People Business Partner - MIC NE

Overview

Scope: Human Resource Business Partner responsible for MIC (Marketing, Insights, Commercialization & Total Connections Planning) across NE (Northern Europe) region (excluding FOBO) and business partner to the VP Marketing Foods Northern Europe.

Purpose: The HRBP MIC NE partners with the senior MIC leaders of the NE BU and the relevant sector HR and business leaders to enable the achievement of the business goals through strategic advice, guidance and direction concerning all HR related subjects. The HRBP acts as a partner and enabler to the business with a major focus on change & transformation, organization development & culture, talent management (partnering with Talent Partner HQ), team effectiveness and ensuring compliance with all company policies and local law & regulations.

Responsibilities

Organisation structure effectiveness

• Ensure that the MIC functions in NE region are aligned with business needs and fit to support AOP/MWB execution
• Ensure continuous improvement of the efficiency and effectiveness of organisation structure, identifying issues and proposing changes in structure design and re-configuration of roles & accountabilities, additions or redundancies, job rotations, Global Business Service set-up and collaboration
• Ensure effectiveness and productivity of organization design and follow-up plans, e.g. job framework alignment, org structure alignment
• Support global/sector/BU change & transformation initiatives by gaining buy-in and commitment for organizational agenda and priorities; supporting change management
  
  

Organisation development & culture

• Build and develop robust relationships with senior business leaders across the BU and in the broader PepsiCo organization
• Support development of core organisation capabilities through effective staffing and improvement of people skills and competencies
• Build line manager capability in the recruitment process to ensure appropriate staffing of departments
• Coach people managers on leadership style, HR-related processes, conflict resolution, career development conversations, …
• Drive performance management process to optimize employee effectiveness
• Drive employee engagement within MIC in NE region
  
  

HR core processes execution

• Ensure flawless execution of HR core processes (PMP Performance Management Process, ACE - Aspiration Capabilities Engagement, job posting, OHS - Organizational Health Survey, development tools like 360, Managing PepsiCo Way etc.)
• Develop appropriate and consistent HR policies and standards to ensure effective, fair and equitable management of staff throughout the organization
• Build and develop strong relationships within the broader HR community in order to effectively collaborate with key stakeholders at sector-level and within GBS
• Responsible for (preventive) illness management for employees based on the same location as that this roles’ job holder is located
• Leads ad hoc cross-country projects for the NE BU related to wellness, talent development, onboarding etc.
  
  

People & talent management

• Act as a role model of The Pepsico Way
• Drive healthy employee relations and coordinate effective resolution of legal issues in employee relations
• Deliver people planning & talent reviews: secure assessment of potential & capabilities, identification of talents, succession planning; identification of actions to address low performance issues
• Partner with Talent Partner HQ on people skills and competencies, and ensure implementation of appropriate and effective (global/sector) development/DE&I programmes
  
  

Qualifications

Key Skills/Experience Required:

• Minimum of 5 year’s working experience in HR, preferable in matrix FMCG environment
• Fluent in English, preferably also in one of the other NE languages (Dutch, German or Danish)
• Proven and credible HR business partnering experience
• Strong knowledge of HR (best) practices
• In depth knowledge of at least one of they key markets (Dutch, Belgian, German & Danish) labour legislation and notions of the others
• Strong communication skills and interpersonal influencing skills
• Agile, inquisitive approach focused on continuous improvement
• Advanced Microsoft office application skills (Excel, PowerPoint, Word)
• Ability to work under pressure and establish priorities in an every changing and sometime very ambiguous environment
  
  

Differentiating Competencies Required:

• Excellent in building relationships and networks both in HR and business communities at local and Europe levels
  
  

About PepsiCo

PepsiCo products are enjoyed by consumers more than one billion times a day in more than 200 countries and territories around the world. PepsiCo generated more than $86 billion in net revenue in 2022, driven by a complementary beverage and convenient foods portfolio that includes Lay's, Doritos, Cheetos, Gatorade, Pepsi-Cola, Mountain Dew, Quaker, and SodaStream. PepsiCo's product portfolio includes a wide range of enjoyable foods and beverages, including many iconic brands that generate more than $1 billion each in estimated annual retail sales.

Guiding PepsiCo is our vision to Be the Global Leader in Beverages and Convenient Foods by Winning with pep+ (PepsiCo Positive). pep+ is our strategic end-to-end transformation that puts sustainability and human capital at the center of how we will create value and growth by operating within planetary boundaries and inspiring positive change for planet and people. For more information, visit www.pepsico.com and follow @PepsiCo op Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.