HRBP GBS Americas

About Kerry

Kerry is the world's leading taste and nutrition company for the food, beverage and pharmaceutical industries. Every day we partner with customers to create healthier, tastier and more sustainable products that are consumed by billions of people across the world. Our vision is to be our customers' most valued partner, creating a world of sustainable nutrition. A career with Kerry offers you an opportunity to shape the future of food while providing you opportunities to explore and grow in a truly global environment.

About the role

The HRBP will perform core, process-oriented tasks relating to HR, Recruitment, Performance & Talent, Reward, Engagement & Onboarding/Orientation, Organizational Effectiveness. You will also help to enable our EXS services for our GBS teams by ensuring managers and employees in GBS have clarity on the EXS services we offer and are confident to request HR services through AskKerry and our EXS team.

In this role you will work with our GBS Finance team (TBD) and Regional Extended Leadership team to support our HR priorities for our GBS Americas team, learn about a variety of specializations, processes and interact with business and HR stakeholders across the region.

Key responsibilities

This role will be the main point of contact for HR GBS Americas Extended LT and you will be expected to learn on the job and be proactive and professional in managing queries, problem solving and identifying areas for continuous process improvements. The successful candidate will have excellent attention to detail, be someone who can be trusted to maintain a high degree of confidentiality, is approachable, has superior organizational and time management skills, and is able to juggle multiple tasks while meeting schedule requirements.

 

Key Responsibilities

Close collaboration with EXS & Facilities team to support end-to-end HR processes for employees, including but not
limited to:

- Answering employee queries & directing to EXS, where appropriate

- Supporting the Pre-boarding, On-boarding, Transfer and Leaver process

- Partnering with various stakeholders on employee engagement and communications activities

Support GBS People Priorities on activities relating to:

- Organizational Effectiveness

- Talent & Development

- Engagement & Communication

- Co-ordinating Extended Leadership Team Forums

- HR Reporting, Insights and Analysis – Monthly People Scorecard

- Learning & Leadership Development

Support in implementation of Global/Regional business initiatives and projects

Support the execution of annual HR processes including but not limited to:

- Annual performance review

- Pay Planning

- Talent Review

Working with our CoE and EXS team to support vendor management and communication (i.e. our Insurance &

Benefits partners / Workplace options our Employee Assistance Program provider)

Maintaining and revising the company’s employee handbook on policies and procedures

Qualifications and skills

Bachelors’ Degree or equivalent in Human Resources or other related field with 7+ years experience in an HR related role

Ability to work effectively in a highly matrix organization and be an independent and proactive learner with a positive attitude

• Problem-solving mentality & adaptability in a constantly changing, fast-paced environment; experience of working in an MNC environment is strongly preferred

• Comfortable working in a diverse, matrix environment with good organiza?on skills and the ability to mul?-task

• Technically savvy in essental computer sofware (e.g. MS Outlook, Excel and PowerPoint)

• Excellent oral and writen communication and presentaton skills in English