Strategic Business Partner, Marine and Energy & Infrastructure

Are you passionate about partnering with senior management in the organisation and supporting them in achieving business goals ? Do you thrive in delivering strategic people objectives? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you as our new Strategic Business Partner, Marine and Energy & Infrastructure!

At Hempel, we trust you to shine. If you have the drive to contribute and embrace new challenges, you’ll enjoy great opportunities with us. We welcome you to an ambitious and growing global company, where we take pride in what we achieve together.

We are on a mission to double our impact. From decorative paint to marine coatings across the world. To succeed, we need to move fast. Most importantly, we need you, your ideas, drive and ambition.

In this role you will become a member of two of our key senior management teams – Marine and E&I, and support them in fostering a culture of highly engaged employees and in turn help them achieve their goals.

As our new Business Partner you will get full P&C ownership and act as trusted advisor to senior managers in all people and organizational related topics. You will report to the VP, Business Partnering and be a member of Business Partnering management team. Some of your key responsibilities in the role will include:

• Identify the need to improve or develop P&C processes/policies based on interactions with the business
• Offer perspectives and insights to formulate strategy on all P&C areas
• Lead the implementation of the P&C agenda within own area of responsibility
• Be the go-to person in all HR-related matters including talent acquisition & management, succession planning, change management initiatives or planning for people development.
• Support and challenge senior leaders in business discussions and provide feedback to line managers on leadership as well as management decisions and their impact on business
• Workforce planning and implementation to meet business needs from time to time.
• Oversee that managers act in accordance with the defined policies and principles
• Lead and develop leaders to create an organization with an inclusive and diverse performance culture
• Partner with business leaders to be an integral part of their leadership team
• Effectively build trust with senior management leaders and establish an open and honest relationship that allows them to function as a trusted advisor
• Communicate frequently and align effectively within the matrix as single point of contact to the remaining P&C organisation
• Effectively balance functional and business priorities, highlighting and address issues when needed

• Stay at the forefront of industry trends and advising senior management on the same.

We imagine that you:

• Have relevant experience with the overall HR headlines.
• Have at least +7 years’ experience in HR Business Partnering
• Have an Education at Master level within Business, HR, Psychology, Law, or similar
• Have Fluency in English.
• Have experience from working in a global matrix structure – and driving transformations in this context.
• Ability to translate the P&C strategy into concrete action plans; ability to maintain multiple streams of work and activities simultaneously
• Strong business acumen

Furthermore,
We recognize that personal qualities are critical to succeeding in this role. We are looking for a person who is excellent at stakeholder management.You can build and utilize a professional network across the business, and you enjoy collaboration with a team of HR professionals, where your opinion and the skills you bring will be highly appreciated.

With your analytical skills, you can effortlessly make decisions based on a blend of data and intuition and your solid time management skills enable you to adapt and thrive in a rapidly changing environment. You are a trustworthy and honest communicator and your presentation skills have been finetuned over the past few years.

This role will be based at our Head Office in Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark.

Application and further informationTo apply for this position, please submit your application letter with a CV in English via our recruitment system by clicking the link ‘Apply for position’.

Final deadline for applications is 15th November 2024. We will be conducting interviews on an ongoing basis.