People and Organisation Business Partner Lead

**Company Profile**:
Unilever is proud of its Tea business, the biggest in the world, with world class purpose driven brands such as Lipton, PG tips and Pukka. Recently, Unilever decided to separate the Tea business to ensure it can best achieve its potential. Unilever is currently reviewing several options for separation, including a demerger, an initial public offering, a disposal or through partnership models. The Tea businesses in India and Indonesia, and the partnership interests in the ready-to-drink Tea joint ventures will be retained.

The balance of the Tea brands and geographies and all Tea estates, with generated revenues of €2 billion in 2019, is growing and profitable with proven potential both pre
- and post-COVID-19. As a standalone entity, the Tea company remains number one in the world and is even better positioned to lead the industry and take full advantage of the opportunities in the category, with more focus and entrepreneurship driving greater growth and value.

The current vision for the Tea company is to champion a tastier, healthier, more sustainable world of plant-based drinking. Purposeful thinking will be the core anchor of the business, its brands as well as its culture, and enables simple and agile decision making, supports an entrepreneurial mindset and is driven by passion for our consumers.

As we move through this journey towards separation, we are seeking employees with a passion for exciting entrepreneurial experiences, who want to pursue unique career opportunities and have a desire to be an integral part in building the bright future of this plant-based company.
**Overview of role**:
The People & Organization Business Partner Lead is responsible for all HR related activity at the Tea factory as well as with Customer Development Forces. This will include, but not limited to: Employee Advocacy, Employee Relations, Conflict Resolution, Employment Law/Legal Compliance, Performance Management, Coaching & Counseling, Organizational & Leadership Development, Change Agent, Succession Planning, and advising in HR processes. In addition, the People & Organization lead is responsible for site’s culture and acts as people expert supporting the Organization’s positive employee relations. He/she will ensure that policies and practices are designed and implemented in an effective manner, and in addition will work alongside the country HR team to support the wider Tea business and land the P&O strategy.
**Key Accountabilities & Responsibilities**:

- Participate in business planning and ensure alignment of P&O delivery with business goals at the organization level and at the site. P&O lead establishes objectives and delivers P&O strategy for the attainment of the organization’s vision and objectives.
- Support managers and teams in business delivery through enhancing their capability to deliver the organization’s objectives, manage people, implement change and build relations with key stakeholders (internal/external). This includes people aspects of furthering the site P&O for Factory & CD strategy, particularly the training, learning and educational strategy.
- Maintains effective employee relations through regularly interacting with PEL on the production floor & CD channels, fostering rapport and trust with employees.
- Collaborates with the business for creation of a high-performance culture by implementing team and organizational design solutions, providing measurable performance indicators, and improvement plans.
- Deploy agile approach across functions with the help of colleagues / P&O Team to stay ahead of the curve & to ensure the ekaterra organization is Future Fit..
- As an employee advocate, the P&O BP plays an integral role in organizational success through knowledge and advocacy of people. Fostering effective methods of goal setting, communication and empowerment through responsibility, builds employee ownership of the organization the P&O BP helps establish the org culture and climate in which people have the competency, concern, and commitment to business success.
- Brings P&O insight through consultation skills to bear on all people related issues (people, capabilities, organizational leadership and culture)
- Ensures and facilitates P&O service delivery to the business
- Keep track of all legal implications, amendments that impact or can impact business in future thus mitigating any risk to business or people by creating an organization that is 100% compliant at any point. Advise/guide all SC & CD leadership team on legal/compliance matters, amendments and issue guidelines wherever required.
- Build & maintain network & liaise with key government authorities, local industrial associations and other external forums.
- Ensure on-time execution & governance around key P&O processes such as talent reviews, annual objective setting, development plans for all, annual / regular performance reviews etc.
- In line with BCP, identify people / ER risks with potential to