Senior Specialist, HR Transformation

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

The HR Global Process Design Team within Corporate HR MKS plays a central role in supporting the agenda of the CHRO and HR Leadership Team. As a key element of the HR Strategic Plan, MKS HR will document all HR processes following a holistic framework to document, improve and understand all HR activities.

As Senior Specialist, HR Transformation (m/f/d) you will be part of a truly global, tight-knit, and motivated team, and enjoy the opportunity to drive the success of HR and MKS as a corporation. This position reports to the Senior Program Manager HR, located in Berin Germany, who reports to the Senior Director Talent and Org Development in Houston, USA. The work will be carried out mainly virtually and requires a high degree of flexibility and autonomy, depending on strategic needs.

This position is based in APAC but includes Global and Regional responsibilities. The role drives localization and rollout activities in the region and as well as Global HR Process Design activities, like process designs, validations, rollout, training, and enabling tool implementations.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Collaborate with Global HR CoE Leaders and Local HR leaders in region on localization and rollout of HR Processes
• Deliver localizations across various processes to assess localization requests, based on HR Governance criteria&aposs: Compliance, Business criticality, Efficiency gains and Data governance
• Monitor and enhance Local HR documentation across the region and support Continuous improvement (CI) initiatives
• Respond to inquiries regarding policies, procedures, and programs in the region, guiding stakeholders to available knowledge base and drive adoption via training
• Contribute in projects to improve process, systems or services in HR to support the CHRO agenda
• Be a change agent within the company and help identify areas for improvement

Skills You Bring:

• Bachelors or masters degree in human resources, business administration, science or comparable.
• Requires 4+ years experience, ideally in a consulting firm or as part of a HR transformation project of a multinational corporation
• Excellent understanding and ability to drive process design projects, including workshop preparation, execution and stakeholder engagement
• Experience authoring in at least 1 process design solution, like Celonis, ARIS, Signavio, Visio or similar
• Excellent knowledge of Human Resources and its interaction with related processes (Finance, IT, Legal).
• Proven project management skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate others, build consensus, and drive change.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a pro-active, solution-oriented attitude.
• Excellent PowerPoint and Excel skills. Strong communication and interpersonal skills, fluent in English (verbally and in writing).

MKS Instruments, Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (MKS) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.