Philippe P.-Workday certified Implementer and Project Manager
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Experience
Functional lead Absence & Recruiting
McDermott
McDermott – Functional lead Absence & Recruiting
- Rollout of Absence module for Germany
- Rollout of Recruiting module for France
- Product: Workday
- Project phase: country rollout
- C-level and steering committee reporting
Project Manager
Railpool
Railpool – Project Manager
- Management of Workday platform
- Product: Workday
- Project phase: optimization
- Lead of AMS service
- C-level and steering committee reporting
- Third level support for HCM, Talent, Recruiting, Absence, DocMgmt, Reporting and Security
AMS Lead
DocMorris
- Management of Workday platform
- Optimization phase
- Lead of AMS service
- Third level support for internal Workday team
- Product: Workday
- Project phase: optimization
Workday Lead
LGT Capital Partners
- Management of Workday platform
- Optimization phase
- Lead for application management including HCM, recruiting, absence, time, talent, reporting and integrations
- Implementing of new Learning module
- Product: Workday
- Project phase: optimization
- C-level and steering committee reporting
Workday HRIT support
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- Workday HCM
- Operation and optimization phase
- Responsible for security, HCM, recruiting, integration, reporting, Prism and dashboards
- Lead for implementation of annual compliance procedure in Workday based on distributed tasks, questionnaires, reports, Prism and custom BP
Workday Recruiting Lead
Quarzwerke
- Implementation of recruiting module (phase 2)
- Implementation phase
- Lead for planning, architecture, configuration, testing and deployment
- Product: Workday
- Cooperation with Works council management
Workday Implementation
Gamestop
- Workday HCM and absence
- Implementation phase
- Co-Lead for planning, architecture, configuration, testing and deployment
- Support on data migration from SAP to Workday
Workday HRIT Lead
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- Workday HCM
- Stabilization phase
- Responsible for security, HCM, recruiting, absence, performance, integrations and reporting
- Ongoing support of global SME and creation of change requests for extensions
- C-level and steering committee reporting
Specification and testing of interfaces
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- Workday HCM
- Phase 2: advanced compensation and talent management
- Lead for payroll and worker data interface to different legacy application
- Responsible for project management, design and testing of integrations
Specification and testing of interfaces
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- Workday HCM
- Lead for payroll and worker data interface to different legacy application
- Responsible for project management, design and testing of integrations
- Development of custom reports
Business analyst for purchasing
CSP
- PeopleSoft FSCM 9.2 / 8.54
- Requirement specifications
- Training for end-users
Implementation of third-party SSO solution
CPALL
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.55
- Requirement specifications
- Implementation and documentation
Implementation of third-party SSO solution
Groupe Mutuel
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.54
- Requirement specifications
- Implementation and documentation
Business analyst and project manager for recruiting process
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
- Requirement specifications
- Testing
- Go-live support
Test manager for recruiting processes
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
- Definition of test cases
- Running tests
- Automation of test cases with HP ALM and PeopleSoft PTF
Project leader for upgrade
CSP
- PeopleSoft FSCM 8.8 - 9.2 / 8.54
- Project planning and workshops
Functional and technical consulting during upgrade
Groupe Mutuel
- PeopleSoft FSCM 8.8 - 9.2 / 8.54
- Support for workforce administration, candidate gateway, talent gateway, PUM, SES, change assistant, ePerformance, and eCompensation
Specification and implementation of HR Cube interface
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
- Workforce administration, variable compensation and recruiting
Project lead and implementation for Upgrade 9.1 to 9.2
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2 / 8.53
Project lead and Test management for Upgrade HCM 9.2 / PT 8.53
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.2/PT 8.53
Project lead and implementation for eCompenstation implementation
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
- Implementation of new requirements
Test manager for recruiting processes
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9/PT 8.52
- Design of use cases
- Definition of system interfaces
- Design of PeopleSoft pages
Business Use Case for recruiting processes
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9 / 8.45
- Change management
- System monitoring and user management
Project lead and implementation for ePerformance implementation
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
- Implementation of new requirements
CRM Assessment for Upgrade 9.2
BNP Paribas Asia
- PeopleSoft CRM 9.2 / 8.52
- Fit-Gap analysis and redesign for Wealth Mgmt
- Definition of road map for upgrade
HR Support
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
- HR Support for HR, Compensation, Performance Mgmt, and Dashboard
- Onsite Support
- Interface Maintenance (Payroll, OpenCMS, eLearning, Recruiting)
- Payroll-Interface
Project lead and implementation for ePerformance and eCompensation implementation
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.51
Project lead for Upgrade HCM 9.1
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.1 / 8.49
Project lead for PeopleSoft Document Management
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
- Project lead for Upgrade HCM 9.1 concept
- Project lead for PeopleTools 8.52 upgrade
- Implementation of document management in PS
Project Leader Implementation Global Payroll
HSBC Private Banking
- PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
- Global Payroll
- Absence Management
Optimization project
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft
- Implementation of Reporting Dashboard
- Optimization of HRMS, Recruiting, ESS/MSS and Workflow
Project lead for Business Intelligence PeopleSoft
VBS Swiss Army
- Oracle OBIEE and PeopleSoft HCM 8.9
- Design concept for document management in PS
Pre-Study for Implementation Global Payroll
HSBC Private Banking
- Integration in Global PeopleSoft HR system
- Analysis of business processes
- Fit-Gap of HR and Payroll
- Definition of project structure, tasks, organization structure, and costs
Functional analysis and implementation of Absence & Self-Service
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 / 8.49
- Implementation of Absence management, Self-Service and Expense management
- Fit-Gap analysis
Project leader for Document Management for PeopleSoft
VBS Swiss Army
- Document Management and Archiving with PeopleSoft
- Analysis and implementation of audit-requirements with Peoplesoft
- Project leader for PSTools Upgrade 8.47 and 8.48
Functional and technical support for HRMS
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 / 8.48
- User training for HR core, recruiting, variable compensation, and learning management
- Technical support for PeopleSoft application
- Analysis of reporting requirement
- Implementation of customer specific reports (PS-Query, AE, XMLP, SQL)
- PSTools Upgrade 8.49
Sub project leader and account manager for HRMS implementation
LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust
- PeopleSoft HCM 9.0 / 8.49
- Management of 10 project members
- Installation and setup of PeopleSoft architecture
- Fit-Gap analysis for new requirements
- Concept for development requirements
- Implementation of Fit-Gap requirements
- Implementation of customer specific reports and XML Publisher letters for recruiting
Technical project manager for PeopleSoft Upgrade HCM 8.9
VBS Swiss Army
- Implementation phase with 12 project members
- Data migration and data quality assurance
- System architecture setup
- Upgrade with UC4
- Setup of PS Performance Monitoring, Integration Broker, and HCM Portal
- Performance testing with JMeter
- Planning and implementation of PeopleSoft Security
- Integration into IT-operation
Project manager for PeopleSoft Upgrade HCM 8.9
VBS Swiss Army
- Concept phase with 6 project members
- Concept and detail planning for the HCM Upgrade 8.1 to 8.9
- Run of a test upgrade
- Definition of test strategy and test concept
- Setup of System Architecture
Lead for feasibility study for PeopleSoft Upgrade HRMS 8.8
VBS Swiss Army
- Upgrade from HRMS 8.1 to 8.8
- Analysis of new functionality HCM and PeopleTools
Lead for PeopleTools 8.18 Upgrades and Optimization
VBS Swiss Army
- PISA2000 Optimization
- Concept for PS training administration
- Planning and implementation of testing scripts with Mercury Astra QuickTest
Lead in Database Migration DB2 to Oracle
VBS Swiss Army
- Data migration from Host OS/390 to AIX/Oracle
Release Management for PISA2000 Implementation
VBS Swiss Army
- PeopleSoft 8.18 implementation
- Planning and implementation of PeopleSoft Security
- Lead for introduction of ticketing system for problem request and change requests (PeopleSoft/Kintana)
- Coordination of OS/390 and DB2 activities
- Supporting implementation of Competence Center PeopleSoft
- Test concept for automated testing
Industry experience
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Experienced in Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, Aerospace and Defense, Information Technology, Insurance, and Manufacturing.
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Experienced in Information Technology, Human Resources, Project Management, Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Audit.
Summary
25+ years of experience leading and delivering enterprise HR transformation programmes and implementing HR solutions, including Workday, PeopleSoft, SAP, and Oracle, across global organizations.
Extensive experience in Workday implementation and support, with expertise in Core HCM, Compensation, Advanced Compensation, Absence, Time Tracking, Recruiting, Learning, Performance Management, Calibration, Succession Planning, Reporting, and Prism.
Programme leader with overall responsibility for governance, integrated planning, partner coordination, risk management, executive reporting and delivery readiness across HR, IT, Finance, data, integrations, testing, change and operations workstreams.
Strong expertise in programme planning, solution design, project governance, change management, requirements elicitation, training, documentation, risk management, and resource optimization throughout the project lifecycle.
Experienced in driving HR process transformation and standardization by aligning business requirements with Workday best practices to improve operational efficiency and support organizational growth.
Skilled in managing complex stakeholder relationships, facilitating decision-making, mitigating project risks, and ensuring alignment across multiple workstreams and dependencies.
Hands-on experience coordinating Workday integrations with cloud platforms, including Microsoft Azure and AWS, enabling seamless connectivity within enterprise system landscapes.
Well-versed in regulatory and compliance requirements across the DACH region and Asia, ensuring solutions meet local legislative and business needs.
Strong ability to bridge business and technology by translating strategic objectives into scalable HR technology solutions that support long-term business transformation.
Recognized as a pragmatic, results-driven leader with excellent communication, collaboration, and problem-solving skills, committed to delivering high-quality implementations and successful business outcomes.
Skills
Project Manager
Workday Functional & Technical Consultant
Solution Architect
Business Skills: Project Manager 4; Business Analyst 4; Business Process Reengineering 4; Hr Solution Architect 4
Workday: Architecture 4; Functional Hcm Core; Functional Time And Absence 4; Advanced Reporting / Dashboard 4; Prism 3; Functional Talent Management 4; Functional Recruiting 4; Function Position Mgmt 3; Functional Compensation 3; Functional Advanced Compens. 3; Security Management 4; Integration 3; Eib Data Load 4
Languages
Certifications & licenses
Certified Workday Pro Data Loading
Certified Workday Pro HCM Core
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Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
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Philippe is based in Grosshöchstetten, Switzerland.
Philippe speaks the following languages: German (Native), French (Native), English (Advanced), Italian (Advanced).
Philippe has at least 26 years of experience. During this time, Philippe has worked in at least 40 different roles and for 13 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 7 months. Note that Philippe may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Philippe would be well-suited for roles such as: Functional lead Absence & Recruiting, Project Manager, AMS Lead.
Philippe's most recent position is Functional lead Absence & Recruiting at McDermott.
In recent years, Philippe has worked for McDermott, Railpool, DocMorris, LGT Capital Partners, and LGT Liechtenstein Global Trust.
Philippe is most experienced in industries like Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, and Aerospace and Defense. Philippe also has some experience in Information Technology, Insurance, and Manufacturing.
Philippe is most experienced in business areas like Information Technology, Human Resources, and Project Management. Philippe also has some experience in Quality Assurance, Business Intelligence, and Audit.
Philippe has recently worked in industries like Banking and Finance, Government and Administration, and Retail.
Philippe has recently worked in business areas like Human Resources, Information Technology, and Project Management.
Philippe has 2 certificates. These include: Certified Workday Pro Data Loading and Certified Workday Pro HCM Core.
Philippe is immediately available full-time for suitable projects.
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