Robert Sesink Clee Email & Phone Number

Wyckoff, Nj, Us

London, England, Gb

• Partnered with clients to elevate their Workday HCM implementations and advised on strategic Workday roadmaps. • Collaborated with stakeholders from 4 client organizations, ensuring alignment with business goals and requirements. • Ensured proper integration and functionally of Workday HCM systems with the overall ERP landscape, including areas such as student enrollment, procurement, and financial systems.• Formulated and refined implementation and support methodologies, concentrating on data conversion, integration, Digital HR, and analytics.

New York, Us

• Aligned customer expectations with organizational objectives by leading implementation team to properly implement Workday HCM; acted as a key advisor for system enhancements and procedural updates. • Collaborated with Workday Engagement Managers and Workstream Architects to lead workstream guides and propel functional solutions across 32 countries, executing the rollout in three phases across APAC, North America, and EMEA.• Collaborated with People leadership to transform organizational processes, enhance employee engagement, and utilize actionable analytics, significantly improving HR KPIs for 25K+ employees.• Established standard operating procedures for the effective implementation of semi-annual Workday updates.• Monitored, analyzed, and reported on trends in talent management, acquisition, and workforce planning.• Led the meticulous data transition from legacy HRIS to Workday and directed the integration of Workday with external systems such as Kronos, POS systems, ATS systems, external payroll across 29 countries, SAP ERP, and Concur.• Phased out a 4-person subcontracting team in Bangalore and decreased dependency on external resources.• Engaged HR stakeholders in creating a people analytics strategy, assessing platforms like Visier, Tableau, Prism Analytics, and Workday People Analytics for implementation ease, integration, user interface, and enhancement of reporting.

New York, Us

• Orchestrated the RFP process for a global cloud-based system to support the HR function by leading cross-functional teams during product demonstrations and evaluations, creating decision matrices, and summarizing evaluation scores to compare competing products.• Developed a proposal to streamline the company’s Workday solution, aiming to reduce HRIT support requirements and eliminate costs associated with third-party HR solutions through enhanced integration of Workday functionalities.• Demonstrated to leadership the financial benefits of utilizing Workday’s actionable analytics to minimize regrettable turnover, projecting an annual cost savings of $3.3M.• Engineered the deployment strategy of the winning HRIS solution that included the rollout of the Core HCM system across APAC, Americas, and EMEA, focusing on the integration of advanced compensation elements like LTIP, bonus structures, commission plans, and comprehensive talent management features.

New York, Us

• Led the HRIS implementation for Ralph Lauren’s EMEA region as the Lead Architect, ensuring SAP HCM was successfully deployed across 19 countries; enhanced all interfaces to SAP ERP and external systems.• Designed and managed the system rollout strategy, preventing the need for costly post-implementation re-configurations and saving significant resources initially earmarked for a prolonged re-configuration project.• Maintained strict adherence to best practices while aligning with regulatory and corporate requirements. • Drove organizational transformation within SAP HCM’s framework, working closely with senior HR leaders in the EMEA region to implement essential organizational and process improvements.• Provided expert guidance as the internal advisor during the project, ensuring the implementation partner configured the system in alignment with the organization's needs and global standards.• Developed and implemented a modular SAP HCM security model that expedited the deployment of security roles and established compliance with GDPR privacy regulations. After a GDPR audit, the new security model facilitated swift resolution of minor compliance issues in three of our 29 EMEA markets within two weeks.

New York, Us

• Took charge of a recently implemented SAP HR system, leading its stabilization and introducing functional improvements that cut HR Partner workload by over 20% and significantly reduced problem ticket volume.• Collaborated with the VP of Global HR Point Solutions and the Head of People Operations, driving a continuous improvement program and spearheading the stabilization and enhancement of the SAP HR system, including integration between core HRIS and SuccessFactors LMS, as well as Talent Management solutions.• Managed the SAP HCM implementation for Korea, achieving project completion on time and reducing operational costs by 25% compared to a proposal from a "Big 4" implementation partner.• Orchestrated the rollout of a comprehensive benefits solution across the United States.• Directed the implementation of an SAP HCM compensation solution that supported Ralph Lauren's annual compensation planning process, covering merit increases, executive compensation, and long-term incentive plans.• Achieved a 78% reduction in ticket volume by leading the IT team responsible for system improvements, change requests, and resolving production incidents.• Designed and developed turnover and employee churn dashboards for HR executive leadership using MicroStrategy and Tableau, providing actionable insights and data-driven decision support.

Guided a 60-person systems ERP systems implementation team to complete a two-year, $31MM project in USA and Canada. Spearheaded mid-market HCM integrations in diverse industries. Led multiple on-time, on-budget SAP HCM implementations.

Agile Leadership

Diploma In Datametrics, Information Systems