HR Specialist Operational Excellence m/f/d

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At Leica Microsystems, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

Shape the Future with Us!

At Leica Microsystems, we have been shaping the future for over 175 years with groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. With a culture rooted in customer focus, innovation, and teamwork, we lead the market in microscopy, imaging, and analysis, unveiling the invisible and empowering our customers to build a better, healthier world.

Joining Leica Microsystems means contributing to scientific discoveries and supporting surgeons in making critical decisions. Our advanced microscopes and AI-based image analysis solutions enable users to gain profound insights into development and engineering challenges. Here, you will work on meaningful projects alongside passionate colleagues, driving progress and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.

Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible.

The HR Specialist Operational Excellence m/f/d plays a key role within the Global HR Operational Excellence & Transformation team. This position is responsible for delivering high-quality HR analytics, standard and ad hoc reporting, and acting as a Workday Pro User and key contact for HR colleagues. The role contributes directly to data-driven decision-making, HR process excellence, and continuous improvement across the international HR organization.
Ensure data quality by regularly reviewing and validating HR data in Workday including performing data audits

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Ensure strong HR governance through data quality and effective core HR processes
• Prepare KPIs, dashboards, and data visualizations to support HR and business decisions
• Act as Workday key user, including data entry, user support, and administration of access rights
• Create and maintain guidelines and documentation for HR staff
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders and other functions on reporting and analytics topics
   

The essential requirements of the job include:

• Completed university degree with excellent results (e.g., Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Data Analytics, Economics, or a comparable field)
• Initial professional experience in data analysis, reporting, and building analytics tools, ideally within an HR environment
• Strong skills in data preparation and processing using Microsoft Excel
• Practical experience with Workday in a Key-User or Security Partner role
• Proven experience in preparing, analyzing, and interpreting HR data
• Excellent written and spoken English skills

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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