Team Lead, Employee Lifecycle

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive. We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.

Global HR Shared Services is looking for an Employee Lifecycle Team Lead who would be part of a centralised team delivering HR Shared Services at Konecranes. You will be working as a Team Lead with our Human Resources Information System (HRIS) SuccessFactors and especially focusing on Employee Lifecycle processes and support. You will also contribute to strategy discussions, service transitions, process development, and implementation projects in your process domain.

Key tasks:

• With your knowledge and experience in Employee Lifecycle and process domain, you will be able to build and develop a centralized team by ensuring service excellence and continuous improvement by being a trusted and valued team lead.
• You will work very closely with various stakeholders, such as our other HR Shared Services teams, our HRIS key users/process owners, regional People & Culture (HR) teams, and other relevant counterparts to understand business needs, and priorities and ensure transparent and speedy process facilitation that also creates a great customer experience.
• You will lead the team within the Employee Lifecycle domain and will ensure the team will succeed.
• You will focus on the areas of Employee Lifecycle for consistent delivery supports in the ranges from system administration & maintenance, organization management, new hire, and exit process support and onboarding, and will also focus on providing support in employment movements, etc.
• You will work to improve the efficiency of your team in Global HR Shared Services by building effective HR knowledge bases related to Employee Lifecycle processes and by adopting best practices within the domain in collaboration with global process owners, local HRs, HR Shared Services teams and other stakeholders.
• You will be responsible for ensuring good data quality in HRIS, will coordinate and execute changes and transactions and facilitate mass data uploads.
• You will participate in projects and development initiatives, and you will follow KPIs and global goals in HR Shared Services for your team.
• You and your team will provide training to relevant stakeholders on Employee Lifecycle processes and HRIS as needed.
• You will prepare reports and participate in system/process testing in collaboration with the relevant teams.
• As a team lead you will address feedback, escalations and manage issue resolution.
• You will ensure proper staffing of the team, timely performance reviews, and career development discussions.
• Other work-related duties may be assigned by management.
• Follow the requirements of the GDPR regulation tasks in daily work.

What should you bring?

• Suitable degree and at least 8 years of relevant experience in the HR and/or Employee Lifecycle domain. Experience as a team lead or a manager is required and experience leading international team members is a benefit.
• Good knowledge and understanding of HR processes and Success Factors.
• Ability to convert knowledge & insight to business language.
• Strong business and customer-orientated approach in ways of working.
• Personal drive to lead a team to success and a consistent track record in being a successful professional that colleagues and customers can trust.
• Result oriented with an ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Accurate; detail- and deadline-oriented - the ability to work with strict deadlines.
• Good computer and technical skills and an ability and willingness to learn more.
• Able to work fluently in written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication and interaction skills.
• Strong Ethics and Standards.
• Creates Feeling of Togetherness while working globally.

Why join us?

With us, you’ll have a unique opportunity to be part of building a winning work culture and the smooth HR services in a global company. With us, you'll get to work in an international environment and contribute to the development and implementation of our people strategy in your area of responsibility.

Interested?

Do you have what it takes, and do you see yourself joining our team and taking a key role in our team? If yes, then please apply by forwarding us your CV latest by 20.02.2025. 

Konecranes moves what matters. We are a global leader in material handling solutions, serving a broad range of customers across multiple industries. We consistently set the industry benchmark, from everyday improvements to the breakthroughs at moments that matter most, because we know we can always find a safer, more productive and sustainable way. That's why, with 16 000+ professionals in over 50 countries, we are trusted every day to lift, handle and move what the world needs.

Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.