Workday HRIS Specialist

Alfa Laval; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private medical care

Life insurance

Lunch card

MyBenefit platform access

Multisport card

Flexible working hours

Hybrid work 3 days office, 2 days home

Job summary

Alfa Laval in Kraków is looking for a seasoned Workday professional to lead configuration and optimization within our HR Technology team. You will enable core HCM and analytics capabilities, delivering scalable solutions that align with business needs.

In a mature global Workday environment, you will collaborate across HR modules, drive automation and continuous improvement, and contribute to data governance and reporting enhancements.

Qualifications

• Experience configuring and optimizing Workday HCM and analytics in deployment and support roles.
• Ability to analyze business needs and translate into Workday configurations and reports.
• Proven collaboration with cross-functional teams and external vendors.

Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Core HCM and Analytics modules.
• Deliver scalable Workday solutions aligned with business needs and best practices.
• Lead small to medium Workday enhancements and projects from design to deployment.

Skills

Workday configuration

Business analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

English language

Analytical thinking

Autonomy

Agile experience

Tools

Workday

Job description

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact – on our colleagues, partners, customers and society. Together, we’re pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

About The Role

Join our HR Technology team and help drive the next level of digital HR at Alfa Laval. Working in a mature global Workday environment, you'll have the opportunity to improve how we use Workday every day through innovation, intelligent automation, and continuous improvement - from simplifying processes and introducing automation to exploring new capabilities as the platform continues to evolve.

Your Key Responsibilities

• Configure, maintain, and optimize Workday Core HCM and Workday Analytics modules.
• Deliver scalable Workday solutions aligned with business needs and best practices.
• Lead small to medium Workday enhancements and projects from design to deployment.
• Drive continuous improvement through user-experience focus, automation, digitalization, and AI capabilities.
• Evaluate and implement new Workday features from bi-annual releases.
• Develop Workday reports and dashboards.
• Take part in HCM data governance and improve data quality across the platform.
• Collaborate across other Workday modules like Recruiting, Performance & Talent Compensation, Security, Integrations, and Reporting.
• Troubleshoot complex Workday issues and provide expert functional support.
• Create and maintain functional documentation and configuration standards.
• Share Workday expertise and support knowledge development across the team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years of experience within Workday configuration, both in deployment and support (HCM).
• Experience in working on Workday deployment and optimization projects within global environment and scope.
• Strong understanding of Workday business object model, integrations concepts and ability to collaborate with integration engineers and 3rd party vendor. Experience in business analysis, configuration, testing, end-user training and data management.
• Knowledge of HR Business Processes and experience within other HRIS systems is nice to have.
• Customer-focused mindset and high level of autonomy.
• Good communication skills, both oral and written.
• Analytical skills that include identifying and resolving problems.
• Ability to adapt due to business demands, deadlines or priorities change.
• Teamwork and collaboration oriented, with ability to mentor other colleagues.
• Willingness and curiosity for growth and learning while taking part in cross-functional initiatives and cross module team back-ups.
• Experience in agile ways of working would be preferrable.
• Fluent in English.

What We Offer

• Work in a people-oriented team with dynamic and inspiring colleagues and leaders
• Attractive salary and benefits package (including private medical care for you and your family, life insurance, lunch card, access to MyBenefit platform, Multisport card etc.)
• Flexible working hours, you can start between 7:30 and 9:30 am
• Hybrid work arrangement (3 days at the office, 2 days from home), our office is located on Przybyszewskiego 56, Kraków
• Relocation support within Poland can be provided

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

We are looking forward to your application. Applications sent directly via email will be disregarded due to GDPR.