Director & Strategic HR Business Partner, Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, ESG and Global Quality & Regulatory Affairs

Director & Strategic HR Business Partner, Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, ESG and Global Quality & Regulatory Affairs

Life Unlimited. At Smith+Nephew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living.  

Reports directly to Senior Strategic HR Business Partner for Global Quality & Regulatory Affairs (QRA) and Global Operations Functions and is responsible for collaborating with the SVP, Global Advanced Manufacturing Engineering, VP, Environmental, Social and Governance and the Global QRA leadership team aligning the HR strategy with business objectives and goals. Serves as consultant and partner to senior management on HR initiatives, talent management, organizational effectiveness/design, and compensation/rewards.  The HRBP ensures that the business has the right capability/talent, structure and culture to grow and meet its strategic objectives in the next 1-5 years. Analyses talent needs based on business strategy using insights from reporting, data and analytics, employee engagement surveys and an in-depth understanding of the external market.  Facilitates talent discussions and consults on talent plans based on performance and talent assessments.  For client groups, oversees the execution of annual HR processes, new HR programs/initiatives and large-scale projects such as reorganizations, supported by the HR Advisory team.  Acts as an employee champion and change agent.

What will you be doing?

• HR Strategy:  Participates and contributes in leadership, financial and business planning meetings to advise on talent strategy for the business area (15%)
• Talent Management and Workforce Planning:  Partners with business leaders to attract, develop and retain top talent in the organization to support business strategy.  Facilitate analysis, forecasting, and planning of workforce supply and demand, assessing gaps, and determining target talent management interventions to ensure that an organization has the right people - with the right skills in the right places at the right time - to fulfil its and strategic objectives (25%)
• Organizational Effectiveness and Design:  Advise leadership on organization design principles to drive and promote an organization that can most efficiently meet its objectives (10%)
• Rewards & Recognition:  Partner with Total Rewards to obtain the necessary data and insights to develop and deliver a rewards and recognition strategy aligned with business needs and HR strategy; bring insight from data analyses to support the business in making rewards decisions (15%)
• Employee Engagement:  Analyse employee survey data to identify opportunities and approaches to enhance employee perceptions of the workplace and leadership capability.
• Consult with leadership to create interventions to improve the employee experience. (15%)
• Organisational Culture: Provides stewardship of the organisation’s culture and cultural pillars to facilitate success. Coaches leaders on the link between behaviours and culture. Weaves cultural standards into HR practices, processes and ways of working. Communicates the culture broadly and frames it in ways that engages employees. Puts into place systems and practices that aligns individual behaviour and organizational goals at all levels. (10%)
• Other duties as required:  Other projects may include M&A activity or serving as a project team member on HR project teams developing global strategies or programs (10%)

What will you need to be successful?

• Education: Bachelor degree required.  MBA or Master degree equivalent preferred.
• Licenses/ Certifications: HR certification for senior professional preferred (i.e. SPHR or CIPD)
• Experience: Minimum of 10-12 years' experience in increasing spans of leadership in Human Resources to include employment, compensation, employee relations, and training/development required.  Experience supporting technical functions is desirable; global experience is a plus.

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Your Future: annual bonus, life insurance, company stock saving plan

Work/Life Balance: paid volunteering hours, flexible approach

Your Wellbeing: private health care with dental care package, multisport card/my benefit platform

Flexibility: possibility of working in hybrid model

Training: Hands-On, Team-Customized, subsidies for language classes, certifications and postgraduate studies

Extra Perks: referral bonus, recognition program, mentoring program

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