Specialist People Systems Implementation Management
Germany, Berlin
Job benefits
About the position
Your responsibilities and tasks
Functional & Module Ownership
Act as the primary functional counterpart for selected Workday and ServiceNow areas.
Run demos on new features, evaluate new license opportunities, and support roadmap discussions.
Assess change requests, clarify requirements with stakeholders, and translate them into scalable configuration approaches.
System Configuration & Maintenance
Configure across our active Workday modules and support configuration changes in ServiceNow.
Document configuration in a structured, reusable, and compliant way.
Ensure consistency across modules, especially where cross‑module or cross‑platform logic is involved.
Workday Releases & Feature Adoption
Analyze Workday releases and identify relevant impacts across active modules.
Validate new features, prepare test scenarios, and enable stakeholders for upcoming changes.
Support decision‑making around adoption, deprecations, and required adjustments.
Cross‑Module & Broader System Configurations
Manage configurations that span multiple Workday modules (shared business processes, rules, event-driven logic).
Support structural changes, reorganizations, and broader system updates across Workday and ServiceNow.
Project‑Driven Configuration Work
Translate project requirements into configuration changes across multiple functional areas.
Participate in project testing, cutover validation, and readiness activities.
Ensure that configuration decisions align with architectural guidelines and system design principles.
Stakeholder Management & Enablement
Collaborate closely with Process Owners, People Services teams, HR Tech teams, and other internal/external partners.
Prepare stakeholders for testing, release changes, and new features.
Contribute to harmonization and standardization across regions and teams.
Your profile and qualifications
Required
Several years of hands‑on Workday configuration experience in an international environment.
Experience with reporting, cross‑module logic, or complex business process configuration in Workday.
Experience in digital process design, including translating business needs into scalable, automated workflows.
Broad functional understanding across multiple Workday modules.
Experience analyzing releases, validating impacts, and supporting feature adoption.
Familiarity with ServiceNow HRSD module and configuration or willingness to learn.
Strong skills in requirement refinement, stakeholder alignment, and solution design.
Analytical, structured, and solution‑oriented working style.
Confident and clear communicator across stakeholder levels.
Fluent in English.
Preferred
Experience with Atlassian products (Jira, Confluence).
Familiarity with structured testing and project work.
SQL knowledge or willingness to learn.
German language skills.
Degree in Business Administration, HRIS, Information Systems, HR, Computer Science, or a related field.
What Happens After You Apply?
You will receive an email once your application has been processed.
A Talent Acquisition Specialist will review your profile and verify that you meet the qualification criteria.
If successful, you will be invited to the first interview (virtual or in person).
Typically, a final decision is made after two or three interview rounds.
*For reasons of readability, no gender‑specific differentiation is made in the job advertisement. The role is explicitly open to all persons.
About GEA
GEA is one of the largest suppliers for the food and beverage processing industry and a wide range of other process industries. Approximately 18,000 employees in more than 60 countries contribute significantly to GEA’s success – come and join them! We offer interesting and challenging tasks, a positive working environment in international teams and opportunities for personal development and growth in a global company.
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GEA’s heritage stretches back more than 140 years. Today, we operate in resilient customer industries with a dedicated workforce of more than 18,000 employees and conduct business with more than 150 countries.
