HRIS Expert

The Toyoda Gosei Group is a leading global manufacturer of rubber and plastic automotive components, safety systems and LEDs. Globally Headquartered in Japan with a network of 67 group companies in 17 countries and regions, the Group brings its extensive range of products to customers all over the world.

Toyoda Gosei North America (headquartered in Troy, MI) has an opening for a Human Resources Information System Expert in the Human Resources department. The HRIS Expert functions with a high degree of autonomy, serves as a subject matter expert and project lead for HRIS-related initiatives, supports HRIS staff and ensures data integrity and efficiency, optimizing system functionality, and supporting HR processes through technology solutions across Toyoda Gosei (TG) North America Corporation (TGNA) and TGNA Manufacturing Companies (AMCs).

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Coordinates and Leads the daily activities for of HRIS operations and initiatives. Partners and collaborate with HR, IT, Payroll, and other departments and locations to support and improve HR systems and processes
• Meets with department heads, managers, supervisors, vendors and others to solicit cooperation and resolve problems
• Review project plans to plan and coordinate project activity across function
• Assign and reviews the work of systems specialists
• Provides data security and control, maintains, organizes and ensures data accuracy and integrity, system functionality and efficiency of the human resources information within the Human Resources Information System (HRIS)
• Designs, directs and maintains the organizations data management, employee processes and reporting needs
• Supports and leads the standard and ad hoc queries, reports and required HRIS documentation including process workflows
• Leads and participates in testing necessary modifications to system
• Must be capable to Lead, Troubleshoot and resolve HRIS-related issues and respond to user inquiries in a timely manner
• Identifies, complex system methodologies, oversees functional knowledge, projects and teams.
• Provides technical assistance, trains users of system functionality and best practices and may be required to develop user manuals or other training materials
• Provides data summaries or statistical analysis for use in strategic planning or decision-making
• Ensure proper security user access for end-users
• Actively leads continuous improvement efforts (kaizen) and drive optimization by identifying opportunities to improve HR processes and workflows, and suggests automation or integration solutions and is responsible for results
• Required to stay current on HRIS trends and best practices to recommend improvements
• This role requires the completion of other duties as assigned

Required Education, Experience, and Skills

Certifications and Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field, or equivalent years of experience is required
• UKG Experience is Preferred

Experience

• 6 – 8+ years of experience in HCM system development and operations is required
• Strong understanding of HR Processes including; recruiting, onboarding, compensation, benefits and performance management
• Experience implementing a full lifecycle system is required

Physical Requirements 

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to sit. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.

Technology Competencies

• Proficiency using Microsoft Office Suites 2010 or newer is required
• Proficiency using Excel [Pivot Tables, VLOOKUP, and other complex formulas and functions] required
• Previous experience with OBI reporting and UKG Pro is preferred

Work Environment

• Office Environment

Additional Competencies 

• Ability to consistently meet deadlines is required
• Effective verbal, non-verbal, negotiation and written communication skills are required
• Ability to sustain a high degree of professionalism in interacting with internal and external customers is required
• Effective attention to detail, problem solving, analytical and organizational skills are required
• Strong organizational skills, analytical thinking skills, problem solving and project scheduling skills is required