Royal Canin's purpose is to transform the health of cats and dogs through nutrition.
This is a high-impact role supporting the West Europe Cluster (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands) — with accountability for shaping and delivering the people strategy across markets with different operating models. Most countries operate under My P&O, while Austria and Switzerland are non-My P&O, requiring flexibility in how you lead, influence, and execute.
You’ll be as a trusted P&O partner for business leaders — consulting, challenging, and delivering against the people and culture agenda, local legislation, MARS 5 principles and internal policies. You’ll take responsibility across topics like talent, engagement, work council relations, and rewards, with a dual focus on future capability and business performance. In addition, you act as a cultural ambassador, helping leaders to role-model MARS 5 principles and leadership behaviors.
What are we looking for?
* Bachelor's Degree or Equivalent Level
* 2 or more years of progressive P&O experience
* Substantial ability to develop strong trusting relationships with leaders to gain support and achieve P&O strategic goals
* Advanced consulting skills and ability to influence decisions to a positive business outcome
* Comprehensive experience in development and implementation of strategic initiatives through to execution while acting as an employee champion and change agent
* Understanding of global P&O strategies/policies/legal/ethics/compliance policies and practices, and ability to provide guidance in solving business needs
* Self-driven, curious, and able to navigate ambiguity while maintaining clear priorities
* Excellent oral and written communication skills in English
What will be your key responsibilities?
Strategic Partnering and Leadership Coaching
* Partner with West Europe leadership team and Line Managers to drive business results through targeted people strategies, workforce planning and change management
* Provide expert advice and coaching on leadership style, people management and change leadership — balancing associate advocacy with business priorities
* Leverage external insights, internal data, and organisational knowledge to proactively shape the people agenda based on West Europe business needs
Talent Management, Performance Management and Recruiting
* Support end-to-end talent planning processes, including succession planning, talent reviews and follow-up activities (e.g. development plans) for West Europe cluster
* Advise Line Manager on performance management processes and help them to identify development and performance issues early (in collaboration with AR). Support calibration to ensure consistency and fairness
* Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and Line Management to ensure timely and strategic recruitment aligned with workforce planning needs in My P&O countries. Lead the Recruiting Process for Non My P&O countries. Partner with Business and Talent Acquisition to position Royal Canin West Europe as an employer of choice
* Drive internal mobility, capability building, and leadership development
Culture, Engagement & Change Management
* Advise Line Managers on running effective engagement sessions based on Associate Survey results
* Elevate line manager capability and support the GLM community, including engagement events, line manager coaching, and advisory support
* Co-own the cluster-wide engagement and wellbeing agenda, ensuring insight-led action and measurable improvement
* Champion behavioral shift that supports the engagement and wellbeing of Associates, propose initiatives, and ensure implementation/program deployment
Data, Analytics and Workforce Planning
* Ensure proper workforce planning for West Europe cluster based on Regional targets
* Together with P&O Operations role, leverage HR metrics, prepare dashboards and reports to support talent insights and decision making
Work Council engagement & Community
* Build and maintain a strong, collaborative relationship with Works Council in NL based on transparency, trust and mutual respect and represent P&O in negotiations
* Actively contribute to the One Mars P&O Community — sharing insights, building synergies, and scaling what works across the region
What can you expect from Mars?
* Work with diverse and talented Associates, all guided by The Five Principles.
* Join a purpose driven company, where we’re striving to build the world we want tomorrow, today.
* Best-in-class learning and development support from day one, including access to our in-house Mars University.
* An industry competitive salary and benefits package, including company bonus.
* [Insert any additional market/role specific benefits that the candidate might be interested in]
Find out more about what Mars can offer you by visiting our Global Careers site.
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