Director, Human Resources - Global
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Job Description
Global HR Director Corporate Functions
Location: UK (London or Leeds)
Travel: 15-20%
Reports to: VP HR Corp Functions
Direct Reports: 1 HR Business Partner
ABOUT THE WELLA COMPANY
TogetherWEenable individuals to look feel and be their true selves.
WellaCompany is one of the worlds leading beauty companies comprised of a family of iconic brands such as Wella Professionals Clairol OPI Nioxin and ghd. With 6000 employees globally presence in over 100 countries WellaCompany and its brands enable consumers to look feel and be their true selves. As innovators in the hair and nail industry WellaCompany empowers its people to delight consumers inspire beauty professionals engage communities and deliver sustainable growth to its stakeholders.
For additional information about the Wella Company please .
The Role
As part of the Corporate Functions People Team youre instrumental in helping to discover develop and continuously improve our organizational talent. We rely on you to understand our business challenges and the needs ofWella Company employees. As a seasoned and strategic Global HR Director you set and lead the HR agenda for many of Wella Companys Corporate Functions including Technology Legal and key pillars of Corporate Finance. You will have client groups based throughout the globe and will interact with both HR COEs and local HR to ensure those in your client group feel tied to their function and true HR partnership and support regardless of your geographic proximity. This is a high-impact global role responsible for shaping and executing a people strategy that enables these critical functions to deliver on Wella Companys ambitious growth and transformation goals.
As the primary HR partner to these global client groups the Global HR Director brings both strategic leadership and hands-on execution to drive organizational effectiveness talent development and a high-performance culture. This role supports leaders at all levelsfrom C-suite executives to early-career professionalsand plays a key role in fostering alignment across global teams and regional business units.
This individual will manage one HR Business Partner and must cultivate strong collaborative relationships with local HR business and Legal teams across Wella Companys global operations to ensure successful implementation of people programs processes and decisions that are globally consistent locally compliant and fosters positive employee experiences.
Key areas of responsibility:
- Strategic HR Leadership: Support the development and execute a forward-thinking HR strategy aligned with business objectives across global corporate functions. Experience with organization design for fit-for-purpose structures.
- Business Partnership: Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leaders in Technology Legal and Finance (and other Corporate functions as needed e.g. Communications) providing insight and guidance on organizational effectiveness talent strategy and workforce planning.
- Organizational Design: Lead initiatives to optimize organizational structures ensuring agility scalability and alignment with business priorities.
- Operational Excellence: Deliver HR solutions that address real business challengeswhether its talent development change management or performance optimization. Connect regularly with CEO partners to ensure smooth and repeatable processes.
- Leadership: Manage and mentor an HRBP fostering a culture of collaboration accountability and continuous improvement.
- Culture Champion: Embody and promote Wella Companys values driving engagement and inclusion across diverse global teams. Proactively design & deliver ways to bring this to life in your client groups (e.g. Town Halls goal setting & execution high potential advisory boards recognition forums mentorship programs).
- Global Collaboration: Work cross-functionally and across geographies in the matrixed organizations of all WellaCo companies (e.g. GHD). leveraging best practices and ensuring consistency in HR delivery.
- Communication & Clarity: Navigate ambiguity with confidence bring simplicity and clarity to the forefront and cascade clarifying communications effectively across the organization as they relate to our People cycle (goal setting and cascading mid-year and year end process engagement action planning).
- Project Management: Demonstrate strong project management skills with a detail-oriented approach and the ability to move initiatives forward efficiently.
- Compliance & Investigations: Familiarity with UK and European employment laws is highly desired (TUPE contract best practices etc.). Must be willing and able to quickly and thoroughly conduct investigations when necessary.
What Were Looking For
- Strategic and hands-on HR leader with a growth mindset strong business acumen and a track record of driving impact through HR in global matrixed organizations
- Demonstrated success in organizational design change management and building scalable people solutions that support business transformation
- Demonstrated proactive problem-solver who operates with speed and simplicity to deliver results aligned to the broader goals of the Corporate Functions HR team & overall Wella Company
- Demonstrated interpersonal influencing and stakeholder management skills; able to build trust across all levels of the organization
- Comfortable navigating both strategic and operational HR priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Working knowledge of UK employment law and ideally EU law & working with Work Councils
- Able to travel 1520% including some international travel
Required Experience:
Exec
Employment Type
Full Time
