Global HR Business Partner, multi lingual and with mobility for base location

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Primary specialism: HR Business Partner

Markets with deep expertise: 

  • Europe, particularly UK, Spain, Romania, Russia, France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

  • Asia, particularly China, and Singapore

  • Americas, particularly USA

  • Africa, particularly South Africa, Botswana, Namibia.

Languages: English, Spanish, French, Romanian

Salary expectations: From £120,000 plus bonus and benefits package

Workforce types directly supported: CEO, Board Members, full C-Suite, Heads of Business Units, managerial staff, highly skilled workforces including research and development teams, scientists and engineers, and unionised and non-unionised workforces.

Current home country: United Kingdom

Mobility: Full mobility across Europe, Asia Pacific and North America

Mobility Considerations: Eligible for US residency by marriage

Team management: Have led multi-regional teams of up 12 across various time zones (London, Shanghai and New York).

Current/recent employer: Most recently a UK-based tech start-up; 450 employees and revenues of £35M. Previously, global luxury goods brand, 24,000 employees, revenues of USD7bn.

Remits of particular interest: Lead / Senior HR role in a business or business division experiencing rapid and dramatic internal change or facing transformational external pressures.

Unique expertise: Deep and broad experience of driving commercially and environmentally significant change in highly complex cultures and commercial environments.

Commerciality: 

  • Re-organised global marketing division from geographical-focus into Centres of Excellence to produce a 12% cost saving and 22% reduction in cycle time.

  • As part of a complex 10-year sales contract re-negotiation, moved a USD 4bn sales operation, including 106 staff and families, all processes, support systems and infrastructure from UK to the African continent.

  • Tripled recruitment volume and cut unit cost-to-hire by 50% to meet growth requirements.

  • Established an HR function in a 2-brand start-up tech business; recruited the HR team, selected and installed HRIS, established compensation and benefits programme, introduced OKR management, developed 2 distinct sets of values and behaviours. Set common policies and procedures and a unified approach to diversity and inclusion. Built business to 450 staff in 18 months. Conducted a TUPE-hybrid disposal.

  • Introduced western production and management practices to an Eastern European acquisition and integrated them into a global supply network.

  • Reduced headcount from 580 to 240 in 18 months with no loss of productivity and no industrial action.

Strengths: An imaginative and pragmatic approach to solving commercial challenges. An ability to build deep, trusting relationships, develop individuals and bind teams. An agile and unsentimental perspective.

Need to know: You'd be surprised what you can achieve if you don't mind who gets the credit.

 

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CMTS reference: P012871

Change Management, HR Business Partner, HR Transformation, Organisational Design, Project ManagementLeanne Morris