Head Of Hr Nordics And Hq

Driven by the passion to improve quality of people’s lives, WS Audiology continues to grow as market leader in the hearing aid industry. With our commitment to increase penetration in an underserved hearing care market, we want to accelerate our business transformation in order to reach more people, more effectively.

This person will be responsible for HR excellence across the Nordics, the Head of HR will play an integral role in embedding a differentiated and credible employee experience across the full HR spectrum.
Key to the Head of HR success will be developing, through coaching and capability building, a strong service orientated HR team (of 8-10 FTEs) that enable the creation of a wonderful place to work.
The position reports directly to the VP Human Resources EMEA and located in our Headquarters in Lynge, Denmark.

What you will do

• Embed solid foundational practices and governance that ensure compliant and transparent HR processes and
  practices.
• Elevate capability levels of HR team to partner closely with the business and be considered a trusted advisor and
  employee advocate.
• Collaborate with global functions and COE’s to deliver relevant initiatives ensuring fit for purpose and good
  stakeholder management with both a local and global lens.
• Comfortably use data to drive insights that help to manage stakeholders and enable them to make aligned
  decisions as enterprise leaders across the HQ site.
• Partner with global functions to ensure a consistent application of global process like performance management,
  talent management, reward processes, culture programs, DE&I and the like for the HQ site.
• Business partner to the site leadership team coaching and supporting them on their leadership impact and
  collective role in driving engagement and aligned culture for the HQ.
• Champion WSA to external parties and forums where applicable to amplify our employer attractivity.
• Manage local union relationship in Denmark and set the frame of engagement to ensure mutually beneficial
  outcomes.
• Build, develop, coach, inspire and retain HR talents in the headquarters and in the region to enable a credible and
  quality employee experience.
• Trusted sparring partner to the VP HR for the region.

What you will bring

Experience

• Minimum 15 years of working experience in human resource functions in a large organization or MNC with good HR practices and programs, of which at least 3 must be in a country HR role
• Solid experience in Danish, Norway and Sweden labor regulations
• Solution and action oriented with strong experience dealing with local HR issues including dealing with unions / workers' counsel
• Experience interacting with local and global senior executives / C-level
• Experience building and engaging a team.

Personal competencies

• A people-oriented person who is always looking for solutions and bringing quantitative improvements, with a “can-do” attitude
• Ability to handle ambiguity in a HQ environment with strong opinion leaders and many facets of interest
• Strong team player with teamwork spirit and who can lead by example in the Lynge site
• Outstanding interpersonal and intercultural skills working with local and global stakeholders
• Displaying strong communication and stakeholder management skills to work with people across all levels and seniority
• A creative and innovative individual to drive and bring new ideas to the team.

Who we are

At WS Audiology, we provide innovative hearing aids and hearing health services.

Together with our 12,000 colleagues in 130 countries, we invite you to help unlock human potential by bringing back hearing for millions of people around the world.

With us, you will become part of a truly global company where we care for one another, welcome diversity and celebrate our successes.

Sounds wonderful? We can't wait to hear from you.

WS Audiology is an equal-opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive employee experience for all. Regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, medical condition, ancestry, disability, military or veteran status we firmly believe that our work is at its best when everyone feels free to be their most authentic self.