About IT in Nestlé

We are a team of IT professionals from many countries and diverse backgrounds, each with unique missions and challenges in the biggest health, nutrition and wellness company of the world. We innovate every day through forward-looking technologies to create opportunities for Nestlé’s digital challenges with our consumers, customers and at the workplace. We collaborate with our business partners around the world to innovate, deliver standardized, integrated technology products and services to create tangible business value.

Position Snapshot

Nestlé Global IT HR, Barcelona, Spain Undefined period of time contract,

act. rate 100%

Grade: G

Position Summary

Within our IT Team for Human Resources Product Stream, we are looking for a Global Solutions Architect to complete our Employee Lifecycle (ELC) & Total Rewards (TR) product group. ELC & TR enables >250,000 Employees, Line Managers and HR professionals around the Nestlé world in 150+ countries with > 2.5 million+ updates annually. It includes technologies enabling various HR end to end processes: Personnel administration, Position Management, People Enterprise Architecture / organization management, Payroll, Time Management, Compensation, Global Mobility, HR Automation and Employee Services Digital Experience. These technologies also act as the engine for data and events that drive rest of Hire to Retire processes (like Talent Management) and as well provide fuel to generate necessary people analytics and insights.

Scope of this role as Integral Solutions Architect Employee Lifecycle & Total Rewards covers below processes / products within the ELC & Total Rewards product group:

• Global Payroll (75+ countries)

• Time & Attendance, Retail Workforce Scheduling & Timesheets

• Compensation Management – incl. Recognition, Modeling, Grades, Incentives, etc

• Global Mobility

• Benefits

Key responsibilities

Below would be high-level architecture principles you would be delivering on

“Freedom in a box” – allow no code customization closer to business user with guard rails
“Scale faster & cheaper” - Develop methods to scale applications at speed and at low cost
“Efficient & Effective” - Continuously optimize application sustain efforts through automation / removal of maintenance activities while improving the quality

Below would be high-level responsibilities for you as Solutions Architect





Define & Maintain technology and integration landscape
Define & Align tech strategy with external trends, business needs and people strategy
Act as the technology Guru – evangelizing new IT delivery methods and new technologies
Act as Quality Lead - Define Quality Assurance standards and act as guardian of the same
Act as Engineering Lead - Own the design, delivery and maintenance of custom developments / applications / integrations through managed services staff
Support Product Managers in definition & delivery of product vision
Support Product Group Manager in defining & delivery of integrated product group vision
Support HR Product Stream Architect aligning with Enterprise Architecture vision

Your typical day-to-day activities include:

Prepare Architecture specifications for new applications
Represent your area of products in Architecture review boards
Review & Approve / Guide technology design changes
Facilitate requirement gathering & prototyping leveraging design thinking methodology
Evaluate new technologies for business and landscape fit for Nestle
Track & Evaluate delivery of custom applications / integrations from 3rd party vendors
Perform feasibility study and provide estimations, high level plan for new initiatives
Troubleshoot long standing, difficult to solve open production / project issues
Run training programs / education sessions to familiarize broader team on new technologies
Engage with industry benchmarking organizations, peers from within and outside Nestle

What will make you successful

5+ years of experience in a HR Software company or product based HRIS organization
10+ years of experience of implementing & sustaining below technologies:

Must Have – at least two of the below

SAP Payroll
Kronos Workforce Central
Successfactors Compensation
Custom development with Microsoft Technologies / SAP Business Technology Platform

5+ years of experience in leading delivery teams leveraging Agile and DevOps methodologies




Experience in driving Design Thinking sessions and User Experience reviews
Leadership Skills:

Understanding of business context of Global CPG industry
Ability to see through complexity & chaos
Clear communication of complex ideas & highly technical topics to non-technical audience
Ability to influence without authority and lead teams to success
Create alignment among disparate stakeholders with diverse interests
Lead by example, promote an open culture and our values in a sustainable way
Coaching, developing and assessing talent, building the organization wide capabilities.

Show us that you are an enthusiastic, curious, fast learner and team player who is used to work with agile mindset and practices.

Your ability to be flexible, self-motivated and your willingness to deliver on a tight deadline will set you apart among the other candidates.

Please apply in English at www.nestle.com/jobs.

The Nestlé Group is the world’s largest food and beverage company with 89.8 billion Swiss Francs in sales in 2017. It is present in 189 countries around the world, has 413 factories and its 323,000 employees are committed to Nestlé’s purpose of enhancing quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Nestlé offers a wide portfolio of products and services for people and their pets throughout their lives. Its more than 2000 brands range from global icons like Nescafé or Nespresso to local favourites. Company performance is driven by its Nutrition, Health and Wellness strategy. Nestlé is based in the Swiss town of Vevey where it was founded more than 150 years ago. Learn more about our Group and reasons to join us on www.nestle.com.

We are Nestlé, the largest food and beverage company. We are 308,000 employees strong driven by the purpose of enhancing the quality of life and contributing to a healthier future. Our values are rooted in respect: respect for ourselves, respect for others, respect for diversity and respect for our future. With more than CHF 91.4 billion sales in 2018, we have an expansive presence with 413 factories in more than 85 countries. We believe our people are our most important asset, so we'll offer you a dynamic inclusive international working environment with many opportunities across different businesses, functions and geographies, working with diverse teams and cultures. Want to learn more? Visit us at www.nestle.com.

📌 Global Solutions Architect - Employee Lifecycle & Total Rewards (España)
🏢 IT in Nestlé
📍 España