Architect, Business Systems Analysis - Workday

Winland Foods, Inc.; Oak Brook (IL); Híbrido; USD 113.000 - 171.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Medical

Dental

Vision

401(k) with match

STD/LTD/AD&D/Life

HSA

FSA

EAP

Hospital indemnity

Accident Insurance

Identity and Fraud Protection Plan

Legal

Critical Illness

Descripción de la vacante

Winland Foods, Inc. is seeking an Architect, Business Systems Analysis - Workday to lead cross-functional analysis and design across the IT ecosystem.

The role focuses on aligning Workday solutions with core business processes and ensuring secure, scalable architecture while driving continuous improvement.

Formación

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field required.
• Explicit Workday module knowledge is required (HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Talent & Performance, Recruiting, Absence, Reporting, Dashboards, Analytics, Integrations).
• Ability to communicate complex technical information to diverse audiences.

Responsabilidades

• Leads across boundaries to implement best practice solutions and drives process improvements.
• Validates results from functional requirements gathering.
• Directs functional designs to enable process change and ROI in IT ecosystem.
• Resolves architecture issues and maintains ecosystem standards.
• Sets security standards and defense in depth for emerging tech.
• Directs availability, recovery, and capacity planning with business partners.
• Evaluates emerging tech, influences suppliers to meet business needs.
• Directs design reviews and ensures resource optimization.
• Validates conclusions from requirements to ensure performance.

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Workday modules knowledge

ADP integrations

Descripción del empleo

USA-IL Oak Brook

Full time

R28955

At Winland Foods, our success starts with people who live our values of Excellence, Quality, Integrity, Respect, and Collaboration every day.

Employee Type

Full time

Location

US Works from Home

Job Type

Information Technology

Job Posting Title

Architect, Business Systems Analysis - Workday

Schedule

(Hybrid) Fridays are remote, while Mon-Thurs are in office

Work Location

2015 Spring Road Suite 400, Oak Brook, IL 60523

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401(k) with match
• STD/LTD/AD&D/Life
• HSA
• FSA
• EAP
• Hospital indemnity
• Accident Insurance
• Identity and Fraud Protection Plan
• Legal
• Critical Illness.

Salary, based on experience and other qualifications

$113k to $171k Annually with additional bonus potential

Roles and Responsibilities

• Business Process: Leads others by working across boundaries and ensuring best practice solutions are developed and implemented. Seeks ways to implement process changes to improve business process productivity. Collaborates with suppliers to recommend best practice solutions.
• Functional Analysis: Proactively validates results of functional requirements gathering process.
• Functional Design: Directs functional designs of solutions enable process change, continuous improvement and competitive advantage. Ensures solutions optimize and protect the Winland Foods IT Ecosystem and achieve maximum ROI.
• Architecture: Through collaborative means, researches technical solutions to broad business problems and ensures application/ technical strategies are tightly linked. Influences and sets Ecosystem architectural standards to meet long term requirements reusing existing solutions where possible. Ensures Ecosystem portfolio is continuously maintained.
• Information Security: Establishes security standards for emerging technologies. Ensures appropriate "defense in depth" and "least privileged" security concepts are designed into Ecosystem.
• Availability / Recovery: Establishes and directs efforts to measure and continuously improve Ecosystem availability working closely with business partners. Establishes design standards for operational availability and recovery point/ time objectives that are cost efficient and effectively protects business from interruption.
• Capacity/ Performance: Utilizes capacity trends and long term business/ technical strategies to ensure Ecosystem capacity is appropriately accommodated. Ensures licensing for environments is forecasted appropriately and in continuous compliance with contractual agreements. Measures and leads efforts to continuously improve performance of systems continuously driving efficient utilization of technical components.
• Research/ Development: Assesses applicability and readiness of emerging technology solutions. Effectively influences suppliers to develop solutions to meet business needs.
• Quality Assurance: Directs design and quality reviews and ensures technical resources are optimized.
• Technical Analysis: Proactively validates conclusions associated with requirements gathering process focusing on full spectrum of application performance.
• Technical Design: Ensures optimal performance and quality of technical designs.
• Construct/ Implement: Ensures quality delivery of tuned application environments that are contemporary and in accordance with architectural guidelines. Provides direction on training and content development and delivery to end users. Provides direction on project Cutover and Go-Live activities. Provides direction for programs and/or large projects. Accountable for the overall solution capabilities of projects/initiatives.
• Incident/ Problem Management: Directs and educates others in conducting effective investigation/ diagnosis of incidents and root cause analysis of problems across the Winland Foods IT Ecosystem. Develops, implements and documents solutions in a timely manner and validate with users that service has been restored.
• Change Control: Directs and educates others in conducting proper urgency, impact and risk assessment of change requests. Plans, schedules, implements and documents changes in accordance with Change Advisory Board (CAB) processes.
• Human Capital Management (When Applicable): Develops each of his / her assigned team members by fully leveraging all facets of IT career development. Ensures effective development and delivery of Performance Reviews and midyear reviews for all assigned and (when applicable) matrixed personnel. Actively manages / ensures creation of individual development plans and associated training plans for assigned personnel ensuring they are both feasible and in line with organizational goals. Actively coaches others toward demonstrating all behaviors defined by the Winland Vision, Mission and Values. Actively contributes to staff calibration activities and talent management reviews.

The duties and responsibilities described are not a comprehensive list of all tasks. Additional tasks and duties may be assigned from time to time as necessitated by business needs.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Technology, Computer Science or related field required. Will consider formal training and/or extensive experience in area of responsibility in lieu of degree.
• Requires more than 12 years Information Technology / position related experience.
• Knowledge and working experience with Workday modules required (Core Human Capital Management (HCM), Compensation, Benefits, Talent & Performance Management, Recruiting, Absence Management, Reporting, Dashboards, Analytics, Inbound and Outbound Integrations, Liaise with Workday, and Liaise with Payroll Provider - ADP.
• Requires conceptual thinking to understand highly complex issues, understands implications, and direct the improvement of defined procedures.
• Ability to implement highly complex solutions requiring a longer-term view and analysis of multiple perspectives and implications.
• Ability to apply expertise to improve business operations.
• Ability to effectively communicate highly complex technical or nontechnical information with a variety of internal and external audiences.
• Required to interpret or clarify highly complex technical information to aid understanding.
• Conveys highly complex information and persuades several diverse stakeholders/audiences within area of responsibility.
• Develops recommendations to promote highly complex ideas or services across IT.
• Must be eligible to work in the United States without requiring sponsorship.

Travel Requirements

• Ability to travel up to 25% of time to company locations, business meetings, industry events, or other job related functions

Physical Demands and Work Environment

Work is performed primarily in an office environment. The employee is regularly required to sit for extended periods while using a computer, and other standard office equipment. Frequent use of hands and fingers for typing and operating office technology is required. The employee must possess close visual acuity to view electronic documents and screens. Occasional standing, walking, bending or lifting of materials up to 15 pounds may be required. The employee is expected to maintain a safe and productive working environment that supports confidential business activities.

Business needs may require work outside normal business hours, and after hours support may be needed.

EEO Statement

Winland Foods seeks to recruit, develop, and retain the most talented people from a diverse candidate pool, and as a global company we believe our success is enhanced by fostering equity and inclusion in the workplace. Therefore, Winland Foods is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect where equal employment opportunities are available to all applicants and teammates without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, military or veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

About Us

At Winland Foods, we’re passionate about creating exceptional food experiences that bring people together. We are a dynamic and growing company specializing in meal preparation products—from pasta and sauces to plant-based proteins and more. Our portfolio includes beloved consumer brands and custom private-label solutions for retail and foodservice channels.

Why Work With Us?

We believe in being exceptional from the land to the table. That means:

• Commitment to Quality: We consistently exceed industry standards across our value chain.
• Sustainability & Responsibility: We prioritize environmental stewardship and make a positive impact on the world around us.
• People First: The safety, well-being, and growth of our employees are at the heart of everything we do.

Our Culture

We’re a team of food enthusiasts who value collaboration, innovation, and integrity. At Winland Foods, you’ll find an environment where your ideas matter, your contributions are recognized, and your career can thrive.

Explore Opportunities

At Winland Foods, you’ll find opportunities across operations, supply chain, marketing, and product development—roles where your work truly makes an impact. By joining our team, you become part of a forward-thinking organization that values passion, collaboration, and shared success with our customers. Together, we’re shaping the future of food.