Job Description

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

We are looking for a skilled Workday Specialist to serve as the on-site technical lead for a critical Workday implementation at our Warsaw Manufacturing Facility. In this role, you will partner with our Workday Consultants to drive all configuration, testing, and go-live activities across Time Tracking, Absence, and Scheduling.

This role sits at the center of two high-impact initiatives: transitioning hourly workers from biweekly to weekly payroll and deploying Workday Time, Absence, and Scheduling across a workforce of up to 2,000 employees. You will collaborate closely with stakeholders across Manufacturing, Finance, Payroll, and our external Workday consulting team.

| WORK AUTHORIZATION REQUIREMENT

Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a permanent basis. We are unable to offer visa sponsorship at this time.

| WHAT YOU GET TO DO

Time Tracking & Absence Management

• Review Time Tracking and Absence configuration to scope testing scenarios and identify impacted calculations.

• Partner with our Workday implementation consultants to review and validate a new pay period schedule and align a corresponding Pay Group to support the transition to a weekly payroll frequency for hourly employees.

• Review and test new Workweek definitions and review all Overtime rule calculations.

• Review and modify Time Entry Templates, Time Codes, and Calculation Rules to reflect the updated pay structure.

• Adjust Time Off Plans and accrual logic to align with the new weekly pay frequency.

• Collaborate with the external time clock vendor to ensure accurate time collection and integration data flow.

• Support Time and Absence-specific testing scenarios and participate in End-to-End testing.

• Execute go-live configuration and data conversion activities in the Production environment and provide post-launch support.

Scheduling

• Support Workday Scheduling configuration for up to 2,000 hourly workers.

• Configure up to 3 Schedule Tag Types in support of the deployment scope.

• Implement static scheduling via Work Schedule Calendars (Static Scheduling methodology).

• Support a re-organization of the Supervisory Organization Hierarchy as it pertains to scheduling impacts; coordinate with HCM/Data Conversion workstreams for related data conversion activities.

• Set up the 10 delivered Workday Scheduling reports and configure the Workforce Management Operational Reporting security package.

Payroll

• Audit Earnings and Deductions to scope testing scenarios and identify calculations impacted by the shift from biweekly to weekly pay for hourly workers.

• Test new Period Schedule and Pay Group to support weekly payroll processing for the hourly population.

• Review and test Run Categories to the new Period Schedule and Pay Group.

• Assist with assigning workers to the new Pay Groups.

• Review smoke-testing results to validate payroll configuration prior to formal testing phases.

• Support payroll-specific and End-to-End testing scenarios.

• Support go-live payroll configuration and data conversion in the Production environment and provide post-launch support.

Benefits

• Assist with auditing benefits configuration (benefit groups, benefit plans, and election data) to confirm impacts resulting from the introduction of weekly pay for hourly workers.

• Review and test new Benefit Group(s) as required to support the updated pay frequency.

• Assist with and test 401(k) elections and conversion to weekly amounts for the affected hourly population.

• Conduct smoke-testing of benefits configuration.

• Support Benefits-specific and End-to-End testing scenarios.

• Support go-live benefits configuration and data conversion in production and provide post-launch support.

Integrations

• Serve as the primary Workday technical point of contact for two integrations with an external time clock vendor.

• Coordinate with the external time clock vendor, internal integration teams, and external Workday consultant to validate data flows during testing and at go-live.

General & Cross-Functional

• Serve as the primary on-site Workday technical liaison for the Warsaw Manufacturing Facility throughout the project lifecycle.

• Partner with external Workday consultants, HR Operations, Payroll, and Manufacturing team to translate business requirements into Workday configuration.

• Maintain accurate documentation of all configuration decisions, testing outcomes, and go-live activities.

• Proactively identify risks and escalate issues to the Director, HR Operations.

| WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TEAM

• Bachelor's degree in human resources, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related discipline preferred.

• Minimum 5+ years of hands-on Workday configuration experience, with demonstrated expertise in Time Tracking & Absence, Payroll, and Scheduling workstreams.

• Previous experience supporting a manufacturing or industrial hourly workforce in Workday.

• Direct experience supporting a pay frequency change (e.g., biweekly to weekly) within the Workday platform.

• Direct experience configuring Period Schedules, Pay Groups, Run Categories, Time Entry Templates, Time Codes, Overtime Rules, and Accrual Plans.

• Experience with Workday Scheduling, including Schedule Tag Types and static scheduling.

• Familiarity with Workday Benefits configuration, including Benefit Groups and 401(k) election data conversion.

• Experience supporting or executing go-live activities including smoke-testing, End-to-End testing, production data conversion, and post-go-live support.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to partner effectively with internal and external stakeholders.

• Ability to work on-site at the Warsaw, Indiana manufacturing facility.

• Core hours are Monday Friday, 8am 5pm, with additional availability expected to support testing and go-live phases.

Job Tags

Hourly pay, Weekly pay, Permanent employment, Monday to Friday, Shift work

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