HR Business Partner – R&D, Strategy/Innovation and Operations (EU)

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Do you want to work as part of a global Human Resources Team? Do you enjoy playing a critical role in aligning HR initiatives with business objectives, providing strategic guidance to leaders and driving organizational performance?

We are currently seeking a HR Business Partner – Operations, R&D and Strategy/Innovation (EU) who will be responsible for serving as a subject matter expert on human resources operations to include the full life cycle of talent, employee relations, employee communications, workforce retention, development, engagement, and serving as a trusted partner to the business leaders.

This position reports to the Global HR Director, Operations, R&D and Strategy/Innovation, and will be an on-site role at our site in Puch, Austria.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to:

• Act as a strategic partner to the business and change agent, aligning people practices and strategies with the overall business objectives. This involves understanding the business needs and challenges and providing HR solutions that contribute to the achievement of those goals, leading HR activities at the various business sites, and partnering with specific business unit leaders globally.
• Define & owns HR Strategy & Action Plan, to proactively support Sales & Service leadership, in workforce planning, organizational design, talent optimization, and staffing plans linked with our Talent Acquisition team to attract diverse profile.
• Provide day-to-day HR guidance to Leadership both throughout Europe, in the areas of talent acquisition, leadership coaching, employee counselling, performance management, career development, change management, compensation, and HR policy guidance and interpretation in line with legal compliance and regulations.
• Proactively partner and collaborate across the global HR organization, sharing information, and providing thought leadership and a solution-oriented direction to optimize the business value of the HR function.
• Partner with Global HR Centers Of Excellence (COE) on the execution of HR initiatives.
• In collaboration with the Talent Management COE, drive solutions in the areas of talent management, succession planning, leadership development and organizational effectiveness.
• Coach managers in your client groups to have the best and diverse organization aligned to business strategy and ensuring robust succession plans are in place for key roles, strong development plans for key talent with the right opportunities, ensure proactive performance management and monitoring & presenting to the business of all KPIs of HR function (retention, internal fill rate, engagement).
• Ensure good interaction with works councils and employee representations.

The essential requirements of the role include:

• Degree in HR or Business Administration or equivalent, with min 5 years of experience as HR Business Partner/Manager in Austria & multi-countries, supporting global organizations with a focus on HR operations, business partnering, succession planning, engagement, leadership development, workforce planning, diversity initiatives, organizational development, and coaching including utilization of continuous improvement best practices. (DBS, Lean Six Sigma or other continuous improvement methodologies)
• Broad understanding of the technical and functional components of human resources, including recruiting, talent management, organizational design/development, succession planning, leadership development, compensation and associate communications.
• Experience supporting leaders in multiple countries with previous exposure and knowledge of labor laws in various countries, including but not limited to UK, Austria, Germany, and Belgium.
• Managing change/project initiatives including change management experience in multi-cultural environment.
• Proven ability to work in a dynamic and fast paced environment.
• German and English language proficiency is a must, additional languages are very welcome especially French

The collective agreement for employees in the electrical and electronics industry applies to the advertised position, the minimum basic salary is € 4.215,39,-- gross per month with willingness to overpay collective agreement.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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