Global Workforce Management Systems Manager
Celanese · Irving, TX · 2 wk ago
HybridInformation TechnologyFull-time
Responsibilities
- Lead and oversee country time administration operations across multiple regions (Americas, EMEA, APAC).
- Manage and support Time Administrators to ensure accurate and timely processing of employee labor hours.
- Establish and maintain standardized timekeeping procedures and best practices across the regions.
- Act as the functional owner of our Time & Attendance systems - Lead upgrades, integrations, and optimizations.
- Ensure labor hours are accurately coded to appropriate jobs, phases, departments, and cost codes.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, union agreements, prevailing wage requirements, and applicable labor regulations.
- Investigate and resolve payroll and labor discrepancies in partnership with field leadership and management teams.
- Analyze labor distribution reporting, workforce utilization, and timekeeping trends to identify risks and improvement opportunities.
- Maintain employee rosters, job assignments, security access, and system configurations within timekeeping platforms.
- Collaborate with Payroll, HR, and Operations to support accurate labor forecasting and reporting.
- Participate in process improvement initiatives focused on efficiency, reporting accuracy, and operational scalability.
- Maintain and strengthen vendor relationships.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required with 7+ years of relevant experience, including 3+ years of leading multi-country timekeeping administration.
- Deep expertise in timekeeping and workforce administration, timekeeping compliance, and timekeeping systems.
- Strong understanding of labor tracking, job costing, workforce reporting, and payroll processes.
- Experience with timekeeping software such as ADP WFM, ADP e-Time, UKG, or similar systems.
- Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal abilities.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across fast-paced operational environments.
- Strong attention to detail with a focus on accuracy and compliance.
- Global time and attendance expertise
- Global compliance and regulatory expertise
- Timekeeping technical and system fluency
- Leadership and stakeholder management
- Analytical and problem-solving skills
- Change management