Job Title:  Vice President of Human Resources, Ornua Ingredients North America

Reports to:                   HR Director, Ornua Foods and Ingredients

location:                       Hilbert, Wisconsin

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Company Background

Ornua is a dairy co-operative which sells dairy products on behalf of its members, Ireland’s dairy processors and, in turn, Irish dairy farmers. It is Ireland’s largest exporter of Irish dairy products, exporting to 110 countries worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin, Ornua has annualised sales of over €3.5 billion and a global team of 3,000 employees.

 

Ornua is structured across two divisions: Ornua Foods and Ornua Ingredients. We operate from 10 business units worldwide, including 16 production facilities, and have sales and marketing teams working in-market across the globe in Africa, Asia, Germany, Ireland, the Middle East, Spain, the UK, and the US.

 

You may know us by our brands Kerrygold, Dubliner, Pilgrim’s Choice, Avantage, Forto, and BEO.

Reporting into the HR Director, Ornua Foods & Ingredients, the role provides strategic HR business partnership to all functions and businesses based in Ornua Ingredients in Hilbert, Whitehall and Hillsboro, Wisconsin and Byron, Minnesota, including: Operations,  Finance, Research & Development, Sales & Marketing, Supply Chain and Procurement.

At our Wisconsin facilities, Ornua Ingredients North America custom formulates and manufactures a complete line of pasteurized processed cheese and imitation cheese products, while supported by state-of-the-art Innovation Centres. 

At our Minnesota facility, Ornua Ingredients North America supplies value added cheese ingredients to the industrial cheese sector as well as providing custom formulation ingredient cheese solutions.

The Vice President of Human Resources will lead the support of circa 700 employees in a rapidly growing business that has consistently delivered +10% volume growth.

 

Ornua’s Values

At Ornua, our Values lie at the core of everything that we do and how we behave both individually and as a business. Our five values, and their underlying behaviours, encourage us to Seek and Embrace New Ideas, Make It Happen, Be Our True Selves, Show You Care and Achieve Great Things Together.

Ornua’s Growth

At Ornua, our co-operative ethos lies at the heart of how we do business. We care passionately about driving sustainable, profitable growth, underpinned by our ambitious ‘Path to Prosper’ strategy. We have delivered significant growth in our core business, and we have ambitious plans for continued growth over the next five years.

 

Key Areas of Responsibility

 

• Vice President of Human Resources will be a member of the Ornua Ingredients North America Executive Leadership team.  The role will be responsible for leading the OINA People agenda to support the strategic direction of OINA and the Leadership Team.  Develop and implement a People Plan that supports the delivery of Ornua’s strategic goals and business performance.
• Contribute as a strategic member of the Global HR Team.
• Spearhead the critical cultural and change transformation for the region working directly with the Senior Leadership to shape and implement.