P&O Director

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? /h3 /brh3Business Unit leadership and thought partnership /h3 /brulliServe as strategic thought partner to the GM and Cluster Leadership Team on the people implications of WE business choices, including growth, effectiveness, affordability, capability build and leadership readiness. /li /ul /brulliAct as Go-to Person on selected European people priority or lead a project on those. /li /ul /brulliBring resilience and a growth mindset to lead through ambiguity, competing business priorities and transformation pressure, while maintaining energy, focus and confidence across the WE organization. /li /ul /brh3Shape business strategy: /h3 /brulliShape the development of the European PO Strategy providing unit and local insights. Translate these Strategy into clear WE people priorities and roadmap that reflects the cluster’s country complexity, different market maturities, local legal and works council environments, and the need to deliver consistent business outcomes across the region. /li /ul /brulliAct as the voice of Associates and bring external and data-led insights. /li /ul /brulliShape and support the transformation agenda for the West Europe cluster, ensuring the people strategy enables growth, simplification, organization effectiveness and stronger leadership ownership across all five markets. /li /ul /brulliLeverage and build effective partnerships across the PO Operating model. Ensure the recent transition to MyPO in Austria and Switzerland is fully adopted and delivering a simpler, consistent Associate and leader experience in every country. Provide local insights to influence priorities and collaborate to ensure high quality solutions are delivered to the business /li /ul /brh3Organizational Design Change Management /h3 /brulliIdentify specific unit capability and skills requirements to deliver the business strategy /li /ul /brulliCollaborate with GM and Leadership Team to govern headcount investments /li /ul /brulliEnsure fit for purpose organizational design, in alignment with regional/global principles /li /ul /brulliIdentify productivity efficiencies opportunities to fuel growth and enhance the Associate Experience. /li /ul /brulliCo-pilot the transformations with people implications that the unit is going through at a certain moment /li /ul /brulliGuide leaders on key change management requirements /li /ul /brulliDrives leadership activation on themes of Mars Associate experience /li /ul /brulliPartner constructively with the Works Council in the Netherlands, ensuring engagement is respectful, timely and solution-oriented while enabling required business and organizational transformation. /li /ul /brh3Shape Culture /h3 /brulliRole Model and guardian of the Five Principles, the desired behaviors and Associate Concept; coach leaders to role model /li /ul /brulliAct as ambassador of our culture specific behaviours and embed signature programs locally /li /ul /brulliProvide data-led insights to influence positive outcomes in engagement, health and ID /li /ul /brulliDeploy and embed the winning behaviors as a business-performance lever, coaching the WE Leadership Team to make them visible in priorities, routines, decision-making and performance conversations. /li /ul /brh3Talent Enablement /h3 /brulliCoach and support Line Managers to most effectively support Associates; build a culture of development and learning /li /ul /brulliChampion and embed signature talent processes to enable a diverse associate population /li /ul /brulliDrive Succession Planning, Talent Development/Reviews, Workforce Planning and Leadership Development within the unit /li /ul /brulliSupport leaders with understanding current and future workforce requirements /li /ul /brulliPartner with the GM in the development of the Leadership Team members /li /ul /brh3People Leadership /h3 /brulliLead and develop the WE PO team, consisting of one PO Business Partner and one PO Operations team, creating clear priorities, strong collaboration and a growth-minded, resilient team culture /li /ul /brh3What are we looking for? /h3 /brulliExtensive experience of progressive PO and/or leadership experience /li /ul /brulliLine Management experience /li /ul /brulliDemonstrated capability in deploying all dimensions of people and organisation strategies, policies and legal requirements /li /ul /brulliExperience of driving change at scale /li /ul /brulliStrong analytical, problem-solving, critical thinking and decision-making skills; able to influence and establish credibility with a broad range of stakeholders /li /ul /brulliExperience of shaping and deploying strategies, fully embedding them locally so they sustain /li /ul /brulliStrong communicator, articulate and to the point whilst also able to inspire large groups behind a compelling vision. /li /ul /brulliAble to work with diverse teams in diverse locations, engaging their input and commitment to success. /li /ul /brulliProven e