Job Summary:
HR Business Partner is the first point of contact for managers and employees to provide counsel, coaching and support on HR fundamentals and employee related questions. This role is critical in executing our key HR initiatives, providing available and responsive internal employee support, and driving HR functional excellence and process improvement, this position also works closely with local senior management within specific business unit to develop and implement predominately medium to long-term HR solutions aligned to business strategy.
How you will contribute and lead:
Business Partnering
- Provide dedicated guidance and coaching to multitude of leaders and employees within geography.
- Act as a trusted advisor, coach, and consultant for senior leaders to improve their leadership capability, team effectiveness, strategic insight, and business performance.
- Play an integral part within leadership teams, having the credibility and business knowledge to be consulted and to actively contribute to overall business decisions at a local site level.
- Review and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience in order to recommend systemic improvements.
- Partner with the business to lead both annual and mid-year review processes which focus on performance management, talent and career development, talent assessment, acquisition and retention and workplace investigations as appropriate.
- Work with business groups to assess, create and implement innovative solutions for a variety of employee engagement initiatives within the client group.
- Provide support to develop and implement HR plans and solutions, organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and skills assessment and development.
- Provide compensation support to managers, including salary planning, internal balance analysis, promotions and job re-leveling.
- Support the implementation of global and regional learning initiatives on site (e.g., Global Learning Week, Learning Bites).
- Facilitate or co-facilitate local learning solutions, team development interventions, and assessments debrief, as needed.
People Relations & Employee Experience
- Provides full range of strategic HR services for client group(s), with overall responsibility for developing, directing and coordinating HR strategies, policies, procedures and resource deployment.
- Facilitates line management’s ability to lead change processes. Coordinates client group HR efforts to ensure return on development investments.
- Ensure legal mandatory requirements for people related aspects (legal quotas, local associations, governmental audits, etc)
- Effectively manage union relationships through discussion, consultation and negotiation when needed.
- Responsible for union relations and negotiations to ensure consistent administration of personnel policies and procedures, labor contracts, and labor relations; manage and participate in the de development of labor relations work plans; develops strategies for collective bargaining negotiations.
- Work with line managers and employees to address all types of employee relations issues, fairly representing all interests.
- Responsible for all the expatriate/inpatriate flow together with the host/home country analyzing and communication of all impacts for the employee and working very closely with the appropriate transfer brokers.
- Manage Talent Acquisition process effectively to ensure that the Company sources, selects and attracts the best candidates to meet the needs of the business in the most cost efficient and timely manner. Success Measures
- Positive stakeholder feedback from the business on enhancing organizational effectiveness and employee experience
- Demonstrate ability to support managers in building solutions to people related challenges
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
- Implement and support global DE&I initiatives locally including: a. Colleague community support b. Bias mitigation tools in local talent processes to drive equitable outcomes c. Support achieving equitable representation in nomination processes used for leadership development programs
- Advise, coach local leaders on inclusive behavior, aligned with leadership expectations
- Support the Global DE&I team in submissions and certification processes (EDGE, Disability IN, Workplace Pride) by providing documentation of DEI actions, communications etc on a quarterly basis)
- Foster external engagement that supports sustainable communities by finding/ establishing partnerships to engage with those diverse populations that were identified (recruiting and community impact)
What you will need to be successful:
Education or Academic Background
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology
- or any related area, or equivalent combination of work and educational experience
Knowledge and Skills
- Knowledge of labor and business environment of assigned geography
- Fluency in English
Experiences
- Minimum of 5 years HRBP professional work in similar Human Resources function with responsibilities such as business partnering, generalist HR experience (recruiting, training, compensation, benefits)
- Employee development and performance management.
Other Proficiencies and Requirements
- Passionate, employee advocate who wants to make a difference in the organization by helping employees succeed
- Approachable and responsive resource able to connect with employees at all levels
- Desires employee-facing work; willingness to make horizontal moves to develop HR expertise
- Strong stakeholder service focus, with a high level of responsiveness
- Understanding of HR concepts and principles with expertise in a specialty area such as staffing, analytics, facilitation, etc.
- Strong problem solving skills; ability to make independent decisions; manage conflicting priorities in a fast paced environment
- •Sound knowledge of local labor laws and government requirements
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
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