Über diese Director, HR Business Partner, Health & Biosciences Stelle bei IFF
IFF · Hybrid · Wilmington, DE, USA
Job Summary
As a trusted partner to senior leaders, this role shapes and executes talent and organizational strategies that enable business performance, strengthen leadership capability, and build the workforce needed to support H&B's growth objectives. Partnering closely with business leaders and HR Centers of Excellence, the Director drives workforce planning, succession management, leadership development, organizational effectiveness, and change initiatives.
The role also plays a key part in fostering a culture that reflects IFF's values and leadership expectations, helping create competitive advantage through strong leadership, organizational capability, innovation, and employee engagement.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Business Partnership
- Serve as the primary strategic talent partner to the SVP, H&B Operations and the SVP, H&B Quality & Customer Service.
- Align talent priorities with business objectives through workforce planning, organization design, and succession strategies.
- Utilize workforce and talent insights to identify opportunities, risks, and future capability needs.
- Influence organizational culture and leadership effectiveness in alignment with IFF values and leadership expectations.
Talent, Leadership & Organization Effectiveness
- Lead talent reviews, succession planning, leadership assessment, and development planning across supported functions.
- Build strong pipelines for critical leadership, technical, quality, customer service, and operations roles.
- Drive organizational effectiveness initiatives that improve business performance, agility, and scalability.
- Partner with leaders to identify, develop, and accelerate high-potential talent.
- Champion adoption of the IFF Leadership Capabilities through talent management, succession planning, and leadership development processes.
Change Leadership
- Coach senior leaders on talent, leadership effectiveness, team performance, and organizational health.
- Lead the people aspects of significant organizational and business transformation initiatives.
- Develop change management and stakeholder engagement strategies that support successful execution of business priorities.
Global Leadership & Collaboration
- Partner effectively across global regions, cultures, and functions.
- Build strong relationships with business leaders, HR partners, and Centers of Excellence.
- Participate in meetings across multiple time zones and travel internationally as business needs require.
Success Measures
- Strong succession health and diverse leadership pipelines across supported functions.
- Increased internal mobility and promotion rates for key leadership and technical roles.
- Improved leadership capability and adoption of IFF Leadership Capabilities.
- Successful execution of workforce planning, organization design, and transformation initiatives.
- Positive trends in organizational health, employee engagement, and retention.
- Trusted advisor status with senior leaders and measurable impact on business performance.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent.
- 10+ years of progressive HR leadership experience in a global organization; biotech or operations-focused experience preferred.
- Expertise in talent management, succession planning, leadership development, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and change management.
- Experience supporting manufacturing, supply chain, operations, quality, customer service, or similarly complex business environments.
- Demonstrated success influencing senior leaders and driving organizational change.
- Experience working across multiple geographies and cultures within a matrixed organization.
- Ability and willingness to travel globally and support a global workforce across multiple time zones.
- Preferred locations for this position: Wilmington, DE, United States; Madison, WI, United States; Leiden, The Netherlands.
Position will be required to be on-site 3 to 4 days per week, when not traveling for IFF.
We are a global leader in taste, scent, and nutrition, offering our customers a broader range of natural solutions and accelerating our growth strategy. At IFF, we believe that your uniqueness unleashes our potential. We value the diverse mosaic of the ethnicity, national origin, race, age, sex, or veteran status. We strive for an inclusive workplace that allows each of our colleagues to bring their authentic self to work regardless of their religion, gender identity & expression, sexual orientation, or disability.
Visit IFF.com/careers/workplace-diversity-and-inclusion to learn more
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