Director Business HR ANI EMEA
Maidenhead - UK
Job Summary
JOB DESCRIPTION:
About the Role
Abbott is a global healthcare leader committed to helping people live healthier lives. Within Abbott Nutrition International we support a dynamic portfolio across diverse markets in the EMEA region. The Director Business HR EMEA serves as the strategic HR partner to ANIs regional commercial organization. This leader drives the people agenda strengthens organizational capability and ensures HR strategies directly support ANIs longrange business plans.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as the primary HR partner to EMEA business leadership shaping peoples strategies that enable commercial and organizational growth.
- Translate business needs and market dynamics into actionable HR plans.
- Provide seniorlevel coaching insights and data to guide key decisions.
- Build strong regional leadership and talent pipeline.
- Lead organizational design and effectiveness initiatives.
- Address talent risks retention issues and capability gaps.
- Champion employee engagement and inclusion across EMEA.
- Ensure highquality delivery of HR services across EMEA.
- Partner with global HR CoEs and Shared Services for integrated solutions.
- Ensure compliance with local legislation and corporate policies.
- Lead HR components of transformation initiatives.
- Introduce external best practices and innovative HR solutions.
- Represent EMEA in global HR forums and ensure effective implementation.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in HR Business or related field; Masters or MBA preferred.
- 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience within multinational environments.
- Proven experience as a strategic HR business partner supporting commercial or regional business units.
- Strong understanding of EMEA market complexity; experience in healthcare nutrition consumer health FMCG or pharmaceuticals is a plus.
- Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders manage complex change and lead largescale HR initiatives.
- Strong business acumen analytical ability and comfort operating in a matrix organization.
- Fluent in English; additional regional languages are advantageous.
Who You Are
- A strategic thinker with strong executional discipline.
- A collaborative leader who builds trust and drives alignment.
- A proactive problem solver with strong judgment and high integrity.
- Someone who thrives in a dynamic fastmoving environment.
Why Abbott
At Abbott youll work in an environment that encourages innovation values diverse perspectives and offers global career development opportunities. You will directly influence the future of ANIs peoples agenda across a diverse and critical region.
The base pay for this position is
N/AIn specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
HR Consultant
DIVISION:
CHR Corporate Human Resources
LOCATION:
United Kingdom > Maidenhead : Abbott House
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Yes 50 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Not Applicable
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
About Company
WHO WE ARE CREATING LIFE-CHANGING TECHNOLOGY From removing the regular pain of fingersticks as people manage their diabetes to connecting patients to doctors with real-time information monitoring their hearts, from easing chronic pain and movement disorders to testing half the world’s ... View more