investigating and resolving Workday Procurement issues on a day-to-day basis
- Coordinate the bi-annual Workday system updates
Workday Competencies
- In depth understanding of Workday Procurement data model, security, business processes and reporting: At least 3 years experience in supporting Workday Procurement Modules.
- You have a solid cross module understanding to Financials
- Ability to support and coordinate Workday releases and associated testing and training activities
Personal Competencies
- Being comfortable with an agile organisational approach by taking ownership of your work in a self-organised and structured way
- Strong problem-solving skills with attention to detail
- Strong team player, Self-starter
- Being excited about working in a very international, multicultural and diverse environment
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Fluency in spoken and written English
- Solid MS Office skills Ability to analyse, describe, present and review complex processes and suggest pragmatic solutions
- Ability to challenge and question existing processes and suggest improvements
- Proven ability to deal with multiple stakeholders
- Flexibility, diplomacy and patience
- Good consulting skills
- Customer focused
- Willingness to rise to any challenge
- Good sense of humour
You might also have
- Experience with Workday EIB would be an added advantage
- German language skills are not mandatory but beneficial
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Enjoy lots of benefits:Salary free of income tax, Monthly family, child and non-resident allowances, annual salary review, pension scheme, death benefit, long-term care, accident-at-work and unemployment insurances
Flexible working arrangements
Private medical insurance for you and your immediate family (including all prescriptions and generous dental & optical cover)
Generous time off: 30 days annual leave per year, in addition to public holidays
Relocation package including installation grant (if applicable)
Campus life: Free shuttle bus (select sites), on-site library, subsidised on-site gym and cafeteria, casual dress code, extensive sports and social club activities (on campus and remotely)
Family benefits: Kindergarten (Heidelberg), 10 days of child sick leave, generous paid maternity/parental leave and monthly family & child allowances
Benefits for international newcomers: Visa exemption, education grant for private schooling, financial support to travel back to your home country every second year and a monthly non-resident allowance.
For detailed information please visit our employee benefits page here
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