Director People & Culture, Germany, Switzerland, Austria

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The Director P&C GSA will work closely with the local General Manager and partner with the senior leadership team in Germany using their P&C expertise and commercial understanding to provide positive change and advice on the organizational and people priorities, WBD one team culture and Guiding Principles. In addition, this leading P&C role in GSA will have responsibility for supporting EMEA functional leaders in the matrix organization and leaders outside of EMEA who have teams based in the region.

The Director P&C GSA will work closely with the Workers Council and Economical Committee on employment law and collective law related projects and policies. As a member of the wider EMEA P&C Team, the Director P&C GSA will participate in global projects, drive important initiatives, collaborate and share successes and challenges for the region.  This position will collaborate closely with local and matrix P&C Business Partners, employment legal, P&C Centres of Expertise (CoE), Global Business Services and other corporate functions to achieve and maintain the common corporate goals.

The Director P&C GSA is a member of the Western Europe & Africa P&C team, which is based in Paris, Hamburg, Munich and Amsterdam and reports into the Senior Vice President People & Culture EMEA.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide business support and partner with key business stakeholders to continuously review people and the organizational structure to ensure it is fit to deliver commercial success

• Proactively support initiatives and organizational changes to align with the wider WBD business, global streaming vision and M&A related change projects

• Maintain close collaboration with the Workers Council and Economical Committee in Germany, manage relationships and oversee complex negotiations

• Extensive cooperation with the EMEA and global P&C team on harmonization of WBD programs, policies and global P&C projects

• Work in partnership with employment legal and CoE teams, such as Employee Connection, Talent Acquisition, Learning & Development, Operations, Compensation & Benefits, DEI etc

• Be a trusted and competent human resources partner to the local leadership team

• Mentor, develop and coach the local P&C Business Partner team

• Ensure talent management, succession planning as well as team development needs are addressed in the organization

• Lead or partner on P&C related projects and support the roll out of global P&C initiatives

• Support to build a rich and diverse organization through all layers in cooperation with DEI team

• Support the culture of ongoing open and honest feedback

• Work closely with the local business and finance CoE to manage & coordinate the forecast, personnel budget and year end processes

• Provide necessary support to all kind of audits and financial statements

Your Experience

• Relevant University Degree (Bachelor, Master, Diploma) or relevant professional training with experience in a comparable job

• Very familiar with the majority of the elements of the function as described above

• Extensive relevant P&C / HR management experience, preferably in a global matrix organization

• Deep knowledge of employment practices and legislation for the countries supported, proven ability in managing complex labour relations

• Proven ability in collaborating with works council, managing complex negotiations of Social Plan as well as Workers Council Agreements

• Established Organizational Design and Change Management skills

• Experience with the P&C process requirements of a multi-national group and used to work in an international business environment

• Team leadership experience, ability to share own HR knowledge and skills to develop others and embodies collaboration

• Credible and results driven – able to lead major projects and change programmes

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to communicate complex personnel and legal content to relevant internal and external stakeholders

• Commercial thinking – curious about the business and actively contributes to the discussions

• Willingness to question and optimize existing and new processes

• Ability to work on own initiative under high pressure and tight deadlines and prioritize workload effectively

• Excellent MS Office skills

• User experience in HCM systems, preferably Workday

• Fluent German & English in speaking, reading and writing

How We Get Things Done…

This last bit is probably the most important! Here at WBD, our guiding principles are the core values by which we operate and are central to how we get things done. You can find them at   along with some insights from the team on what they mean and how they show up in their day to day. We hope they resonate with you and look forward to discussing them during your interview.

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