Associate Director, North America People Partnering & Engagement

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world. 

At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our, collaborative, and flexible working environment. Our organizational ambition centers around creating workplaces that foster equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging across all aspects of our business. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

Find your purpose at Unilever. You will lead innovations, big and small, that will make our business win and grow. You will learn from brilliant business leaders and colleagues in a truly global and diverse culture to ultimately become a better you. 

In People Experience, our vision is to create the best possible experience for our employees across the entire employee lifecycle. We will achieve this by making everyday simple and special days special, and ensuring our people get memorable experiences which we know drive better engagement. To help bring this vision to life, we are looking for the Associate Director People Partnering and Engagement for North America. In this role, you will drive end-to-end experiences across all employee lifecycles from hire to retire in North America, ensuring a faster, simpler, more experience-centric, future-ready team through excellence and capability. You will work closely with Global PEX Teams to drive standardization and collaborate with Operational Hub to ensure seamless delivery of people operations.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE

• Lead the North America People experience agenda for hire-to-retire processes end-to-end, including the implementation of transformation projects

• Oversee North America People Partnering Team, ensuring effective HR policies implementation, ER management, and in-market experience delivery with excellence

• Develop and coach a high-performing People Partnering team focused on delivering the best employee experiences

• Operationalize HR policies and ensure seamless process delivery through the new Service Delivery Model, working closely with NA HR team, Operational Hub, and Global PEX as the NA People Partnering Engagement Lead

• Partner with NA HRLT and HRBPs to develop and execute strategies to enhance the overall employee experiences 

• Manage all executive level (WL4 and above) and HR ER/IR cases across the US and Canada

• Liaise closely with internal Legal team to assure compliance on all people experience matters and manage ER cases

• Act as the NA People Partnering Engagement Lead for North America, ensuring alignment and collaboration between local and global People Partnering teams to deliver a cohesive employee experience

• Oversee the budget process for North America People Partnering, including Hub, driving efficiency and capacity planning initiatives

• Drive the operational effectiveness agenda for hire-to-retire processes in collaboration with NA HR team and Operational Hub to further simplify and build efficiencies

• Drive informed decision-making and measure the impact of People Partner initiatives and the new Service Delivery Model using HR analytics

WHAT YOU WILL NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Skills

• 8-10+ years of experience in North America HR with 5+ years focused on HR Business Partnering

• Proven ability to engage and influence senior-level stakeholders and manage relationships effectively

• Experience in managing organizational transformation and employee relations (ER) management in North America

• Strong business acumen with experience in developing and implementing HR strategies that contribute to the success of the organization

• Ability to manage and develop a high-performing team

• Strong leadership skills to set the strategy and drive the execution with excellence

• In-depth understanding of North America HR policies and processes

• Ability to understand local needs, align with broader agendas and drive transformation initiatives as the North America PEX Engagement Lead

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills