Sodexo - GM - Human Resources/HRBP

Sodexo was founded by Pierre Bellon in 1966 in Marseilles, France and is today the world leader in Quality of Life Services. The company operates in 80 countries with 428,000 employees who share the same passion for service.

Sodexo is the 18th largest employer worldwide having turnover of 18.4 Billion euro.

We conduct Employee Engagement Survey to understand employee engagement and identify and act upon opportunities for progress. We offer a world of opportunities throughout the career, whatever the position and level of responsibility,

Sodexo employees benefit from strong development opportunities. We promote international mobility, we draw our performance from the diverse mosaic of our talents.

We are inviting applications for an exciting career opportunity with Sodexo. This mail has more details regarding this opportunity. Please go through the details and send across your updated resume to take this discussion ahead.

Job Title: General Manager - Human Resources (HR Business Partner)

Reports To: Vice President - Human Resources

Work Location: Malad (W), Mumbai or Lalbagh Road, Bengaluru

Role Description:

- The HRBPs act as advisors who operate as key relationship managers to the Education and Healthcare segments . Lead the design of the people strategy, and ensure alignment with business and Group strategy within their business area(s)

- Face of HR that provides generalist advice on challenging HR matters and deliver across various HR specializations and capability building

- Liaise with clients, employees and leaders on HR activities and ensure the people KPIs are met across various groups

- Partner with sales and operators on new contracts and growing our business

- Partner with the business to make appropriate people decisions. Act as a catalyst for building Organizational Effectiveness within the business.

- Partner with business to facilitate organization and culture change.

- Educate business on HR trends that affect the business.

- Assist in design, development and implementation of on-going employee development, calibration and succession planning processes

- Support business objective through implementation and improvisation of human resource policies and processes

- Drive people plan outcomes – employee engagement, capability, effective organization structure etc.

- Take ultimate accountability for HR’s delivery against business objectives within business area(s)

- Manage risk, including oversight of the business in terms of adherence to governance procedures and regulatory compliance (people-related)

- Maximize use of HR delivery resource, and line up delivery across businesses and with other Divisions to maximize economies of scale

Experience:

- Masters Degree in Human Resources with about 10 years work experience

- Proven ability to use initiative in carrying out tasks

- Strong knowledge of HR and ability to apply to complex organizational issues is required.

- Expert level generalist skills and strong consulting and analytical skills are essential.

Key Competencies:

- Ability to influence and partner with different levels of the organization to achieve results

- Strong business and HR acumen, including strong problem solving skills, critical thinking, and self-initiative

- Demonstrated ability to coach managers and supervisors to use company best practices for maximum effectiveness

- Excellent written, verbal communication, interpersonal skills; high quality document and report preparation

- Excellent presentation skills and knowledge of employment laws

- Good Communications Skills

- Experience in managing multi sites / locations

- Process orientations

- Experience in policies / system implementation

- Experience in driving initiatives

- Experience in managing stakeholders

- Willingness to travel

- Experience in dealing with various level of workforce (Skilled cadre to VP level)

Maneesh Goel
Senior Manager - Workforce Planning & Deployment
Sodexo India On-Site Service Solutions