HR Operations Manager - CIS

1 Month ago • 5 Years + • Human Resource

Job Summary

Job Description

The HR Operations Manager, part of the Global HR Shared Services Department, leads an organization of professionals and vendors to deliver regional HR transactional and process support for the employee lifecycle and payroll. This role is responsible for leading and delivering enhancements to Wabtec Employee Experience through process and system improvements, transformation, and implementations. The manager will manage the CIS HR Operations team's delivery of operational and system support to the CIS Region and collaborate with Centers of Expertise to design and deliver Hire to Retire processes.
Must have:
  • Bachelor's degree in HR, Business, or relevant field
  • 5+ years of HR experience, preferably in Shared Services
  • Experience with HR systems (Workday, ServiceNow)
  • Proficiency in MS Office Suite, including Excel
  • Professional proficiency in English, Kazakh, and Russian
  • Strong communication and organizational skills
  • 2+ years of People Management experience
  • Knowledge of local labor laws and government portals
Good to have:
  • Experience in a matrix organization
  • Experience with HR administration, payroll, and systems in a large enterprise
  • Experience identifying areas for continuous improvement
  • Independent and fast learner
  • Ability to motivate and influence
  • Strong customer focus
  • Ability to operate autonomously
  • Ability to create focus through prioritization
  • Comfortable presenting to stakeholders
Perks:
  • Relocation assistance may be provided

Job Details

It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.

HR Operations Manager – CIS

How will you make a difference?

The HR Operations Manager is part of the Global HR Shared Services Department. The role leads an organization of professionals and vendors to deliver regional HR transactional and process support for the employee lifecycle and payroll.  Additionally, this role leads and delivers enhancements to Wabtec Employee Experience through process and system enhancements, transformation, and implementations.

The HR Operations Manager manages the CIS HR Operations team’s delivery of operational and system support to the CIS Region and works collaboratively with other Centers of Expertise (Talent Acquisition, HRIS, Comp & Benefits, Legal) to design and deliver Hire to retire processes.

What do we want to know about you?

Qualification/Experience:  

  • Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business, or relevant field
  • At least 5 years’ progressive experience in Human Resources, preferably in a Shared Services environment and in a matrix organization
  • Experience with HR systems, specifically Workday and ServiceNow
  • Good proficiency with MS Office Suite with an intermediate level in Excel (pivot tables, charts, and vlookups)
  • Professional proficiency in English, Kazak and Russian
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills
  • Experience with HR administration, payroll, and systems within a large, complex enterprise, ideally across a range of geographies and businesses.
  • At least 2 years of People Management experience
  • Experience identifying areas for continuous improvement
  • Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to prioritize multiple tasks
  • Independent and fast learner
  • Must possess knowledge of the local labor laws and legislation
  • Must have some knowledge and exposure of local government portals usage

Competencies:

  • Serve as a first point of contact for CIS HR team across assigned countries for employee lifecycle transactions, troubleshooting and projects.
  • Manage and conduct employee lifecycle transactions on Workday across assigned countries in CIS.
  • Identify opportunities to improve HR Ops processes and participate in continuous improvement projects.
  • Must display willingness to participate in Global cross trainings, and partner your team with other regional HR Operations teams
  • Excellent communication skills, with ability to motivate and influence without direct authority.
  • Strong customer-focus; ability to build and maintain effective relationships with customers.
  • Ability to operate autonomously and make quality decisions within ambiguous situations.
  • Ability to create focus for self and team through rigorous prioritization of activities.
  • Comfortable presenting to stakeholders, business leaders, and HR community. Able to analyze data, draw business insights, and present to stakeholders in an analytical way.

What will your typical day look like?

  • Lead and manage people and processes essential to the employee lifecycle and payroll for the CIS region.
  • Manage, develop, and engage a high-performing regional team; build functional and leadership capability within the team and bench-strength for future needs; deploy resources to fit business needs.
  • Develop strategic partnerships with local HR to evaluate and evolve relationship in the region and ensure performance in accordance with SLAs. Lead quarterly service reviews.
  • Partner with regional stakeholders to identify regional projects and process improvements; prioritize, plan, scope out projects and work with team to implement.
  • Serve as a point of escalation for service issues, identifying root cause and path to resolution to ensure continued service improvement.
  • Lead team projects regionally and/or globally to evolve HR processes that span across the employee life-cycle; drive process improvements and standardization in partnership with the global HR Operational Excellence teams within HR Shared Services.
  • Provide support to cross-functional workstreams in the region, such as Mergers, Divestitures, Acquisitions, Reorganizations, Legal Entity Changes.
  • Ensure local processes are documented thoroughly and team understands processes fully. Communicate and provide change management to team and HR community when changes are implemented.
  • Monitor best practices, industry standards, local requirements; implement changes to internal processes as needed.
  • Serve as a connecting bridge between Global HR Operations and Local HR to implement and align with Global HR best practices
  • Engage team members with cross trainings across other HR Operations regions to equip them with the required knowledge to able to participate in the globalized HR Operations Model
  • Performance Evaluation of team members which involves setting Objectives, providing feedback, documenting performance, making informed decisions
  • Implement and align Operational Excellence Metrics designed for the Global HR Operations Model within Wabtec

You may also be asked to perform other duties outside of your function or trade, for which adequate training will be provided if necessary.

Relocation assistance may be provided if eligibility requirements are met.

Who are we?

Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.

Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com

Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:

Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.  

To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.

We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.

Similar Jobs

Scanline VFX - I/O Coordinator

Scanline VFX

Seoul, South Korea (Hybrid)
6 Months ago
Tesla - Associate Manager Operations, Body Shop

Tesla

Brandenburg, Germany (On-Site)
6 Months ago
Ruselle Investments - Senior Accountant II

Ruselle Investments

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Glean - Delivery Excellence Manager

Glean

Nashville, Tennessee, United States (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Granicus - Senior Solution Consultant

Granicus

United States (Remote)
2 Months ago
Nordson Corporation - HR Associate

Nordson Corporation

St. Petersburg, Florida, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Nexters - Recruiter

Nexters

Limassol, Limassol, Cyprus (Remote)
1 Month ago
Merkur gaming  - Associate Manager/ Manager - HR

Merkur gaming

Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Western Digital - HR Specialist

Western Digital

Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan (On-Site)
3 Weeks ago
Enphase Energy - HR Generalist

Enphase Energy

Frankfurt Am Main, Hessen, Germany (Hybrid)
2 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Similar Skill Jobs

Activision - Associate Office Manager (Part-Time)

Activision

Carlsbad, California, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Novomatic - Revenue Excellence Analyst

Novomatic

London, England, United Kingdom (On-Site)
1 Month ago
AGS - American Gaming Systems - Finance Manager

AGS - American Gaming Systems

Nevada, United States (On-Site)
5 Months ago
Ion - Analyst - LCM - Mumbai - 763

Ion

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
10 Months ago
Aptive - EHS Manager

Aptive

Reynosa, Tamaulipas, Mexico (On-Site)
1 Year ago
Zeeco, Inc. - Buyer

Zeeco, Inc.

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, United States (On-Site)
4 Weeks ago
Mistral AI - FP&A Analyst

Mistral AI

Paris, Île-de-France, France (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
Open Systems Technologies - Restaurant Manager

Open Systems Technologies

Hurst, Texas, United States (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Morning Star - Data Analyst Intern

Morning Star

Madrid, Community Of Madrid, Spain (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
Nagarro - Associate Engineer

Nagarro

New York, United States (On-Site)
1 Year ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Jobs in Astana, Astana, Kazakhstan

NielsenIQ - Client Service Executive

NielsenIQ

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Hybrid)
1 Month ago
playrix  - Lead Location Designer

playrix

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Remote)
9 Months ago
Visa - Cross-Border Lead, Director

Visa

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Hybrid)
2 Months ago
NielsenIQ - Junior Customer Success Specialist

NielsenIQ

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (On-Site)
2 Months ago
playrix  - Senior Data Analyst (Game)

playrix

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Remote)
10 Months ago
PwC - Senior Associate to  to Tax Reporting & Strategy Team (Senior Tax Accountant) Almaty/Astana

PwC

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (On-Site)
10 Months ago
playrix  - Lead Technical Designer

playrix

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Remote)
10 Months ago
Visa - Client Success Consultant

Visa

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Hybrid)
3 Months ago
playrix  - Senior/Lead 2D Artist (Generalist)

playrix

Almaty, Almaty Region, Kazakhstan (Remote)
10 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

Human Resource Jobs

easygo - Technical Recruiter

easygo

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia (On-Site)
2 Months ago
Virtuos - Human Resource Manager

Virtuos

Vietnam (On-Site)
4 Months ago
frozenbyte games - HR

frozenbyte games

Helsinki, Uusimaa, Finland (On-Site)
1 Month ago
Nintendo - Senior Director, HR Business Partners

Nintendo

Redmond, Washington, United States (Hybrid)
4 Months ago
Canonical - Graduate HR Generalist - APAC

Canonical

(Remote)
3 Months ago
Aptive - HR- Business Partner

Aptive

Kochi, Kerala, India (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Maersk - People Advisor

Maersk

Taoyuan City, Taiwan (On-Site)
10 Months ago
Aeries technology - Senior Executive - HR Payroll

Aeries technology

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
3 Months ago
Accenture - HR Service Delivery Associate

Accenture

Navi Mumbai, Maharashtra, India (On-Site)
1 Month ago
HHA Exchange - HR Generalist

HHA Exchange

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States (On-Site)
3 Months ago

Get notifed when new similar jobs are uploaded

About The Company

Want to move the world? Want to innovate and bring that innovation to life? At Wabtec, we are in the business of realizing potential – that of the transportation industry, and yours! Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective success across the vibrant portfolios of Wabtec, GE Transportation and Faiveley Transport, we offer employees hands-on opportunities all over the world to shape the future of transportation – as well as their own. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress, leveraging our digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services to create transportation solutions that move and improve the world. Along with our industry-leading portfolio of products and solutions for the rail and transit industries, Wabtec is a leader in mining, marine, and industrial solutions.

Eagle Farm, Queensland, Australia (On-Site)

Monte Alto, State Of São Paulo, Brazil (On-Site)

State Of Minas Gerais, Brazil (On-Site)

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)

Buffalo Grove, Illinois, United States (On-Site)

State Of Minas Gerais, Brazil (On-Site)

Dampier, Western Australia, Australia (On-Site)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States (On-Site)

Jacksonville, Florida, United States (On-Site)

Bengaluru, Karnataka, India (On-Site)

View All Jobs

Get notified when new jobs are added by WebTech Corporation