HR Systems Manager

Job Description

ABOUT KENDO

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy – Louis Vuitton, the world’s largest luxury group. A play on the words “can do”, Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• “Can Do” Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone’s voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It’s our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

As a condition of employment, Kendo requires all newly hired employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by their start date unless they have requested and received an exemption from the Company in the form of a reasonable accommodation due to a qualifying medical condition or a sincerely held religious belief or practice.

The salary range for this position is $103,654 – $129,568 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for a month in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

Summary:

We are seeking an experienced HR Systems Manager who will serve as a subject matter expert in HRIS platform functionality including reporting enhancements, updates, access, and overall platform management. This new role is responsible for driving and enhancing the efficiency and effectiveness of our newly implemented ADP Vantage platform. You will be the subject matter expert for not only the HRIS system, but also other technology platforms utilized by HR such as the performance management portal (RISE) through Success Factors and our recruitment manager and onboarding modules in ADP.

Responsibilities:

• Manage the HR information systems and recommend process improvements and system enhancements
• Project manage other HR tech initiatives and implementations

• Partner with IT to integrate HRIS with other business applications, manage security assignments, and user access.

• Monitor integrations to ensure they are functioning properly and troubleshooting any issues that may arise
• Provide technical support, troubleshooting, and guidance on complex issues to end users; respond to employee issues and communicate status across HR Team and relevant stakeholders
• Provide advice and options on the best way to automate processes in the ADP Vantage system
• Develop and maintain the bridge that connects ADP Vantage to Success Factors.
• Develop and maintain reporting, user guides and dashboards to support business needs
• Manage the overall user experience as a result of changes or enhancements, new vendor provided features or updates to systems and understand downstream impacts to these changes.
• Develop and maintain processes and procedures as it pertains to HRIS
• Act as liaison with other departments requiring HRIS reporting support
• Subject matter expert for all HR related technology

Requirements:

• 5+ years’ experience in HRIS management, with at least 2-3 years of proven experience using ADP Vantage and Success Factors. Experience should include functional configuration experience within an internal corporate environment.
• Ability to effectively communicate with business stakeholders, managers in other functional areas and directors in own functional areas
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with proven ability to resolve a wide variety of complex issues or problems
• Experience with implementing enhancements and providing creative solutions
• Strong prioritization and project management skills
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to effectively communicate technical information to both technical and non-technical stakeholders at all levels of the organization
• Knowledge of HR practices, reporting and analytics
• Advanced proficiency in Excel
• Able to work with a team and independently