Job Description
Preferred Qualifications
We are looking for an experienced & talented strategic EMEA HR Business Partner to support some of our Applications leaders in EMEA (mostly in the ECEMEA region), acting as their trusted advisor & an integral part of their leadership team.
By joining us, you will be part of a highly motivated team of HR Business Partners who support the EMEA Applications organisation across a population of approx. 7,000 employees & 40+ countries.
Now is an exciting time for our Cloud growth. With “best in class” products and services, we continue to build a world class Cloud Sales team, focused on delivering value to our customers.
If you are ready to take the next step in your HR career, then a move to support the Applications business will help you develop your skills in a fast-moving environment.
Key Roles & Responsibilities:
Trusted Advisor:
- Providing sound strategic advice to (Senior) Vice Presidents & Snr leaders across EMEA Applications, acting as their Trusted Advisor
- Build effective relationships & contribute to the strategy of the organisation
- Work closely with the leadership team, keeping close to their decision-making process to influence strategy development and anticipate people implications
- Core member of the Leadership Team within the Business you support
- Collaborate with EMEA HR, Local Country HR, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Development, Finance and Business Operations teams
Strategic Thinker:
- Develop HR plans to support strategic fiscal year business plans, and drive implementation activities e.g.
- Manage organisational restructure & change programmes as appropriate
- Retention & Development activities of key employees
- Drive compensation planning activities
- Reduction in Force management across multiple countries/legal jurisdictions in partnership with country HR teams
- EMEA-wide projects related to the overall business strategy
- Integration of acquired companies/employees
Change Agent:
- Support compensation processes (stock, bonus, salary budgets) in conjunction with Leadership and C&B.
- Drive Talent Management activity across the region working with Senior Leaders. Facilitate Talent Review Boards, Succession Planning, and identification of Leadership talent
- Co-ordinate & manage senior level promotions
- Educate Management on available HR tools, programs, resources that support their employees retention & development
- Provide advice & opinion on Organisational Design
Problem Solver:
- Engage with Senior Stakeholders and local HR to resolve complex issues effectively i.e.
- Retention of employees
- Exit Strategies
- Executive Recruitment
- Structural changes impacting multiple countries
- Snr Employee Relation issues
Key Attributes/Skills:
- Significant generalist HR experience (5+ years as a guide) working across multiple countries, preferably with experience in the IT sector & growth strategies in a dynamic talent marketplace
- High energy, sense of optimism, curiosity, urgency and responsiveness is a must
- Must have strong interpersonal, collaboration and communication skills and be able to build relationships at all levels of the organization. Ability to develop/maintain successful ‘account management’ type relationships
- Commercially driven with the ability to quickly gain credibility with Snr. executives by understanding the commercials of their sales business
- Ability to review and solve complex HR problems in multiple countries
- Ability to create executive summaries, reports, process guidelines, documents/proposals etc
- Flexible to travel (in EMEA)
- Good Presentation skills (Fluent English essential, additional language(s) a plus)
- Ability to lead and drive activities and projects across EMEA to successful, time bound outcomes.
- Strong Team player – able to contribute through collaboration and create most effective solutions for business needs
- Experience operating in an international environment
- Results driven with a strong ‘can do’ attitude.
Detailed Description and Job Requirements
Partners with business units/divisions in delivering Corporate and Divisional HR policies and programs.
Join a leading HR group consulting with management and employees on HR practices and procedures. Manage employee relations issues and conduct investigations in support of corporate ethics and values. Participate in company-wide programs and initiatives (e.g., manpower planning, salary/bonus/stock review, organizational change, performance management, and training assessment).
Leading contributor individually and as a team member, providing direction and mentoring to others. Work is non-routine and very complex, involving the application of advanced technical/business skills in area of specialization. Key skills and abilities include coaching, influencing, facilitation, presentation, communication, process development, analysis, and problem solving. Ability to travel. 8 years generalist experience and BA/BS degree. Experience in an HR specialty a plus.