Summary Job Description
Reporting to the Global Workday Director, the Workday HR Product Manager role is part of the organizations corporate human resources product management team. This role encompasses system configuration activities, and will partner with other areas of the organization, including HR Technology and internal global Communities of Expertise (COE), to effectively maintain the Workday system and processes. As part of the system maintenance team, this role is responsible for upholding Workday system and process integrity, integrating with other functions to utilize Workday capabilities most effectively and enable business processes.
Primary Duties/Responsibilities
- Lead the design and configuration of PATT in Workday, ensuring compliance with organizational policies and best practices.
- Collaborate with the Strategic Workday team to design, implement, and govern payroll, absence and time tracking on a global platform.
- Develop relationships with key global stakeholder and subject matter experts.
- Manage the Workday configuration strategy in partnership with Workday Governance team.
- Lead and facilitate periodic meetings of your global business advisory partners and configuration design sessions.
- Partner with internal technology teams, and vendors to ensure alignment of processes to systems and tools.
- Develop proof of concepts based on business requirements and recommend efficient end to end business processes.
- Document business requirements and conduct system configuration functionality.
- Stay informed of the Workday roadmap and provide inputs into GPC’s Workday roadmap.
- Be an active participant in the Workday Community and advocate for GPC business needs.
Qualifications
- 2 to 5 years’ post production configuration experience in the following Workday modules: Payroll, Absence and Time Tracking
- Functional expertise in one or more of these HR topic areas: HCM, Compensation, Benefits, Absence, Payroll and/or Talent & Recruiting, or Time Tracking and Scheduling.
- Preferred Certification: Workday Payroll Pro
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Prioritizes and manages multiple initiatives, responding with a sense of urgency to most urgent needs.
- Exchanges information with appropriate people to complete work, follows through on tasks and commitments and keeps information confidential, as warranted.
- Participates as part of a team, becoming familiar with the various working styles of others and their roles on the team; demonstrates enthusiasm and commitment to the goals and objectives of the team.
- Accepts and adapts to change as directed, understands change is constant and necessary to improve individual and team performance / growth.
- Ability to recognize personal skills, abilities, limitations, and strengths, taking appropriate action to pursue developmental activities.
- Demonstrates knowledge about the technology and participates in training and development initiatives to keep abreast of current trends.
- Ability to influence work efforts of others, manage own time and team’s time and workload.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs include a 401(k) with company match and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan, with profit sharing and pension plans also mentioned. These elements indicate strong long-term financial support alongside ownership opportunities.
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Healthcare Strength — Benefits encompass medical, dental, and vision coverage with HSA and FSA options plus income-protection coverages like life, AD&D, and disability. This breadth suggests a robust core health and protection offering.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave are provided in addition to short‑term disability, and an Employee Assistance Program supports families with counseling and life tools. These programs reinforce family support alongside standard PTO.
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Genuine Parts Company (GPC), founded in 1928, is a global service organization engaged in the distribution of automotive and industrial replacement parts. We serve hundreds of thousands of customers from a network of more than 10,000 locations in 14 countries and have approximately 50,000 employees.
