P100914 Workday HCM Specialist — Manufacturing

Workday Hcm Specialist — Manufacturing

Founded in 1998 and headquartered in Farmington Hills, MI, Kyyba has a global presence delivering high-quality resources and top-notch recruiting services, enabling businesses to effectively respond to organizational changes and technological advances. At Kyyba, the overall well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We are proud of our work culture which embodies our core values; incorporating value, passion, excellence, empowerment, and happiness, creates a vibrant and productive atmosphere.

We empower our employees with the resources, incentives, and flexibility that they need to support a healthy, balanced, and fulfilling career by providing many valuable benefits and a balanced compensation structure combined with career development.

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.

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

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 work streams 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…