At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ,Health for all, Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

HR Director/Hawaii

This position is based in Oahu, Hawaii.

Main Purpose

The HR Site Head enables the business at the sites by driving the HR strategy, overseeing all HR related matters and partnering with the Site Leadership team to maximize the value of the talent at the site (mindset, behavior, capabilities). The role provides state-of-the art, professional HR leadership, expertise and consultancy for the site.

YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

The primary responsibilities of this role, are to:

• Translate the business strategy into Talent, Culture, Change and Org. Effectiveness agenda for the site;
• Ensure professional HR support and consultancy for the Site Leadership Team onsite;
• Advise and coach Site leaders on talent, leadership, performance, culture, org (re-) design and transformation initiatives to drive top results.
• Design and orchestrate the delivery and agile implementation of integrated people solutions at the site to respond to changing business needs by leveraging the entire HR ecosystem;
• Lead strategic workforce planning and organizational diagnoses to define the capabilities, mindset and behavior most critical in the future, make the right investments in people capabilities and enable workforce productivity and performance at the site;
• Build external and internal diverse talent pipelines through identification of critical roles and pro-active external talent acquisition strategies for the site. Responsible to attract, develop and retain talent for critical roles on the site;
• As Key Employer representative at the site, act and direct contact for employee representatives for all matters concerning the site
• Use data analytics to shape strategic people and organizational decisions for the site;
• Bring outside-in perspective to the site through industry peers, engagement with the community and internal connectivity to our talents
• Steer transformational HR projects and support local implementation of transformational projects and initiatives in collaboration with Talent Leads and/or HR Partners;
• Key contact for the different HR Roles to ensure oversight on HR matters at the site / Key contact for Talent Leads and HR Partners to align on HR activities for the site;

WHO YOU ARE

Your success will be driven by your demonstration of our LIFE values. More specifically related to this position, Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications and Competencies:

• Bachelor’s degree;
• Broad and deep experience and knowledge of strategic and operational HR portfolio especially in talent, culture and organization;
• Capacity to understand the dynamics of the business and the community around the site;
• Proven expertise in local labor law; able to deal with difficult legal situations;
• Strong interpersonal skills including communicating with impact, building trusted relationships, influencing, challenging, conflict resolution, resilience, consulting and coaching;
• Strong collaborator and networker with a variety of diverse stakeholder and across different levels of the organization; ability to work in ambiguous situations cross-functionally;
• Strong outcome / solution orientation; ability to focus on relevant things which drive value;
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities;
• Competence and willingness to leverage digital technology and data to interpret and generate insights and improve performance;
• Knowledge in process and project management;
• Ability to travel 10-15% of the time to Hawaiian islands and Marana, AZ primarily.