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Job Summary

At Caterpillar IT, we're not just supporting technology, we're driving innovation. We're the go-to partners across the business, helping teams work smarter, faster, and safer. The HR team for Caterpillar IT is a strategic partner in powering that innovation and employee success. From talent development and planning to employee relations, the Human Resources team ensures that every Caterpillar IT employee has the tools, support, and culture to be a catalyst. If you're passionate about solving real-world problems with cutting-edge solutions, you'll feel right at home here.

We're looking for a Human Resources Operations Specialist who enjoys variety, likes solving problems, and is energized by trying new things to support our growing employee population in India. This role will support a broad range of HR activities, from managing employee and leader inquiries and completing Workday transactions to supporting recognition programs, Employee Insights activities, and other HR initiatives.

The ideal candidate is someone who is curious, organized, comfortable with technology, and willing to challenge the status quo. We're looking for someone who can execute the fundamentals of HR well, while also bringing fresh ideas and finding opportunities to simplify, automate, and improve our HR processes and employee experience.

The preference for this role is to be based out of Bangalore, Whitefield office.

What You Will Do

• Respond to employee and leader questions in our dedicated employee email inbox, providing timely, accurate answers and escalating complex issues as needed.
• Manage and complete day-to-day Workday tasks and transactions, ensuring data accuracy and timely processing.
• Create reports and analyze HR data to identify trends, support decision-making, and share insights with HR and business leaders.
• Assist HR Business Partners with day-to-day requests, data pulls, documentation, and program support.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate, or improve HR processes and help implement new ways of working.

What You Will Have

• Decision Making and Critical Thinking: Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze.
• Effective Communications: Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.
• Problem Solving: Knowledge of approaches, tools, techniques for recognizing, anticipating, and resolving organizational, operational or process problems; ability to apply knowledge of problem solving appropriately to diverse situations.
• Data Gathering and Reporting: Knowledge of tools, techniques and processes for gathering and reporting data; ability to practice them in a particular department or division of a company.
• HR: Policies, Standards and Procedures: Knowledge of human resource function; ability to uphold the organization's and industry's standards, procedures and policies regarding human resources management.
• Employee Relations: Knowledge of the rights and obligations in the employee relations; ability to adhere to legal requirements when handling employee negotiations.

Additional Information

• The location for this position is Bangalore, India.
• Sponsorship is not available.
• This role requires the candidate to be on site 3 days per week.
• Travel will be approximately 10%.

Skills Desired

Business Process Improvement

Knowledge of business process improvement best practices and ability to use methods for identifying, evaluating, introducing and implementing more efficient approaches to performing business related activities. Level Working Knowledge:

• Gathers data for use in the analysis of business processes.
• Illustrates problems, opportunities and methods for improving existing business processes.
• Suggests ways to reduce variation and/or waste in processes.
• Helps evaluate what factors should be addressed in the change program.
• Participates in requirements analysis for process changes.

Information Capture

Knowledge of the methods, channels and processes to obtain needed information; ability to identify, capture and document relevant business information in an auditable, organized, understandable and easily retrievable manner. Level Working Knowledge:

• Follows defined procedures to document all routine information.
• Identifies relevant established standards, policies and practices.
• Fulfills routine information capture needs in own area.
• Uses automated tools to capture, organize and archive relevant information.
• Cites examples of different types of relevant information that need to be captured.

Service Excellence

Knowledge of customer service concepts and techniques; ability to meet or exceed customer needs and expectations and provide excellent service in a direct or indirect manner. Level Working Knowledge:

• Provides a quality of service that customers describe as excellent.
• Resolves common customer problems.
• Responds to unexpected customer requests with a sense of urgency and positive action.
• Provides direct service to internal or external customers.
• Documents customer complaints in a timely manner.

Decision Making and Critical Thinking

Knowledge of the decision-making process and associated tools and techniques; ability to accurately analyze situations and reach productive decisions based on informed judgment. Level Working Knowledge:

• Applies an assigned technique for critical thinking in a decision-making process.
• Identifies, obtains, and organizes relevant data and ideas.
• Participates in documenting data, ideas, players, stakeholders, and processes.
• Recognizes, clarifies, and prioritizes concerns.
• Assists in assessing risks, benefits and consideration of alternatives.

Employee Relations

Knowledge of the rights and obligations in the employee relations; ability to adhere to legal requirements when handling employee negotiations. Level Working Knowledge:

• Assists employees with personal or professional problems.
• Conducts employee satisfaction surveys and documents interviewees' concerns and issues.
• Explains organizational policies, procedures and processes for dealing with employee relations issues.
• Addresses routine problems or disciplinary issues related to employee relations, such as grievances.
• Interprets and communicates employee relations policies and procedures at the local level.

HR: Policies, Standards and Procedures

Knowledge of human resource function; ability to uphold the organization's and industry's standards, procedures and policies regarding human resources management. Level Working Knowledge:

• Analyzes policy and standards documentation and ensures organizational compliance.
• Maintains a specific set of standards and associated HR procedures.
• Communicates and refers potential exceptions upward for review and approval.
• Assists in the development and implementation of specific procedures.
• Provides feedback for the improvement of HR procedures.

Human Resources Consulting

Knowledge of HR approaches, tools and techniques; ability to inform, guide and advise managers in HR-related initiatives. Level Working Knowledge:

• Utilizes a specific management consulting process.
• Applies a specific HR consulting model in an engagement.
• Provides line management with written reports proposing options and courses of action for HR issues.
• Interprets various sets of HR data in coming to conclusions and proposing actions.
• Facilitates meetings for gathering HR data, implementing HR strategies and resolving HR problems.

Human Resources Operations

Knowledge of human resources (HR) policies, operational processes and considerations; ability to implement HR related tasks, processes, and projects to ensure that day-to-day operations run smoothly. Level Working Knowledge:

• Implements a specific aspect of day-to-day HR operations according to HR strategies.
• Assists training sessions related to HR processes and systems.
• Documents routine work flow, resource requirements, dependencies and criticalities.
• Records all HR data and transactions in Human Resources Information Systems (HRIS).
• Generates and interprets standards and management reports on HR activities.

What You Will Get

Work Life Harmony

• Earned and medical leave.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Relocation assistance.

Holistic Development

• Personal and professional development through Caterpillar's employee resource groups across the globe.
• Career development opportunities with global prospects.

Health and Wellness

• Medical coverage - Medical, life and personal accident coverage.
• Employee mental wellness assistance program.

Financial Wellness

• Employee investment plan.
• Pay for performance - Annual incentive Bonus plan.

Additional Information

Caterpillar is not currently hiring individuals for this position who now or in the future require sponsorship for employment visa status; however, as a global company, Caterpillar offers many job opportunities outside of the U.S. which can be found through our employment website at www.caterpillar.com/careers.

Caterpillar is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO). EEO/AA Employer. All qualified individuals, including minorities, females, veterans and individuals with disabilities, are encouraged to apply.

This Job Description is intended as a general guide to the job duties for this position and is intended for the purpose of establishing the specific salary grade. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as an exhaustive summary of all responsibilities, duties and effort required of employees assigned to this job. At the discretion of management, this description may be changed at any time to address the evolving needs of the organization. It is expressly not intended to be a comprehensive list of "essential job functions" as that term is defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act.