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HR Director – BE, NL, CH, AT, CZ, SK

Reporting to the HR Director, Central EMEA.

Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities

• Own and drive the Central EMEA HR corporate plan for BE, NL, CH, AT, CZ, SK, including local programmes that ensure continued business growth.
• Develop strong and trusted partnerships with Packaging leadership teams across BE, NL, CH, AT, CZ, SK.
• Lead programmes to support cost optimisation and efficiency by challenging how the business operates.
• Act as a change ambassador driving performance to deliver results.
• Responsible for relevant HR budgets and for optimising people costs.
• Drive effective change management and deploy internal communications and engagement to colleagues to deliver value‑added solutions and programmes.
• Drive the talent and performance agenda across BE, NL, CH, AT, CZ, SK, deploying DS Smith standard policies and programmes to attract, retain and develop talent and deliver a high‑performance culture.
• Lead all negotiations with Unions/Works Councils in BE, NL, CH, AT, CZ, SK on behalf of DS Smith where applicable.
• Foster and deliver effective working relationships with employee representatives, Unions, Works Councils and EWC members.
• Provide leadership and guidance to business leaders to minimise business risk in relation to industrial action.
• Build strong relationships with Centres of Excellence in Group/Division/Region to align and deliver key corporate priorities across Talent, Reward, Engagement, Resourcing, Learning & Development, Data & Governance.
• Provide overall direction for Service Delivery, optimising Shared Service Centres, implementing consistent policies, practices and ways of working across DS Smith and delivering HR best practice.
• Drive accountability and delivery through the Cluster HR Teams.
• Drive “fit for purpose” use of data and systems.
• Build a highly competent HR team and develop strong succession candidates and talent pipelines for critical roles.
• Support Health & Safety, operating in line with company procedures to enable a safe working environment and the change initiatives surrounding this agenda.

Qualifications & Experience

• Operate comfortably within a matrix environment and manage competing priorities while remaining focused on delivery.
• Interpret and work with the wider strategic agenda within BE, NL, CH, AT, CZ, SK.
• Strong commercial acumen, proven efficiency and stakeholder management skills, a track record of embedding culture, leadership influence and change.
• Good knowledge of operational costs and financial drivers.
• Excellent communication skills, able to work in a systematic and rigorous way.
• Degree educated.
• Minimum 10 years of general HR experience in a multinational, manufacturing environment.
• Minimum 2 years of regional (multi‑country) management experience.
• Experience of HR leadership across a diverse workforce, senior populations, and management background in a large direct and indirect workforce (circa 1,500 FTE).
• A strong HR background working within high‑pace environments with a good understanding of manufacturing challenges.
• In‑depth generalist experience with good knowledge of strategic and operational HR processes.
• Experience in leading multi‑cultural teams across disparate geographies.

Equality & Diversity

We welcome all candidates to apply, even those not meeting all criteria. Our goal is to create a culture of inclusion where everyone is treated fairly, differences are valued, and everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed.

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