Overview In this role you lead the regional HR Partner organization to drive organizational effectiveness and employee engagement across the Middle East. You advise business leaders on design, workforce planning, and talent decisions to align with growth and regional dynamics. You translate global HR initiatives into local execution while managing change, people programs, and labor compliance. You work cross-functionally with regional teams and global HR, shaping the people agenda to enable sustainable business expansion. You will engage in hands-on execution of HR cycle topics and lead transformation efforts.
Responsibilities- Lead, coach and develop the regional HR Partner organization across the Middle East
- Advise business leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, engagement and succession planning
- Drive local execution of Vanderlande's people strategy and HR initiatives in the region
- Lead organizational development and change management initiatives
- Oversee talent, performance, rewards, mobility, engagement, DEI, wellbeing and learning programs
- Ensure compliance with local labor law and company policies
- Manage complex employee relations and people-related matters
- Analyze workforce trends and provide people insights to inform decisions
- Collaborate with regional HR teams, Global HRBPs, and HR Functions
Key requirements- Significant HR leadership experience in an international environment
- Trusted advisor to senior leaders in a complex organization
- Strong business acumen and results-oriented mindset
- Experience in Middle Eastern markets with knowledge of labor legislation
- Proven experience leading and developing HR teams
- Experience in change management and organizational transformation
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills
- Ability to work across cultures and organizational levels
- Travel: 20-40% of time
- stakeholder management
- cross-cultural communication
- change facilitation
- HR leadership in international environments
- organizational design and workforce planning
- talent management and DEI
