Senior Human Resources Business Partner - Human Resources, Food Ingredients

Looking for an opportunity to shape workforce strategy, develop talent, and make a meaningful human resources impact on a growing organization?

Looking for an opportunity to shape workforce strategy, develop talent, and make a meaningful human resources impact on a growing organization?

Come be part of a collaborative, strategic, adaptable, and growth-oriented team where together we can achieve greatness and make a real impact! Your potential is our inspiration.

The Senior HRBP, Human Resources, Food Ingredients role is based in Castelo Branco, Brazil, and the expectation is that this would be a hybrid role, requiring a minimum of 3 or 4 days/week on-site.

Where You'll Make a Difference

• Partner with business and functional leaders to translate business objectives into workforce, organizational, leadership, and talent strategies that support long-term business success.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and consultant to senior leaders, providing guidance on organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, workforce planning, and business performance.
• Develop and execute workforce plans that align talent capabilities with current and future business needs.
• Lead and support complex employee relations matters, including investigations, corrective actions, performance management discussions, and employment terminations.
• Lead, develop, and mentor HR professionals, fostering high performance and capability growth to meet evolving business needs.
• Drive organizational effectiveness, change management, organizational design, communication planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Facilitate talent reviews, succession planning discussions, leadership development efforts, and retention strategies to strengthen organizational capability.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders to support hiring strategies, critical talent needs, internal mobility, and succession planning efforts.
• Collaborate with Legal, Payroll, Total Rewards, Human Resources Operations, and Human Resources Shared Services to deliver integrated HR solutions and ensure compliance with applicable employment requirements.

What Makes You the Right Fit

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial Psychology, Industrial Social Work, or a related field.
• Minimum of ten years of progressive Human Resources experience, including significant experience in Human Resources Business Partner, Human Resources Manager, or Human Resources leadership roles.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with senior leaders to develop and execute workforce, organizational, and talent strategies.
• Experience supporting employee relations investigations, corrective action processes, and performance management programs.
• Proven ability to lead organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, change management, and business transformation initiatives.
• Experience facilitating talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and employee retention strategies.
• Strong analytical skills with experience leveraging workforce data and talent metrics to support data-driven decision-making.

How Would You Stand Out?

• Experience supporting executives, manufacturing, food ingredients, biotechnology, specialty chemical, or other industrial operations environments.
• Experience leading significant organizational change, culture transformation, or enterprise talent initiatives across multiple locations.
• Previous experience supporting a multinational organization within a matrix environment.

Why Choose Us?

• Lead the HR agenda for one of the most strategic markets within the Food Ingredients business.
• Partner directly with senior leaders to influence workforce, organizational, and talent strategies.
• Be part of a global organization that values innovation, collaboration, and people development.
• Contribute to meaningful business transformation initiatives while helping build a high-performing culture.
• Join a purpose-driven company committed to creating a more sustainable future through science, innovation, and people.

Important information regarding this position.

For your awareness, IFF has announced its intention to sell its Food Ingredients Business to CVC Capital Partners. The sale is currently expected to close in the first half of 2027, pending regulatory approvals and other customary closing conditions. ​The Food Ingredient business unit will remain part of IFF until close and, at such time, will transition to CVC Capital Partners. By applying for this position, candidates acknowledge awareness that the role is part of the Food Ingredient business unit and has been identified to transition to CVC Capital Partners. 

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