As a Senior Business HR Manager at Medix Biochemica, you will play a pivotal role in supporting business growth and shaping our organizational culture. Your key responsibilities will include:

• BU HR role: supporting the growth of the business unit (‘s)
• Drive One Medix culture globally
• Drive global strategic HR projects and initiatives

As the HR Business Partner for Medix Biochemica BU(s) you will collaborate closely with the leader and management of the Business Unit to facilitate growth and ensure alignment of HR initiatives with business objectives, working in partnership with the HR team.
Champion One Medix culture globally, by

• developing strategies for and leading the internal communication, as well as external HR communication
• driving People and Culture integration, as per need, as part of our integration processes along with our M&As.
• promoting One Medix Company culture

Strategic HR Initiatives: Drive global HR projects and initiatives that align with evolving business priorities to foster a high-performance culture.


KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
1) Business HR for the IVD Business Unit:

• Act as the primary HR partner for the Business Unit, working closely with senior leadership to align HR strategies with business objectives.
• Coach Leaders to enhance their leadership capabilities and drive performance.
• Provide expert advice and support on a range of HR issues, including talent management, organizational design, resourcing, and succession planning.
• Drive the implementation of HR initiatives that support the growth and development of the Business Unit(s), ensuring that HR practices contribute to achieving business results.
• Monitor key HR metrics related to the Business Unit, such as employee turnover, engagement, and performance, and take action to address any issues.

2) HR Communication and Engagement:

• Lead and facilitate internal communication.
• Lead and facilitate external HR/People communication.
• Develop and execute a HR communication strategy that enhances employee understanding and engagement with Medix Biochemica’s mission, strategy, values, and HR initiatives.
• Drive initiatives that promote a unified company culture across all sites, ensuring that employees feel connected to the broader organization and its values.

3) People and Culture Integration: As per need, work closely with senior management and M&A Director, to develop and implement strategies that support the integration of people and culture following M&As
4) Drive global strategic HR projects and initiatives, to enhance our 5-year people road-map, and up-coming business priorities.
The role will require some international traveling.


KEY REQUIREMENTS

• Extensive experience in a senior HR role, emphasizing business partnership, employee engagement, and cultural integration.
• Proven track record in aligning HR strategies with business goals to drive results in dynamic, growing organizations, demonstrating accountability and a sense of ownership.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to inspire and engage employees at all levels by effectively communicating the ‘Why’ behind initiatives. Fluency in English.
• A strong can-do attitude, balancing hands-on execution with strategic oversight.
• In-depth knowledge of HR processes, including Compensation and Benefits, Recruitment and Onboarding, Performance Management, and Leadership Development, prioritizing customer-centric solutions.
• Strong business planning and management skills, with a proven ability to balance short and long-term growth while maintaining high integrity.
• Assertive interpersonal skills that foster positive relationships with diverse stakeholders, driving change and fostering agility and resilience across the organization.
• High integrity, reinforcing sustainable leadership practices.
• Analytical and decisive, with the ability to adapt and thrive in complex, changing environments while multitasking effectively.
• Ability to work independently with minimal direction and a capacity for rapid learning.
• Experience in fast-paced global organizations, with a history of leading change and inspiring others.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, with the capability to influence and provide leadership.
• Leads with an outside-in mindset, bringing context and inspiration to the team.

Interested? Please apply at the latest by 27 October 2024. Please note that the processing of applications can start already during the application period.
For more information on this position you can contact Chief People Officer Mariella Paroma, mariella.paroma@medixbiochemica.com


About Us
Medix Biochemica is a rapidly growing in vitro diagnostics (IVD) company with Finnish roots and global branches. We’ve got sites in Espoo, Finland; St. Louis, Miami and Westbrook USA; Shanghai, China; Besançon, France, and Konstanz, Germany with further expansion on the horizon. We develop, produce and supply high-quality IVD raw material products that enable our customers to deliver results to billions of patients. Across disciplines and disease areas, we’re always working to shorten our customers’ time to market and build quality into every one of their tests.
Recently, we’ve made some bold acquisitions to help us progress with our big ambitions – to be the first-choice raw material partner for the IVD industry. Today, we can provide our customers with the most comprehensive raw material portfolio in the IVD world, and a team made up of the best minds in the business. And we’d love for you to join us.
As well as our dedication to the IVD industry, we’re dedicated to making Medix Biochemica a great place to work. Our values guide the working practices of over 270 colleagues around the globe. We Care, We Dare, and We Deliver are values we work to uphold, every day!