Associate Director, HRBP Prestige

SUMMARY

Founded in 2015 as a stand-alone global business unit (GBU), Unilever Prestige is now a leading global luxury beauty company and a powerhouse hub within Unilever. Unilever Prestige is now a €1.6 bn business comprising of a house of eight authentic brands (including Tatcha, Murad, K18 and Dermalogica), that are powered by unique social and planet mission.

Unilever Prestige reached €1.6bn through its portfolio of mostly American brands (7 out of 8 brands). We have set ambitious goals for the future: by 2030, we aim for €3.5bn in organic growth and an additional €1.5bn through M&A, positioning Prestige among the top five premium beauty players globally.

A role in Prestige HR presents the opportunity to get involved in a wide range of people initiatives. The Prestige HR team partners both the Prestige Central team and the Prestige Brand HR teams; this means you’ll have the chance to get involved in HR Business partnering alongside expertise projects and transformation initiatives. Reporting into the Head of HR Prestige, this role will play a key role in the evolution of Prestige and contribute to the continued growth of the Global Business Unit. You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the planet.

Because here, we don’t just hire for jobs. We invite you to be part of something bigger.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leading and supporting key value creation and transformation projects. Being a change agent to ensure HR delivery is aligned with the strategic goals of Prestige and landing with success. You’ll be taking a lead role in identifying and executing key projects or processes across Prestige, in the space of learning, organization effectiveness and reward (we’ll determine this according to business prioritization and upon further exploration with you regarding your capabilities and development priorities).

• Lead projects that further build out the HR Infrastructure - working to enhance access and visibility of our People data and leverage it to provide insights and drive optimal outcomes. Understand where we have technology gaps to improve our processes and work with external vendors and Prestige Procurement to ensure our HR teams have available and can leverage.

• Partnering Brand HR Communities including our US/Global Brand HR leads, to elevate cross-portfolio capabilities and HR practices. You’ll be a go to contact providing HR advice and collaborating with HR teams to develop/execute HR initiatives that support broader Prestige business goals. You will take a lead role in the curation/planning of our monthly connects with the Brand HR leads.

• Owning critical US focused initiatives and projects; an example could be overseeing the management of the newly harmonized Prestige Health Benefits plan. This includes being the interface between Prestige brands and respective Unilever teams, for example for the 401k advantage plan.

• Taking a lead role in the Reward pillar across Prestige including owning the approach to Reward Benchmarking across key markets, management of vendor partnerships (for example, AON), and being the main interface with Unilever Reward.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience in delivering transformative change projects in a complex organization.

• Experience in HR Business partnering and strong skill set through leading people initiatives in a complex, matrixed organization.

• Knowledge across HR expertise (talent, learning, reward, organization design) is an advantage; having experience in at least one of these is strongly preferred.

• The ability to objectively coach employees and management through complex and difficult issues.

• Proven ability to build strong relationships and influence outcomes.

• Strong Business Acumen with an analytical, data-driven mindset

• Knowledge of US employment law is desirable.

• Curiosity and the ability to listen and learn and adapt quickly.

• Proven success in rolling up their sleeves and owning projects strategic vision through execution.

The ideal candidate for this role will thrive in:

• A highly complex fast paced environment: you’ll navigate ambiguity and be agile in your approach to getting tasks done.

• An entrepreneurial culture: you enjoy the balance of thinking strategically and rolling your sleeves up.

• A matrix network where relationships and stakeholdering are essential: you need to build trust and be comfortable partnering senior leaders. You’ll need to be able to influence outcomes without authority and be effective at delivering through others.

• A culture that requires an incredibly curious mindset; you want to learn and understand the challenges and complexities of the Prestige brands, to help you deliver the most effective solutions.

• The need for organization and attention to detail; you’ll need to ensure you see things through to conclusions irrespective of distraction and fast pace.

• A role which needs you to work independently and collaborate with others and external partners to land initiatives with impact.

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