Global HR Business Partner

Your Talent, our Vision – together we see beyond. Your start at ZEISS Consumer Markets. As a leading manufacturer of ophthalmic lenses, we help people around the world achieve a clearer vision – sustainable and with focus on the future. Our products are as diverse as the career paths we offer, from tailored lenses to award-winning measurement systems. Become part of our team and shape a future in which clear vision and professional success go hand in hand. 

As Global HR Business Partner, you will act as a trusted strategic advisor to senior leaders across the global CTO, Quality and R&D functions. You will shape and drive people and organizational priorities in line with the overall People Agenda and the strategic needs of the respective functions.

Your role

• Act as a trusted strategic HR Partner to senior leaders, aligning people priorities with business and functional objectives
• Shape strategic talent and leadership priorities, including succession planning, leadership development and critical capability building
• Lead strategic workforce planning and use people data and analytics to identify future workforce and capability needs
• Shape organizational structures and operating models while leading organizational transformation and change initiatives
• Advise on complex and sensitive people matters in close collaboration with local HR, Legal and employee representative bodies
• Lead and contribute to cross-functional and global HR initiatives, navigating a complex international stakeholder environment

Your profile

• A university degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Law, Social Sciences or a comparable field
• Significant experience in a strategic HR Business Partner role in an international environment, with a proven track record of partnering at senior leadership level
• Proven ability to advise senior leaders and translate business needs into effective people and organizational solutions
• Strong expertise in organizational development, talent and succession management, change management and strategic workforce planning
• Sound knowledge of labor law and co-determination requirements, combined with experience working with employee representative bodies
• Excellent analytical, communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to leverage people data and navigate a complex global matrix organization
• The role requires international travel of up to 30%

Your ZEISS Recruiting Team:

Christine Werling