Senior Process Excellence Manager (Global Procurement Office)

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About the Role
Workday is looking for a Senior Process Excellence Manager who is passionate about process improvement to join our Global Procurement Office (GPO), reporting into the Senior Manager, Performance and Innovation. This role will define the process and policy strategy, mapping it against best-in-class, outlining an achievable roadmap to drive operational efficiencies and Process Excellence for our organization.
Responsibilities:

• Introduce innovative ideas that help achieve desired business outcomes and monitor progress through process metrics
• Blending skills in consulting, process improvement, and process governance, you will serve as a trusted advisor to procurement leaders and teams to inform process innovation, deliver process thought leadership, and design efficient and mature processes
• Responsible for policy and procedure governance
• Collaborate across the entire organization and especially with the Systems & Tools and Project Management teams on process enhancement

About You
Basic Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional experience in consulting, process improvement, or business operations
• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business or equivalent. Master's degree preferred.

Other Qualifications

• Deep understanding of the Source-to-Pay process
• Experience working in a Procurement organization strongly preferred
• Process and policy design and implementation experience
• Certification of operational improvement methodologies or experience applying operational improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma)
• Ability to both delve into the details of operational tactics and engage meaningfully on the big picture or overall strategy
• Be driven by intellectual curiosity to understand processes and propose novel approaches
• Strong presence and interpersonal skills to interact and influence teams, executives, colleagues, and cross-functional teams
• Ability to identify dependencies between complex processes/programs/projects and determine impact
• Creative problem solver with a bias for action, understanding the value of structure while balancing the need for agility and innovation within that framework
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to distill complex thoughts into simple, actionable recommendations; strong presence in front of senior executives
• Proactive, result oriented, with a can-do attitude in meeting critical deliverables

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The annualized base salary ranges for the primary location and any additional locations are listed below. Workday pay ranges vary based on work location. As a part of the total compensation package, this role may be eligible for the Workday Bonus Plan or a role-specific commission/bonus, as well as annual refresh stock grants. Recruiters can share more detail during the hiring process. Each candidate's compensation offer will be based on multiple factors including, but not limited to, geography, experience, skills, job duties, and business need, among other things. For more information regarding Workday's comprehensive benefits, please click here.
Primary Location: USA.CA.Pleasanton
Primary Location Base Pay Range: $139,000 USD - $208,600 USD
Additional US Location(s) Base Pay Range: $113,600 USD - $208,600 USD
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