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As HR Director Manufacturing Europe & Africa, you will lead the People agenda across BIC’s manufacturing operations in Europe and Africa, encompassing 10 manufacturing sites located across France, Greece, Spain, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and potential other manufacturing locations in the region. You will partner closely with regional and site leadership teams to ensure that talent, organization, culture, and workforce strategies support business performance, operational excellence, manufacturing excellence, and long-term growth.
A key aspect of the role will be to elevate all manufacturing sites to BIC’s highest standards in leadership, culture, people practices, workforce capability, and organizational effectiveness. Through a combination of talent strategy, capability building, and organizational transformation, you will help build a world-class manufacturing organization and support the continuous development of manufacturing excellence across the network.
The role will also contribute to the evolution of BIC’s manufacturing footprint through productivity, optimization, acquisition, integration, expansion, consolidation, or restructuring initiatives, ensuring that people and business considerations are at the center of strategic decision-making.
Act as a trusted advisor to regional and site leadership teams on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent, culture, engagement, and change management.
Drive the regional people development agenda, including talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential programs.
Partner with Manufacturing leaders to build a culture of manufacturing excellence by strengthening leadership capabilities, workforce effectiveness, operational discipline, and people practices across all sites.
Drive the harmonization and continuous improvement of HR practices across the region, ensuring all factories progressively operate at BIC standards in talent management, employee engagement, labor relations, safety culture, leadership effectiveness, and organizational performance.
Lead the people strategy and execution for manufacturing footprint evolution initiatives, including network optimization, site start-ups, expansions, transfers of production, acquisitions, integrations, restructuring programs, and factory transformations. Ensure organizational readiness, workforce capability, effective change management, and sustainable employee engagement throughout the journey.
Lead the annual people cycle across the region, including goal setting, performance management, talent reviews, succession planning, and compensation processes.
Oversee employee and labor relations across all sites, coaching local HR leaders and supporting constructive relationships with unions, employee representatives, and works councils.
Partner with local HR teams and Centers of Excellence to attract, develop, engage, and retain top talent.
Champion a strong culture of health, safety, well-being, inclusion, and accountability across all manufacturing operations.
Build strong relationships with senior leaders across functions, divisions, and geographies, providing strategic counsel on complex people and organizational challenges.
Lead, coach, and develop a team of HR professionals while fostering a culture of accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Continually assess and improve HR programs, policies, and practices to ensure competitiveness, operational effectiveness, and alignment with business needs.
Ensure compliance with applicable labor laws, regulations, and company policies across all countries within the scope, minimizing legal and operational risks.
- Minimum of 10 years of progressive HR leadership experience supporting large-scale manufacturing organizations with a multinational footprint, preferably within FMCG companies.
Strong track record in labor relations, organizational transformation, change management, and talent development.
Deep expertise in HR disciplines, including talent management, labor relations, organizational design, employee engagement, leadership development, and workforce planning.
Demonstrated organizational development experience, aligning structure, people, processes, and reward systems with business strategy.
BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.
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