HR Director, QA & EHS
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Job Description
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BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities.
We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us.
Role Summary
Based in Franklin Lakes, New Jersey, this position is responsible for the overall HR strategy and execution for the Global Quality & EHS&S functions. The role serves as a strategic HR Business Partner to the SVP Quality Management and Chief EHS & Sustainability Officer. This role partners with the other strategic leaders within the QA and EHS&S organization facilitating their talent strategies. Also responsible for development of high performing organizations within the client groups.
This HRBP role provides insight into talent management decisions, supports leaders in driving people and capability objectives, and provides a full-range of strategic HR Business partner support to their client groups. As a member of the extended BD HR team collaborates on design, development, introduction and/or integration of HR processes, practices, programs and initiatives that contribute to individual and company success.
This role is a key member of the QA LT, EHS&S LT and ISCQ HRLT and plays a key part in the development as well as execution of organizational development strategies and capability plans within the organization including HR business partner support toward impacting and progressing the key operational excellence short and long-term objectives and projects.
This role provides HR guidance to all of the HR Business Partners supporting QA at BU & plant level.
Key responsibilities include
Organizational Effectiveness & Development
- Aligned to the functional and HR Strategy, the BD Way and BD KDG’s, provides strategic HR business partnering support for Client Leaders, works with the respective regional and other people leaders to identify and resolve the corresponding business needs, develop and implement appropriate organizational plans, and build key capabilities required to achieve business objectives.
- Leads and supports client groups with organizational capability and capacity analyses and strategic workforce planning, organization design, associate engagement.
- Develops dashboard and metrics to proactively monitor them. Interprets data, predicts trends and proactively plans for various scenarios based on analysis to inform global business & HR Strategy. Communicates results in a digestible fashion.
- Acts as the trusted advisor of client leaders to support them in carrying out their business and functional plans.
- Identifies and capitalizes on opportunities to drive &/or lead change. Facilitates change management initiatives within assigned client units incorporating a methodology that includes: a business case for change, identification of primary stakeholders, process mapping, communications planning, action/transition planning, visioning sessions, conflict resolution, team building, and after-action review assessments.
- Develops & conducts team development/team building strategies both proactively and when necessary to improve team performance.
- Presents options to managers on organizational structure, roles & responsibilities, staffing levels, matrix management, etc.
- Contributes effectively to client strategy discussions and decision making
- Demonstrates deep understanding of client market spaces including external talent trends, culture, reward systems, and organization models.
Talent Management
- Partners with QA & EHS&S leaders to advise, facilitate and champion talent management strategies to ensure strong succession pipelines for critical roles.
- Identifies opportunities and guides leaders to fill competency gaps through talent acquisition and talent development.
- Supports Talent development, people engagement, training plan, and upscale of QA/EHS&S associate skill set.
- Partners across BD and with Talent Management and Talent Acquisition teams to align top talent to highest priorities while ensuring inclusion and diversity outcomes.
- When appropriate participates on the interview team and effectively counsels hiring leaders/team
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