EMEA Solution SME - HR

Overview

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom

Job Description

Posted Wednesday 13 August 2025 at 00:00

Established in 1981 with a single store in the Northwest of England, the JD Group is a leading omni-channel retailer of Sports Fashion, Outdoors and Gyms with our colleagues working in stores across several retail fascias in many markets around the world.

JD Sports Fashion Plc was listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1996 and has been a FTSE100 publicly quoted company since 2019 and continues to grow in the UK and internationally.

We want to be the leading global omnichannel retailer in the sports and outdoor industry. To be a part of this successful company and help us to achieve this you will have the desire to ingrain our strategic goals of being a people-led, innovative and customer-focused organisation which provides operational excellence whilst identifying new areas of growth as part of our day to day objectives.

Role overview

Advance the People Teams impact by delivering, and maintaining the configuration of a full HRIS programme aimed at positioning JD as an employer of choice. The JD People team puts the colleague at the heart of what we do to develop a level of service that emulates the JD brand and maximises colleague experience.

We are looking for an excellent SME to help guide and improve the configuration of technical solutions to deliver a successful HRIS project. As a SME within the People function, your duties will include evaluating organizational needs and recommending suitable solutions from one or more specific area of the People function and contribute to the development, testing, and implementation of software solutions and improvements. A successful SME should possess a good track record in evaluating organizational needs and configuration of solutions, improving organizational efficiency by applying their expert knowledge of one or more areas of the People function to resolve complex challenges.

Key Duties/Responsibility:

• Applying subject expertise in evaluating business operations and processes
• Identifying areas where technical solutions would improve functional performance. Consulting across various operations, providing mentorship, and contributing specialized knowledge
• Recommending technical solutions that determine software requirements or configuration
• Manage competing priorities Maintain an understanding of legislative requirements for HCM, Time Capture and Pay
• Determining whether technical solutions meet defined requirements. Verifying technical reference information, including user guides, training manuals, and system requirements
• Design, build and test integrations between HCM solution and other product worksteams
• Synchronise with the other HR experts to complete the following activities to the best of your ability: Compliance, SKU Testing, BAU Changes, design consistency and more.

Skills/Experience/Knowledge needed

• Demonstrable credentials as a leading Subject Matter Expert of a People Discipline
• Experience with Recruitment, and HR systems desirable
• Experience working with HCM information systems
• Advanced knowledge of business operations and project management
• Advanced ability to recommend and implement technical solutions for cross-functional projects
• Exceptional leadership and mentorship abilities to introduce and implement technical solutions
• Excellent recordkeeping, as well as written and verbal communication skills.

We know our colleagues work tirelessly to make JD Sports the success it is today and in turn, we offer them some amazing benefits including staff Discount On JD Group and other brands within the organisation and personal development opportunities to learn and develop at work.

JD Sports- Head Office, Warwick House, Bury, Bury, United Kingdom