HR Director Italy
Aliaxis, Italy
Job Description
We are looking for our new HR Director Italy who will lead and drive the local and EMEA HR, support the business objectives and strengthen the talent management strategy as defined by the regional, EMEA Division.
Interested in working with us? Please apply directly or read below for more details.
Company description
Aliaxis exists to bring solutions to the world's water challenges and accelerate the transition to clean energy. We are a global leader in high-quality fluid management solutions for use in building, infrastructure, industrial and agricultural applications across the globe. Over 15,000 people have selected to work for us in more than 40 countries.
Aliaxis has embarked on a positive journey with its Growth with Purpose strategy, implementing ambitious, urgent actions for sustainability and innovation that will pay off in the short term. By 2025, we will be focusing on the areas where we can create the biggest impact: on carbon reduction in our plants and on increasing the share of recycled content in our products. In conjunction, we will continue to develop more and better water solutions for society as a whole. Thus, we are looking for passionate people to be part of our journey and deliver on our strategy!
Aliaxis is privately owned, with its global headquarters in Brussels, Belgium.
Job description
The candidate in this role will be member of the local senior management team as well as the European HR community and will partner with the VP Country and the VP HR EMEA to drive proactive, strategic, forward-thinking solutions to employee and organization issues for the country.
Reporting to the VP Italy (and the VP HR EMEA in dotted line), She/he will be responsible of 5 sites across North of Italy.
The role can be based in Casella (GE) or in Zola Predosa (BO) and will require to travel weekly to the different sites.
Key accountabilities
- Leadership Development and Executive Coaching
- Change Management and Cultural Development
- Workforce and strategic capability planning
- Succession Planning and Talent Management
- Organisational Design and Development
- Strategic compensation, reward and retention strategies
- Risk and Reputation
- Effectively partners as OneHR to deliver the HR agenda and enhance customer experience
Responsibilities
- Drive the country roll-out of the EMEA HR Strategy defining, developing and implementing the Italian HR Strategy and operational plans for the HR function in line with the EMEA and Group HR strategy and in line with the country needs;
- Build HR capability within the team (7 people in total), guiding them in the effective management of HR systems and tools (incl. payroll management) and administrative tasks for all employees in Italy (approximatively 700 blue and white collars);
- Pro-actively deliver compensation, organisational design and strategies for workforce planning, deployment and retention in order to address current and future business needs; responsible for HR Budget and Labour Cost;
- Champion a culture of growth within the matrix set-up and upgrade talent through strategic staffing and talent pipeline development (succession planning) for key roles, in line with the Group’s values and competencies with the support of Centre of Excellence at EMEA and Group level;
- Lead Industrial Relations for all Italian sites, recommending actions/changes required to meet business results/strategies.
Requirements
- Senior experience in general HR functions in multinational companies with experience in team management in the manufacturing sector;
- Excellent knowledge of Italian labor law and deep experience in union negotiations in Italy;
- Strong working knowledge of employment law issues and the ability to apply these to a variety of situations using a pragmatic and common sense approach;
- Strong project management and problem-solving skills with a bias toward rolling up sleeves to get things done;
- Fluent in English and in Italian;
- Knowledge of Workday and ADKAR change management methodology would be an advantage.
- Experience acting as an integral member of a business, leading the strategic HR agenda and aligning HR strategy to business needs. Building credibility with the line and understanding the financial implications and business impact of alternative HR solutions.
- Managing Change Experience championing change across international and functional boundaries, winning buy-in at the top and driving it against resistance.
- Working with senior teams on organisational design and development, perhaps following mergers, acquisitions or other significant organisational change
- Working in a Matrixed Environment Exposure to wor