Associate Director, People & Performance (HR Business Partner), Global Procurement & Sustainability

What you'll own

Strategic business partnership and organization

• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to Global Procurement & Sustainability leaders, translating business priorities into a bold, forward looking people agenda.
• Lead strategic workforce planning and organization design to create agile structures, clear accountabilities and the capabilities needed for growth.
• Guide the people dimensions of transformation, from organization and talent decisions through change adoption and team effectiveness.

Talent, leadership and future capabilities

• Own the integrated talent agenda, including talent reviews, succession, leadership development, critical role pipelines and proactive talent movement.
• Define future capability priorities and build high impact learning, coaching, mentoring, rotational and experiential development opportunities.
• Accelerate internal mobility and career growth, positioning Procurement as a destination for ambitious, high potential talent.

Culture, performance and employee experience

• Build a high performance, inclusive culture where people are empowered, challenged and inspired to grow.
• Turn employee listening and people data into focused engagement, retention and organizational health actions with measurable impact.
• Coach leaders through performance and employee relations matters with sound judgment, empathy and appropriate risk management.

Talent attraction and HR excellence

• Partner with Talent Acquisition and P&P Centers of Excellence to attract exceptional talent and deliver relevant enterprise people priorities.
• Connect global direction with regional execution, using analytics, key performance indicators and disciplined governance to track impact.
• Lead selected people excellence initiatives that simplify work, strengthen capability and raise the standard across the function.

What success looks like

• A strong, diverse leadership pipeline with credible successors for critical Procurement roles.
• A future-ready organization with the structure, skills and talent required to deliver its strategy.
• A best in class talent agenda and measurable progress in engagement, retention, internal mobility and organizational effectiveness.
• Leaders who make stronger people decisions through high-quality insight, challenge and coaching.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology or a related field. An advanced degree is a plus.
• Significant progressive experience in strategic HR business partnering, talent or organizational effectiveness, ideally in a complex global environment.
• Demonstrated impact across talent management, succession, leadership development, workforce planning, organization design and change.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to connect people choices to commercial and operational outcomes.
• Exceptional executive influencing, stakeholder management, coaching and communication skills.
• A data-driven, pragmatic mindset and the ability to move multiple priorities from concept to sustained impact. Fluency in written and spoken English.

What sets you apart

• You anticipate tomorrow’s workforce needs rather than only solving today’s issues.
• You thrive in ambiguity, challenge with courage and bring people with you.
• You combine strategic vision with disciplined, pragmatic delivery.
• You are passionate about creating organizations where people and performance thrive together.

Why this role

This is a rare opportunity to shape the people agenda of a strategically important global function, partner closely with senior leaders and influence enterprise decisions. You will help build the organization and capabilities that Procurement & Sustainability needs for the future while gaining broad global and regional exposure.

Work Environment & Schedule

This role is based in Amsterdam and requires full-time availability of 40 hours per week.

Location(s)

Amsterdam

Kraft Heinz is an Equal Opportunity Employer – Underrepresented Ethnic Minority Groups/Women/Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity and other protected classes.