Head of HR Business Partnering, DACH Region

Hamburg, Germany

Limited Contract 12-18 months

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced strategic HR leader to join us here at Imperial Brands. As the Head of HR Business Partnering, you will be an influential and pivotal member of the HR DACH Regions Leadership Teams. You will have responsibility for delivering the Imperial HR People Strategy and related strategic initiatives within the Region whilst also ensuring the operational delivery and implementation of our HR Operating Models. We're home to around 25,000 talented people worldwide and one of the special things about working at Imperial is that our people are leading the positive changes we are making, and this is a really great opportunity to provide strategic HR leadership and expertise to drive our business forward.

Ihre Aufgaben  

• Role modelling our HR Operating Model through building and maintaining excellent working relationships with Group HR teams, Centre of Expertise and local HR Operations teams which leading and influencing HR Business Partners, ensuring our stakeholders receive an enhanced people partnership and operational support.
• Driving a mind-set around engagement to improve business results by supporting People Leaders, through providing strong, solutioned focussed leadership on people related issues along with analysis of data and continuous action planning.
• Ensuring all global P&C processes are managed and communicated for effective execution and ensuring effective leadership and delivery and guidance of change programmes as required.
• Ensuring high quality succession planning, talent processes and local talent initiatives are in place to ensure local talents are identified & nurtured and to feed the Group Talent Pipeline
• Drive strategic agenda around Connections, behaviours, DE&I etc.
• Strengthening capabilities by proactively identifying and addressing capability gaps and development needs and addressing with the L&D function through a strong and dynamic learning and leadership development offering. Provide strong support and guidance in performance management, driving an appropriate performance culture in DACH region.
• Being responsible for ensuring effective employee relations culture through regular and timely dialogue with Works Council

Ihr Profil

• Extensive experience in a similar Strategic HR Business Partner role with a focus on change management - ideally within FMCG or large matrix organisation.
• Experience supporting Senior Stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Strong evidence of business acumen and broad cross-functional commercial understanding.
• Diversity of thinking along with strong influencing and negotiation skills and assertiveness.
• Solid knowledge in German Labour Law
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with fluency in both German and English.  

Wir bieten

 All CVs submitted as part of the application form are to be submitted in English.

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and many extras including a great pension scheme, generous holiday entitlement and hybrid/flexible working opportunities as well inspiring places to work and collaborate with purpose. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at resourcing@uk.imptob.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Us

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 119 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 26,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we're fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.