**Company Overview** **:**
Kerry Group is a world leader in ingredients and flavours serving the food and beverage industry globally, and a leading supplier of added value brands and customer branded foods to the Irish and UK markets. We have annualized sales in excess of €5 billion and employ over 23,000 people globally.
Kerry is not just another company. Kerry is the industry leader known for providing innovative business-driving results through better taste and nutrition.
Good is not good enough for us. We pursue excellence in everything we do. We hold ourselves to a higher standard. We operate as a team of passionate, market-led and customer-focused experts; collaborating, innovating and accelerating the business forward.
We are swift and responsive. We move fast, adapting quickly to the changing market to achieve new levels of success for our customers, each other, the company, our investors, and the environment.
We value and respect our unique and collective talents, working together to help delight and nourish consumers around the globe.
If this is the environment that energizes you, then consider joining our team to help drive your career and Kerry forward.
**Description and Responsibilities** **:**
**POSITION SUMMARY**
The Director of Human Resources will be an integral member of the Dairy and Culinary business leadership team. Located at the North American headquarters in Beloit, Wisconsin, this position will operate as a strategic HR business partner/advisor to the business, aligning HR strategies with organizational needs in the areas of: talent management and organizational design, change management, leadership and functional development, succession planning, labor and employee relations, labor contract negotiations, executive, professional and graduate level recruitment, acquisition and divestiture support, employee engagement and retention, and Federal and State legal compliance.
This individual must also develop and maintain an effective level of business literacy about Kerry’s strategy, culture, technology offerings, customer base and end-use markets, financial position and competition in order to most effectively carry out their duties and weigh in on business decisions.
**Key Responsibilities:**
+ Develop strong, collaborative, and effective relationships with the business and finance leadership teams, and all levels of employees, while acting as a strong and visible people advocate.
+ As primary HR Business Partner, coach and help build the leadership team’s expertise and effectiveness around all areas of leadership, people management and engagement.
+ Participate in the recruitment process and facilitate the development and execution of recruitment and retention strategies for the business and finance function, ensuring attraction of world-class talent across all key graduate, professional and leadership openings.
+ In conjunction with leadership, facilitate and advance the overall talent planning process (talent review and succession planning) across all levels of salaried employees. Ensure proper alignment between organizational design/structure and people capability to support the organization in meeting key business and functional strategic objectives.
+ Serve as Chief negotiator for all labor contract negotiations and oversee all labor matters for the Dairy & Culinary business. Maintain union free status at all non-union facilities.
+ Manage and develop a high performing field HR team to support the manufacturing sites and become pipeline for the function.
+ Drive and support the development of talent through proper onboarding, career pathing and development planning.
+ Drive and support key organizational change and communications initiatives as relates to the business and finance function.
+ Work in aligned partnership with EC&E and leverage region-wide programs and tools to establish a baseline of employee engagement within the business and facilitate the development of action plans for improvement.
+ Support the development and/or execution of other HR initiatives or projects rolled out during the performance period across areas of responsibility.
+ Perform duties related to due diligence and acquisition integration, as well as handle business divestitures or rationalizations from the HR perspective.
**Qualifications** **:**
**The Person**
Kerry seeks to recruit a highly motivated, self-confident, and successful leader, whose experience has been in the Human Resources function with strong business acumen. This individual must be a team leader with an energy level and drive that motivates those around him/her to persevere through tough situations and ultimately to meet agreed-upon goals. The ideal candidate must be a self-starter, comfortable working in a fast paced team environment, and a strategic thinker and implementer in human resource theory, processes and procedures, tied to business need.
The individual must quickly build credibility with the senior management team, including being viewed as a strategic business partner and being able to deliver leadership through execution.
The final candidate should have the following skill set and experience:
+ Extensive track record of partnering successfully with senior leadership in a creative, dynamic, fast-paced environment
+ Solid experience with a full range of human resources functions and demonstrated prior success in leading the implementation of HR initiatives and change programs
+ Excellent relationship building, interpersonal and influence skills with clients and colleagues
+ Strong knowledge of US employment laws and regulations
+ Should possess the following attributes and competencies:
+ Transformational change management experience
+ Strategic thinker with large-scale program execution experience
+ Exposure to senior executives
+ Solid influence capability without hierarchical authority
+ Cultural awareness, understanding and effectiveness
+ Demonstrated initiative to analyze and resolve problems quickly, efficiently, and collaboratively
+ Self-motivated and takes initiative to do further analysis when deeper insights can be achieved
+ Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple projects and analyses simultaneously while being able to meet deadlines
+ Labor relations and negotiations experience
+ Professional and Cultural Characteristics Include:
+ Egoless style: someone who puts the interests of the broader team and Kerry's goals ahead of their own personal agenda
+ Authentic individual with impeccable integrity, whose personal and professional values are consistent with Kerry's vision, mission, values and leadership competency framework
+ Confident, well prepared leader with the courage to challenge and advance the goals of the organization at the senior level in order to drive change
+ Vibrant, performance-driven individual who will pursue excellence in translating the passion vision/mission of the organization into operational, quantitative plans, goals and schedules for improvement
+ Well cultivated critical thinker with a metrics-driven approach to all solutions
+ Collaborative facilitator, who develops relationships and loyalty with his/her colleagues across all business functions and levels
+ Inspirational coach, leader, colleague and culture champion within the company
+ Team oriented consensus builder who understands how to achieve buy-in from diverse constituencies, building bridges and designing "win-win" solutions
+ Strong work ethic; Pride in work; Raises performance levels of other.
**More About Kerry** Kerry is a global division of Kerry Group and a world leader in taste and nutrition serving the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. The business is aligned across three regions: The Americas (North and South America), Asia-Pacific and EMEA. Kerry is known for its high levels of performance in product development and technology, and for the highest standards of service that it provides to its customers on a global basis. Dedicated to strong, accelerated growth across all markets and product platforms, the business is supported by a growing, multi-plant manufacturing organization. We are a fast-growing company looking for top talent and future leaders.
**Education** Must have an undergraduate degree. An advanced Human Resource degree/certification and/or MBA is preferred.
We are proud to be an EEO/AA employer M/F/D/V. We maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing.
**Requisition ID** _2016-4477_
**Division** _Kerry_
**Job Locations** _US_ _-_ _WI_ _-_ _Beloit_
**Position Type** _Full Time_
**Recruiter** _DS_
**Posting Type** _.._