Regional Head HR T&W Europe
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Givaudan is the global leader in the creation of flavours and fragrances. In close collaboration with food, beverage, consumer product and fragrance partners, Givaudan develops tastes and scents that delight consumers the world over. With a passion to understand consumers’ preferences and a relentless drive to innovate, Givaudan is at the forefront of creating flavours and fragrances that ‘engage your senses’. The Company achieved sales of CHF 5.1 billion in 2017. Headquartered in Switzerland with local presence in over 100 locations, the company has more than 11,100 employees worldwide. Givaudan invites you to discover more at www.givaudan.com.
Join us and celebrate the beauty of human experience. Create for happier, healthier lives, with love for nature. Together, with kindness and humility, we deliver food innovations, craft inspired fragrances and develop beauty and wellbeing solutions that make people look and feel good. There’s much to learn and many to learn from, with more than 16,000 employees around the world to explore ideas and ambitions with. Dive into varied, flexible, and stimulating environments. Meet empowered professionals to partner with, befriend, and stretch your skills alongside. Every day, your energy, your creativity, and your determination will shape our future, making a positive difference on billions of people. Every essence of you enriches our world. We are Givaudan. Human by nature.
Regional Head of HR – Taste and Wellbeing Europe - Your future position?
As a member of the European Management Team, you will be reporting directly to the Global Head of HR of the Taste and Wellbeing division, you will partner the Business to develop the regional HR agenda with the Business and HR strategy with focus on Talent Acquisition, Organization Design, Talent development, succession planning, diversity and employee engagement.
You will be based in Kemptthal, Switzerland.
Sounds interesting? It could well be your perfect opportunity to coach a diverse multicultural region and team and support in building a high performance team. In this exciting role you will:
- Be a trusted partner to the Head of the Region and other senior leaders supporting the business growth through strategic and tactical plans to build a sustainable regional organization
- Lead the HR activities for the Taste and Wellbeing division across commercial and operations teams for one of the dynamic region with high growth and mature markets presence.
- Act on Talent and Workforce priorities and work as part of the wider HR organization to guide talent outcomes and develop the next generation of leaders.
- Partner business and help promote change management for transitions for acquisitions, greenfield and brownfield projects as applicable
- Develop and deliver actions aligned to Global HR strategy with special focus on Diversity and Inclusion, Engagement, HR transformation initiatives, integration of acquisitions and Purpose activation.
- Work on short, mid and longer term talent and succession planning to build a sustainable regional organization both for the business and HR
- Drive HR delivery excellence by ensuring successful execution of annual HR processes
- Lead, inspire and develop a regional HR organization and ensure budget compliance
- Demonstrate excellent partnership with GBS, COE teams and HR F&B Europe teams fostering a collaborative " One HR team mindset ' and work with Global and Taste and Wellbeing LT HR leadership team, regional HR leaders on main HR processes, projects and challenges.
You?
- University degree with specialization in Human Resources desirable
- 15+ years of HR experience in a senior position; experience in HR business partnering roles in an international and matrix organization environment, ideally in both commercial and manufacturing environments.
- Expertise in Talent Management, Staffing, Leadership development, Change Management and Organizational Effectiveness.
- Experience working cross-functionally and cross-culturally at the regional / global level
- Strong communication, influencing and relationship building skills, inspiring trust and confidence from business partners.
- Team leadership experience.
- Project management and execution skills.
- Ability to travel frequently within the region
Our Benefits:
- You benefit from a discounted catering offer (incl. lunch)
- Weekly working time of 40h (100%) with flexible working hours
- Opportunity to work outside their usual workplace, including the option to work abroad for up to 2 weeks per year
- 1 remote working day per week
- Opportunity to buy up to a maximum of 10 holidays per year
- Contribution to the reimbursement of a Fitness Membership
- Sport und Freizeitclub «SFG»; Multiple offers from sports and leisure activities (yoga, fitness, climbing)
- Givaudan contributes to the cost of the SBB Half-Fare Card up to a maximum of 50% of the annual cost.
- Subsidised provision of REKA travel cheques
- Purchase of different products from the employee shop/Nestlé Shop for personal and family use at reduced prices
- Free parking spaces available at the place of work
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At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Every essence of you enriches our world.
Givaudan is committed to equal opportunities. Therefore, we welcome applications regardless of cultural and social background, gender, age, religion or sexual identity.
We also have a safe working environment, progressive working conditions and are certified as an equal pay employer.
At Givaudan, you contribute to delightful taste and scent experiences that touch people’s lives.
You work within an inspiring teamwork culture – where you can thrive, collaborate and learn from other talented and passionate people across disciplines, regions and divisions.
Join us and Impact Your World
Diversity drives innovation and creates closer connections with our employees, customers and partners.
Givaudan embraces diversity and is committed to building an inclusive environment where everyone impacts our world.
