Head of P&C - M&PM, NGP and Nordics

The Role

As a member of the People & Culture GCO leadership team, the role holder provides Business Partnering support to the leaders of a group of functions and will develop and drive the People and Culture agenda for their areas of responsibility. They will contribute to the P&C agenda for the Global Consumer Office (GCO) and the Global Functions BP teams and play their part in the wider People & Culture community delivering the Global strategic agenda.

The GCO includes: New Generation Products, Innovation, Insights, Marketing & Portfolio, Revenue Growth Management, Group Science & Regulatory Affairs (GSRA)

The Head of People & Culture proactively partners three members of the GCO Leadership team – Global M&PM Director, Global Insights Director and the Global Revenue Growth Management Director. They have a deep understanding of these business areas and are able to act as an internal consultant by coaching, challenging and influencing the Functional leaders in order to align the needs of the business and the delivery of the function's business priorities and people plan.

Working closely with the P&C Director the role will be responsible for driving strategic talent priorities, organisation effectiveness and change management activities.

Principle Accountabilities

• Partner with the leadership teams, COEs and P&C Director GCO to articulate and develop the People and Culture agenda, priorities and plan for their functional areas to achieve the agreed strategic goals.
• Partnering with the Functional senior leaders to drive and implement the agreed People and Culture agenda and plan priorities that is fully aligned to the long term business plan (including implementation of the transformation agenda and employee engagement agenda).
• Will ensure development and active management of Global Talent Plans for the function – liaising with the Cluster P&C Directors, the Talent Team and Functional leaders to ensure appropriate Talent Strategy and development plans are in place for critical roles, addressing actual and future organisational needs are in place, with a view to maintain a sustainable future talent pipeline. Facilitate regular reviews with the functional leadership team of global talent, an in depth knowledge of existing talent, critical talent, capability gaps, building technical capability priorities, succession planning (including IME Moves).
• Reward: Engage with Reward COE to ensure roles are benchmarked, and reward proposals are informed and aligned with company policy. Discuss proposals with function leaders to arrive at agreed package changes / offers and within budget. Deliver all aspects of the annual reward cycle for their areas within guidelines and policy.
• Liaise with Global Mobility on key senior international moves.
• Supports Functional Leader to develop their leadership team capability, performance management, effective ways of working as a leadership team and ensure alignment with the IMB purpose, vision and behaviours. Coaches and influences senior leaders to create an healthy working environment where teams feel empowered to bring their best selves to work.
• Oversee and ensure delivery of all P&C annual processes which are linked to performance management (e.g. Mid and End of Year Review). Ensure that all processes are cascaded and communicated appropriately.
• Liaise with COEs to develop the functional talent & succession and learning & development plans and facilitate functional process with leadership team.
• ER: Develop Employee Relations approach and plans required to deliver business and people change agenda – using legal advice services as required. Deliver ER plan to ensure delivery of change with minimal business impact, zero litigation and continued employee engagement.
• As a member of the wider P&C community, identifies and shares best practice, supports initiatives across the business, mentors junior members of the team etc.

Skills and Experience Required

Essential

• 5 years’ experience Global remit HR in multinational FMCG company
• A relevant University/Bachelor Degree
• Broad HR generalist expertise
• Strategic commercial understanding
• Ability to shape Global initiatives to deliver
• P&C Managing / leading / partnering business through Change
• Experience managing teams
• Experience coordinating cross functional teams
• Experience in being a leadership team member
• Effective at overlooking projects that include multiple stakeholders
• Excellent time management skills
• Excellent communication skills (both written and verbal) as well as strong negotiation, influencing and presentation skills
• High EIQ

Desirable

• Master Degree
• Certification/Professional Qualification in HR Management are preferable.
• OD practitioner

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary, bonus scheme and further benefits 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 recruitment@impbrands.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 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 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.

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