GCC HR Lead - Commercial

• Leads the HR strategic agenda for the commercial functions in business partnership with the key stakeholders
• Develops & ensures implantation of Strategic Workforce Planning for relevant geographies
• Liaises with line managers and employee groups to understand business requirements and tailor specific HR solutions.
• Coaches, supports, mentors and challenges managers in the application of HR policies and practices, provides advice and guidance on complex HR issues to minimise risk and financial exposure
• Ensures proper communication to key organizational stakeholders (local management teams, HR external providers) on HR issues, scorecard & dashboard progress to facilitate proper business decisions, strategy adjustments or enabling change
• Leads projects to optimize HR support to business functions, allowing then
• Drives local roll-out of strategic HR change-initiatives ensuring proper resource allocation & stakeholders management (like Diversity & Inclusion, life-long learning & performance driven mindset, Great Place to Work etc). Supports the development and drives the delivery of cultural change plans and interventions
• Develops business cases for country/-ies to enable & facilitate better HR management outcomes
• Participates in setting and executing against the local business priorities as well as GCC HR scorecard
• Promotes positive employee relations, advising local management on all aspects of labour-management relations and manage employee communications and consultations in conjunction with them to foster a culture of openness, trust and inclusion.

HR compliance framework:

• Supports organization by providing advice and guidance on HR related needs: recruitment, onboarding, performance management, people management & employee relations, reward & recognition (C&B), retention, termination.
• Undertakes projects relating to the formulation, development and implementation of future HR policies, but does not determine policy overall. Acts as primary point of contact for HR policy issues
• Ensures local HR practices are aligned to legal requirements, via partnering with Legal & Compliance team, arranging audits, ensuring clear accountabilities across relevant geographies and functions, risk management & improvement action planning.
• Ensures proper HR related FCF controls are at place, country/-is Headcount, manpower & HR non-manpower costs are maintained within budget
• Assists in the resolution of employee relations matters by advising and consulting on the disciplinary process, grievance procedure, organisational development interventions, terminations and the performance management process

Corporate Responsibility:

• Maintains highest ethical standards and work in a spirit of AstraZeneca Code of Ethics, following rules & norms set by corporate policies
• Ensures that all conducted activities are done in accordance with local legislation and corporate standards.
• Timely reports (as per respective procedures): health/environment/wellbeing related accidents; adverse events that you became aware about; change in status of your Conflict of Interest