What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Human Resource Business Partner, Scent & Care North America position at Symrise?
About us
The Regional HR Business Partner (m / f / d) plays a pivotal role in the global HR Business Partnering model by driving collaboration and harmonization of HR practices across divisional and functional boundaries at the regional level. Reporting to the Global HR Business Partner for Scent & Care (S&C), you will contribute to the development of the segment's HR strategy and ensure its proper implementation in the North America region. Within your area of responsibility, you will act as the primary point of contact for the regional Executive Leadership Team and strengthen the role of the strategic business partnership by providing recommendations on topics such as workforce planning, performance management and employee engagement.
As an active member of the North America HR Leadership Team, you will exemplify our leadership behaviors and organizational values and serve as a role model for the team and escalation point for decisions and guidance on high-risk and / or complex HR issues.
Your role
- Primary point of contact for the regional leadership team, acting as strategic advisors on HR-related topics
- Work closely with executive leaders of S&C for the North America region to understand the organization's strategic goals and objectives at a regional level.
- Contribute to the development and ensure implementation of HR strategy for Scent & Care in close connection with Global HR Business Partner owning core strategic HR topics such as people strategy, strategic workforce planning, people analytics, organizational design and M&A activities
- Drive cross-fertilization of divisional HR strategies within Scent & Care, fostering best practices, common capability building, harmonization on HR-related topics
- Own and drive strategic workforce planning at the regional level following global guidelines and contributing to an integrated approach that ensures transparency and efficiency in delivering the right people, with the right skills, at the right place, in the right time.
- Ensure accuracy of segment and divisional headcount reporting at the regional level in collaboration with the CoE HR Information Systems & Analytics and HR Operations
- Elaborate segment and divisional people analytics in collaboration with CoE HR Information Systems & Analytics to drive business insights and actionable decision making.
- Support leadership on organizational design programs, greenfield / brownfield CAPEX initiatives and M&A related initiatives at regional level with HR-related guidance and insights.
- Communicate and facilitate the cascading of information on structural changes from the global to the regional level.
- Advise and support the S&C Local HR Business Partner community in the North America region to create a positive and engaging work environment.
- Act as a point of contact for executive leaders of S&C in the North America region on highly critical employee relations issues and handle cases and disputes as appropriate.
- Provide guidance on matters such as conflict resolution, disciplinary actions, and grievance procedures.
- Help identify HR service delivery performance issues and work with the global and regional HR organizations, Centers of Excellence and other HR functions to define ways to close identified gaps.
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