European HR Director / Business Partner - full business lifecycle experience
Primary specialism: HR Business Partner
Markets with deep expertise: Italy; France; Germany; United Kingdom; Republic of Ireland; Spain; Poland; Czech Republic; Slovakia; Slovenia; Austria; Switzerland; Estonia; Latvia; Lithuania; Luxembourg
Languages : English, Italian
Salary expectations: Base salary from 200,000,00 EUR plus package
Workforce types directly supported: Managers and employees in the following functions: Sales and Marketing; Operations (Manufacturing; Logistics and Transportation; Supply Chain Planning); IT; Finance; Other Support Functions.
Current home country: Luxembourg with mobility across Europe
Team management: Preference to work as a manager of a team but open to sole contributor roles (depending on role); experience in leading teams of up to 90+ employees distributed across multiple countries
Current/recent employer: Tech sector company with circa 1.3 million employees
Remits of particular interest: Senior HR Director or Vice President HR role with regional or multiregional responsibility as business partner to C-suite business executives in a large multinational company; HR function leader in a small/medium fast growing multinational company
Unique expertise: I am a strategic business partner trusted by senior leaders as an advisor and coach with a keen ability to look around the corners and connect the dots. I can help senior leaders to shape the culture and build the organizational capabilities required to succeed in a constantly changing environment.
Commerciality: 45+ million Euro savings delivered by driving a cross-functional business transformation initiative. The savings were re-invested in the business to implement a new route to market approach and increase the top line. I identified the saving opportunities, which included supply chain and support functions optimization, a business line spin-off and the divestment of another business line; gained the commitment of the country senior leadership team and led on the execution of the plan. I also implemented a change plan that included the involvement of a guiding coalition of 60 people to build the culture required to support the change. The plan was executed on time and all goals achieved.
Strengths: I am an agile international HR Director with 25+ years’ experience both in business contexts of fast growth and transformation/cost optimization. I am resilient and pragmatic, have strong executive presence and I am capable to conceive effective strategies and translate complex concepts into operational course of actions.
Need to know: I am recognized by senior leaders as a culture-builder and for setting up, developing, and inspiring HR teams across multiple countries.
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CMTS reference: P026854