The Kick-Off began with an introduction from the HRx Project Manager, Anna Story, who introduced Project HRx’s UNC executive sponsors- Chris Ellington, UNC Health Care’s CFO, and Bill Rotella, VP of Human Resources. Mr. Ellington stressed that this project will position UNC Health Care to better accommodate its plans for the future. He also stressed that while this project will create a more efficient Human Capital Management System for us, it will not result in any job losses in the HR areas. He believes that as the work changes, resulting from our new HRx system, new opportunities will open for those impacted by these exciting changes.Mr. Rotella discussed how HRx will bring us simplification, ease and self-service- could we ask for anything more?
Norm Klase, the Director of HR Services, gave an overview of our Critical Success Factors which included
- Streamlining processes,
- Creating a more intuitive and easy to learn/use system,
- Lowering costs,
- Making mass edits/corrections easier,
- Permitting real-time records updates,
- Increasing manager and employee accountability and empowerment, and
- Increasing employee satisfaction (most important!)
Following Mr. Klase was an introduction of our implementation partner from the CIBER Executive Sponsors, Jim Sagel and Paul Robson. They are just as excited about working with us as we are to work with them! Michelle Tharp, the CIBER Project Director went into greater detail about what the Implementation Process entails. The main thing is that we have completed the Project Plan and are currently underway with the Design phase!
The kick-off wrapped with a Q&A session and then to provide sustenance and energy to continue with our journey we enjoyed a delicious lunch of soup, salad, fruit and some very tasty cookies!
Below are pictures from the events. Enjoy!
- HRx Team