Today, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people.
The Head HR Small Molecules Visp plays a crucial role in shaping the company's future by developing and executing the People roadmap and related activities within Small Molecules Visp.
This position acts as a coach, mentor, and HR subject matter expert, responsible for providing strategic HR partnership in all key HR areas with a focus on the full employee lifecycle from hire to retire including OD, workforce planning, and driving transformation.
The incumbent is part of the Small Molecules Visp leadership team and supports the growth over the next years considering recruiting but also cultural aspects. The Head HR Small Molecules Visp will support their leadership teams both to set up and to ensure a sustainable organization for the future.
Key Responsibilities:
* Provide proactive and strategic guidance and support for organizational planning and development initiatives that align the human resources agenda in support of key business strategies and initiatives.
* Drive an effective and client-oriented HRBP Small Molecules team in order to provide coaching, consultation, and guidance to people managers in all employee life-cycle matters.
* Responsible for the strategic workforce planning within Small Molecules Visp.
* Establish and execute staffing plans for the growth projects within Small Molecules Visp.
* Leverage RPO/TA resources to ensure a robust pipeline of both internal and external talent exists to fill existing and evolving team staffing needs.
* Help foster a culture where employees can be retained and developed.
* Ensure OTR in line with global guidance on site and respective action plans.
* Support people manager in their development to become effective leaders.
* Drive the Small Molecules Growth Projects from an HR Perspective at the Visp Site.
* Strong Interaction with the Global HR BP's and HR Quality & HR Biologics teams.
* Drive the Visp Site Transformation, in strong collaboration with the HR LT Visp and the SLT Visp.
* Support the local and global People Strategy by setting best practice example, take part in and provide input for HR key projects at the Visp Site
* Act as coach and talent manager for HR Business Partners in Visp
* Perform other duties as assigned.
Key Requirements:
* BSc. in the field of Business, Psychology or similar is required; MSc. in the field of Business, Psychology or similar is preferred.
* Must be business fluent in German & English
* Highly experienced within HR Business Partnering or related areas
* Relationship Building / Influencing: Demonstrate effective and appropriate influencing skills with senior management/partners, combining high-level human capital knowledge with deep organizational understanding. Build strong relationships with solid trust and mutual respect as the foundation.
* Results Oriented: Energetic, resourceful, with strong service orientation and positive can-do attitude. Fully committed to the job and to deliver outstanding work.
* Change Agent: Comfortable designing for the future, while managing day-to-day HR matters. Able to anticipate risks and propose practical plans to mitigate them.
* Self-starter: Able to challenge the status-quo sensitively and constructively. Intellectually agile, self-confident, and highly articulate.
At Lonza, we respect and protect our people and our environment. Any success we achieve is no success at all if not achieved ethically.
We offer a challenging and creative work environment where you can make a meaningful difference in the world.