Location: Peterborough – 1 day per month onsite (some international travel required – frequency TBC) Contract: 6 months IR35: Outside IR35 Rate: £500-£550 per day Start: ASAP / Ideally this month
Overview
The business is currently undergoing a large-scale global People transformation programme focused on standardising and optimising end-to-end people processes across the full hire-to-retire lifecycle.
This programme is heavily focused on creating scalable, globally aligned HR processes whilst balancing regional legal and compliance requirements across multiple countries. There is a strong focus on HRIS-enabled process design, operational efficiency, data quality and downstream reporting capability.
The role will work closely with People Operations, HR Technology, Global Process Owners, HR Business Partners and People Data & Analytics teams to drive future-state process design and continuous improvement across the organisation.
Role Focus
Lead discovery and consolidation of existing people processes across countries and regions Run structured stakeholder workshops to validate current-state processes, identify pain points and capture improvement opportunities Design future-state global people processes across the full hire-to-retire lifecycle Define scalable global standards whilst accommodating local legal and compliance variations Partner closely with HR Technology / HRIS teams to ensure processes are system-enabled and operationally effective Work alongside People Data & Analytics teams to ensure data quality, reporting capability and accurate data capture at source Create clear, standardised and presentable process documentation and governance artefacts Support embedding of new global processes, governance and KPI frameworks Drive continuous improvement initiatives across HR operations and people processes Operate as a senior stakeholder-facing process lead across a global transformation environment
Required Experience
Strong experience in global HR / People process design, transformation or optimisation programmes Proven experience designing end-to-end hire-to-retire processes Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills across multiple countries and regions Experience working alongside HR Technology / HRIS teams within global transformation programmes Strong understanding of balancing global process standardisation with local legal and compliance requirements Experience with SAP SuccessFactors environments, particularly Recruiting / Onboarding / Talent processes, is highly desirable Strong process mapping and documentation capability (As-Is / To-Be, BPMN, governance frameworks etc.) Experience defining process KPIs, governance and continuous improvement frameworks Comfortable operating independently within complex global transformation environments Lean / Six Sigma or broader continuous improvement exposure beneficial
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Overview
The business is currently undergoing a large-scale global People transformation programme focused on standardising and optimising end-to-end people processes across the full hire-to-retire lifecycle.
This programme is heavily focused on creating scalable, globally aligned HR processes whilst balancing regional legal and compliance requirements across multiple countries. There is a strong focus on HRIS-enabled process design, operational efficiency, data quality and downstream reporting capability.
The role will work closely with People Operations, HR Technology, Global Process Owners, HR Business Partners and People Data & Analytics teams to drive future-state process design and continuous improvement across the organisation.
Role Focus
Lead discovery and consolidation of existing people processes across countries and regions Run structured stakeholder workshops to validate current-state processes, identify pain points and capture improvement opportunities Design future-state global people processes across the full hire-to-retire lifecycle Define scalable global standards whilst accommodating local legal and compliance variations Partner closely with HR Technology / HRIS teams to ensure processes are system-enabled and operationally effective Work alongside People Data & Analytics teams to ensure data quality, reporting capability and accurate data capture at source Create clear, standardised and presentable process documentation and governance artefacts Support embedding of new global processes, governance and KPI frameworks Drive continuous improvement initiatives across HR operations and people processes Operate as a senior stakeholder-facing process lead across a global transformation environment
Required Experience
Strong experience in global HR / People process design, transformation or optimisation programmes Proven experience designing end-to-end hire-to-retire processes Strong workshop facilitation and stakeholder management skills across multiple countries and regions Experience working alongside HR Technology / HRIS teams within global transformation programmes Strong understanding of balancing global process standardisation with local legal and compliance requirements Experience with SAP SuccessFactors environments, particularly Recruiting / Onboarding / Talent processes, is highly desirable Strong process mapping and documentation capability (As-Is / To-Be, BPMN, governance frameworks etc.) Experience defining process KPIs, governance and continuous improvement frameworks Comfortable operating independently within complex global transformation environments Lean / Six Sigma or broader continuous improvement exposure beneficial
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