Group HR Director
- Lead and develop a high-performing HR function across all Centres of Excellence, including Reward, Talent, L&D, ER, and People Operations
- Define and execute a forward-looking people strategy aligned to business transformation goals
- Lead complex change and transformation programmes, ensuring engagement, pace and delivery
- Oversee and evolve employee relations strategy, including engagement with Trade Unions and European Works Councils
- Embed a modern, scalable People Operating Model that supports growth, efficiency and consistency
- Champion inclusive leadership and ensure a culture that enables performance, accountability and progression
- Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decision-making at Executive and Board level
- Drive organisational design, workforce planning and capability development across a multi-site, international environment
Our customer is a highly commercial multi-site international FMCG business with a passion for innovation, customer-centricity and talent development.
Reporting to the CPO, and partnering the regional MD, the People Director will lead a sizeable, multi-disciplinary HR function and act as a true strategic partner to the business. You will play a central role in driving organisational performance, capability and culture across a complex, international footprint.
The organisation is undergoing a sustained period of change, including:
- Implementation of a new HRIS platform
- Ongoing M&A activity and divestments
- Driving operational efficiencies and cost optimisation
- Designing and embedding a new People Target Operating Model
- Developing career architecture and progression pathways
- Evolving reward frameworks and propositions
- Elevating management and leadership capability
Must be commercially astute, credible and highly experienced HR leader who thrives in complexity and change.
Qualifications
- Proven experience leading a full-service HR function, spanning all Centres of Excellence
- A track record of operating at strategic leadership level within a large, multi-site and international environment
- Deep expertise in Trade Union engagement and negotiation, alongside experience working with European Works Councils
- Demonstrated success delivering large-scale transformation programmes (e.g., HRIS, TOM design, M&A integration/separation, efficiency drives)
- Strong organisational design and change leadership capability
- The ability to balance strategic vision with operational execution
- Gravitas, resilience and the ability to influence at the most senior levels
- A leadership style that builds high-performing, engaged and accountable teams
This is a rare opportunity to step into a role with genuine breadth, complexity and impact. You will be part of a leadership team shaping the future of a well-established yet evolving international business.
Benefits
- A platform to lead transformation at scale
- The ability to shape and modernise the entire people agenda
- Exposure to complex, high-value business change
- The opportunity to build and leave a lasting legacy
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