HR Director Manufacturing Europe & Africa

Description

• Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.

• Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.

• As HR Director Manufacturing Europe & Africa, you will lead the People agenda across BIC’s manufacturing operations in Europe and Africa, encompassing 10 manufacturing sites located across France, Greece, Spain, Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa, and potential other manufacturing locations in the region. You will partner closely with regional and site leadership teams to ensure that talent, organization, culture, and workforce strategies support business performance, operational excellence, manufacturing excellence, and long-term growth.

• A key aspect of the role will be to elevate all manufacturing sites to BIC’s highest standards in leadership, culture, people practices, workforce capability, and organizational effectiveness. Through a combination of talent strategy, capability building, and organizational transformation, you will help build a world-class manufacturing organization and support the continuous development of manufacturing excellence across the network.

• The role will also contribute to the evolution of BIC’s manufacturing footprint through productivity, optimization, acquisition, integration, expansion, consolidation, or restructuring initiatives, ensuring that people and business considerations are at the center of strategic decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the HR strategy and execution across manufacturing facilities in Europe and Africa, ensuring alignment with business priorities and operational objectives.

• Act as a trusted advisor to regional and site leadership teams on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, talent, culture, engagement, and change management.

• Drive the regional people development agenda, including talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and high-potential programs.

• Lead capability-building initiatives from assessment through deployment, ensuring the organization develops the skills required to support future manufacturing and business needs.

• Partner with Manufacturing leaders to build a culture of manufacturing excellence by strengthening leadership capabilities, workforce effectiveness, operational discipline, and people practices across all sites.

• Drive the harmonization and continuous improvement of HR practices across the region, ensuring all factories progressively operate at BIC standards in talent management, employee engagement