Director Human Resources - Switzerland

About the role

Recordati is looking for a Country HR Director for Switzerland. You will lead the people and culture agenda across the entire Recordati organization in Switzerland, acting as the single HR point of accountability and coordination in-country across all business units, corporate functions and industrial operations, including plants where applicable. You will also coordinate people and culture activities for small geographies such as South Korea and Australia/New Zealand.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and coordinate the people and culture strategy for Switzerland and for the small geographies, aligned with business priorities and the global HR agenda.
• Act as the single HR contact point in-country, ensuring joined-up HR leadership and coordination.
• Partner with country leadership, General Managers, plant leadership and functional leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, capability building, leadership effectiveness and succession planning.
• Ensure consistency of HR practices across the country and oversee the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, development, performance management, employee relations, retention, reward and offboarding.
• Lead annual HR processes such as performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning, salary review, incentive processes and workforce planning cycles.
• Drive talent and succession initiatives and act as advisor to leaders on team effectiveness, organizational health, leadership capability, employee engagement and change management.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative culture and ensure compliance with Swiss employment legislation and employee relations matters.
• Partner with Group HR Centres of Expertise and shared HR teams, support transformation and change initiatives, use people data to support decisions, and lead the local HR team and the Office Management team where applicable.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in human resources, Business Administration, Law or a related discipline.
• Significant experience in senior HR leadership roles, preferably as HR Head in Switzerland within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, manufacturing or other regulated industries.
• Experience in a complex, matrix environment with multiple stakeholders in an international setting.
• Proven track record of partnering with senior leaders on strategic people, organizational and cultural topics.
• Fluency in German and English, written and spoken; additional European languages welcomed.

Required skills

• Strong knowledge of Swiss labour law and local HR practices.
• Broad HR leadership experience across talent management, succession planning, organizational development, employee relations, change management and reward processes.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills, with strong analytical and decision-making abilities.