Company Description
About Syngenta
As a world market leader in crop protection, we help farmers to counter these threats and ensure enough safe, nutritious, affordable food for all – while minimizing the use of land and other agricultural inputs.
Syngenta Crop Protection keeps plants safe from planting to harvesting. From the moment a seed is planted through to harvest, crops need to be protected from weeds, insects and diseases as well as droughts and floods, heat and cold.
Syngenta Crop Protection is headquartered in Switzerland.
Job Description
Role purpose
The CP EAME POD Head will report into the CP EAME HR Head and will be a key member of the EAME CP HR Leadership Team.
The successful candidate will deliver strategic solutions in the design, enhancement, planning and implementation of corporate organizational development programs with a clear focus on leadership, transformation and change management.
Leading a team of POD professionals, you will deliver a strategic, modern and proactive function for Syngenta CP EAME supported by effective coaching and a commitment to continuous improvement.
Accountabilities
The CP EAME POD Head will work closely with both business leaders, regional CP teams and CP HR teams to design and implement strategic projects to deliver on the CP business priorities.
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Designs and implements, sustainable initiatives and projects to deliver on the business People agenda.
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Designs and implements team interventions to drive the cultural transformation.
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Designs and delivers high quality programs that build capabilities and development for CP sustainable competitive advantage
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Acts as change agent to the business through process design and approaches that support change and transformation.
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Brings the understanding and views of the Employee experience with data driven and employee listening approaches to all solutions and projects.
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Act as the POD partner for the CP HR Heads and Regional HR BPs, representing all POD disciplines. Leads the Regional POD team on the design and delivery of the projects.
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Is a strong advocate to the D&I and Mental health agenda to deliver superior employee experience and business value through diversity and inclusion.
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Actively contribute to the development of the CP HR / POD community to leverage expertise and share best practices in the areas of Culture, Leadership, Learning, Talent Management, change management, Org effectiveness and D&I.
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Develop and sustain a creative relationship within the CP POD community to make sure disciplines’ solutions / initiatives / processes are integrated and leveraged
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Manage external practitioners and vendors for targeted work and nurtures an external network for benchmarking and leveraging outside in perspectives.
Dimensions
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Business/Financial: Supporting Syngenta CP Business
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Reporting Line: CP EAME HR Head
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Direct Reports: 3
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Geographic Scope: EAME (affecting employees in 50+ locations across Europe, Africa and Middle East)
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Complexity: Medium (Influencing stakeholders at CP Executive Leadership Team and CP HRLT; high level and intensity of change; external dealings with industry peers; diverse cultural environment)