Posted 8 days ago
Description
About this Position
The HR Manager for Australia & New Zealand will act as a strategic business partner to senior leaders across Henkel’s Functions, FMCG, and Adhesive channels. This role requires balancing blue-collar workforce engagement with white-collar talent development, while driving HR transformation initiatives including HRIS implementation, culture development, and organisational change management.
What you´ll do
- Partner with senior leaders to align HR strategy with business objectives across ANZ.
- Provide counsel on workforce planning, talent management, and succession planning.
- Build trusted relationships with executive stakeholders, plant managers, and functional leaders; Act as a bridge between global HR strategy and local execution.
- Design and deliver HR programs that address the needs of both blue-collar manufacturing teams and white-collar professionals; Champion employee relations, wellbeing, and compliance with local labour laws.
- Knowledgeable in HRIS Implementation, able to lead the rollout and adoption of Henkel’s HRIS platform in ANZ; Ensure seamless integration with global systems and drive user adoption through training and change management.
- Drive initiatives that strengthen Henkel’s culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability.
- Lead organisational change programs to support business transformation and growth; Oversee HR operations including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, learning & development and payroll.
- Ensure adherence to Henkel’s internal governance standards and full compliance with employment legislation across Australia and New Zealand
