Director – Head People Partner
Kerr Dental
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Nuremberg • 🇩🇪 Germany
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Lead
About the role
- Accountable for credible P&O People Partnering to leaders, managers and associates, offering advice and guidance on the moments that matter.
- Collaborates with other P&O People Partner Heads in other countries, regions and clusters to maintain a consistent standard globally.
- Drives quality, effectiveness, efficiency and continuous improvement for P&O People Partnering and related processes.
- Embraces customer feedback to understand the customer journey with moments that matter and drives continuous improvement.
- Lead the delivery of in-country transformations, consult and negotiate with local works council / unions, provide advice and guidance for managers through the local process, oversee associate notice / handover meetings and overall restructuring life cycle.
- Leads the People Partner team to ensure successful country transitions and integrations including effective change management and business continuity.
- Provides coaching and counselling to Country P&O Business Partners on local policies and processes.
- Collaborates closely with the German Works Council on all relevant P&O topics, ensuring compliance with co-determination rights and fostering a partnership.
- Acts as a deputy to the Head of P&O Germany, supporting strategic initiatives and representing the function as needed.
Requirements
- University degree in a relevant field (e.g. business, economics, psychology)
- Significant experience in Operations Management and Execution, in a matrix organization
- Strong People Leadership skills with the demonstrated ability in leading large and/or diverse multi-functional teams
- Expertise in Project Management paired with negotiation skills
- Deep labor law and Betriebsverfassungsgesetz knowledge
- Proficiency in English and German (written and spoken)
- Proactive mindset paired with an openness to new technology and methods
- Willingness to travel to Nuremberg regularly
Benefits
- Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse team’s representative of the patients and communities we serve.
- Adjustments for Applicants with Disabilities: The law provides for severely disabled / equal applicants the opportunity to involve the local representative body for disabled employees (SBV) in the application process.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
Operations ManagementProject ManagementNegotiationLabor LawBetriebsverfassungsgesetz
Soft skills
People LeadershipCoachingCounselingCollaborationProactive MindsetChange Management