Deliver consistent P&O experience across the employee lifecycle, ensuring operational excellence, coaching managers, and implementing global solutions. Drive and execute P&O organization strategy, partner with business leaders, and tackle talent and organizational challenges to prepare the organization for the future

Major Accountabilities

• Coach business leaders on people related topics
• Deliver country P&O plans and build effective partnerships across different areas of P&O for effective collaboration and execution.
• Manage employee lifecycle events: Partner, coach and manage execution of employee lifecycle events processes (Join, Work, Growth, Move & Leave)
• Advise on P&O policies and build manager capabilities for key processes.
• Drive adoption of learning and talent management tools. ​
• Facilitate team effectiveness interventions and talking talent discussions.
• Plan and implement organizational development initiatives to support business objectives.
• Deliver global initiatives and manage employee relations.
• Legal representation of the company in external ER cases (as appropriate) and investigate complaints, Speak Up local matters and conflicts of interest cases and follow-up on remediation/sanctions.
• Ensure compliance with local regulations and manage rewards processes.
• Support and lead hiring and university relations in alignment with country talent strategy.​
• Generate and deliver P&O reports and insights.
• Execute business unit talent plans and provide project management support.
• Contribute to planning and implementing organization changes and transformation
• Drive and integrate Culture and DE&I in the flow of work.
• Drive local adoption goals, objective-setting, check-in, reviews, PIP on WD
• Manage external certifications in alignment with country strategy
• Execute country rewards processes, advise managers on planning process, initiate & implement off-cycle adjustments.
• Support benefits scheme re-evaluation and implementation.
• Implement global initiatives incl. validation and remediation.

Ideal Background

Experience/Professional Requirement:

3-5 years business experience in a commercial environment.

3-5 years P&O experience.

Skills:

• Country P&O regulations, labor law & social security
• Employee Lifecycle Management
• Business Acumen and Stakeholder Management
• Coaching and Project Management
• Influencing and Connecting the Dots
• Matrix Collaboration
• Vision & Purpose (Strategy to Story)
• Talent Development and Talent Pipelining
• Strategic Workforce Planning and Organization Design
• Leadership Development and Organization Health
• Communication & leadership skills
• Culture sensitivity

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