Regional People Partner EMEA Job in United Kingdom Recruiting by Iron Mountain

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THE OPPORTUNITY

Title: Regional People Partner - EMEA

We currently have 3 opportunities - each role aligned to a business area (Digital, Operations, Commercial/Sales)

Job summary

The Regional People Advisor/Partner supports dedicated Business Units across the EMEA Region comprising 36 countries. They work in close partnership with Global HRBPs aligned to dedicated business units, COE’s, HRSD Cluster Leaders, HR Generalists and Payroll teams.

Regional People Advisors play a pivotal role in assisting HRBPs and COEs in implementing global strategies at a regional level.

Acts as a trusted advisor and partner to businesses based in various countries across the EMEA region. Council the people leaders predominantly at VP and Director level and use deep understanding of the business to ensure HR helps the organization achieve its business goals

They are also critical in helping Regional Leaders address unique, people related, regional business challenges.People Advisors apply HR business acumen to contribute to the creation and delivery of Regional people plans which are strongly aligned with Global people plans.

In this role, you will provide proactive people partnering support for the dedicated stakeholder group and add value through strong stakeholder engagement. The role will not engage in routine Regional HR work which is managed by the HR Generalist.

Skills and Competencies summary

The HR People Advisor requires robust stakeholder engagement, business acumen, project management skills and should have extensive knowledge of EMEA markets. This is coupled with a blend of outstanding customer focus and operational HR expertise. A highly collaborative working style is needed with high levels of resilience, adaptability and excellent critical thinking skills to effectively execute the role's responsibilities.

Responsibilities

Key Skills, Requirements and Competencies:

Stakeholder engagement: Excels in stakeholder engagement, skillfully building relationships, addressing concerns, and fostering collaboration for successful project outcomes and HR alignment.
Project management skills: Exhibits strong project management competence, adeptly leading teams, coordinating tasks, and delivering successful outcomes within established timelines and resource constraints. Strong presentation skills.
Business focus: make informed HR decisions and recommendations through leveraging robust business knowledge and acumen (business goals, competitors, market position etc)
Influencing skills: Demonstrate the ability to influence key stakeholders in their countries, persuading and guiding them towards effective HR practices and strategies
Collaboration & communication skills: Effective communication skills to interact with diverse stakeholders, including people leaders, HR advisors, and COE's, facilitating a collaborative and cohesive HR approach in a complex, multi-supplier and matrixed environment.
Customer focus: Demonstrated experience of prioritizing customer experience and building strong productive customer relationships.
HR expertise: Have a strong knowledge of all HR disciplines and related processes delivered in a shared services environment supporting EMEA countries.
Resilience, adaptability and decision making: Be able to work effectively in high-pressure, fast-paced situations, demonstrating resilience, critical thinking, and sound decision-making and judgment with the skill to easily shift priorities to meet business needs. Comfortable pushing back to senior stakeholders as needed,
Continuous improvement: Operate with a continuous improvement mindset, actively identifying and addressing opportunities for enhancements in HR processes and the knowledge base. Formal qualifications in CI or process improvement are desirable.
Education: HR Bachelor's/Master’s degree or equivalent required
Language skills: Fluent English domain is a must. German or French is desirable.
System and tools: Knowledge of Workday, Servicenow is preferred. Strong presentation skills using Powerpoint/Google slides.
Experience: substantialandprogressive experience in HR partnering ideally including 3+ years of HR partnering experience across EMEA countries. Working in a shared services environment is a plus.
Flexibility: Flexible to support stakeholders across different time zones in EMEA and participate in meetings with Global HRBP, CoE, HR Project teams who are based in EMEA and North America.
Travel: Ability to travel @ 10%

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