UKG Advanced Scheduling Lead Platform Engineer

Company Cox Automotive - USA Job Family Group Engineering / Product Development Job Profile Lead Software Engineer Management Level Manager
- Non People Leader Flexible Work Option Hybrid
- Ability to work remote part of the week Travel % No Work Shift Day Compensation Compensation includes a base salary in the range of $ - $. The base salary may vary within the anticipated base pay range based on factors such as the ultimate location of the position and the selected candidate’s knowledge, skills, and abilities. Position may be eligible for additional compensation that may include an incentive program.

The UKG Advanced Scheduling Lead Platform Engineer is an application expert and business process designer for Advanced Scheduling & Analytics at Cox Automotive. They aim to deliver streamlined and efficient application capabilities to meet the future business process requirements based on their understanding of existing and future needs and objectives. The Enterprise Application Engineer works with the business stakeholders to establish the future state application processes and then configures the application to bring them to life for the enterprise.

The UKG Advanced Scheduling Lead Platform Engineer will work with a cross-functional scrum team to design, configure, enhance, and manage the platform. They will design and maintain the application configuration with input from stakeholders, partners, and the business. The delivery team will include product owners, applications, and quality assurance engineers. They will support functional, integration, and user acceptance testing, as well as release management planning and execution.

They may develop and deliver product demos and support training material creation as a subject matter expert. This role serves as an expert on UKG Pro Workforce Management (UKG Pro WFM) Advanced Scheduling and Analytics and process improvement initiatives. Proficient in using UKF PRO WFM forecasting, scheduling, and analytics. The person must be a self-starter who will proactively work with the business to analyze current state, identify requirements, and recommend future state processes and solutions to improve and optimize our future state operations.

• Provides thought leadership and recommends design solutions to improve processes, tools, and/or services based on product knowledge, practical experience, optimal outcomes, and best practices to enhance the operating environment of front-line team members
• Provides advanced-level knowledge of the UKG Pro Workforce Management (Formerly known as Dimensions) Advanced Scheduler Module
• Future state process and application configuration ownership
• Technology delivery ownership
• Driving a continuous improvement process within WFM
• Facilitates complex working sessions and tailoring them to meet business needs as necessary
• Analyzes data and summarizes and presents findings in a compelling way
• Trusted advisor to stakeholders and partners to create and optimize future state design to increase enterprise efficiency
• Support Cox Automotive business stakeholders in solution design working sessions to enable the delivery of advanced scheduling solutions that meet the business needs
• Translate business requests into features and user stories in a collaborative cross-functional team and help define functional, integration, and user acceptance test cases
• Develop and maintain subject matter expertise in application features, capabilities, and business rules
• Provides ongoing support, monitoring, and maintenance of deployed products
• Works with the vendor and production support team to provide production break fix support
• Participates in work intake meetings, design and delivery ceremonies, daily…