Sr Specialist HR Business Partner

Our company is a global health care leader with a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines and animal health products. The difference between potential and achievement lies in the spark that fuels innovation and inventiveness; this is the space where our company has codified its 130-year legacy. Our success is backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare.

We know that our people are the key to our success, which is why our Human Resources team works to attract, develop, retain and inspire our people so that they can learn, grow and make a true impact on the world. Together we collaborate to create a culturally rich, diverse organization ensuring we remain innovative and agile.

The development and implementation of an integrated Human Resources Strategy that ensures relevant results of our business and the reinforcement of our culture, values, behavior, polices and processes. Provide HR coaching and counseling support to the Managers and employees to enable them to be more effective in their positions. Anticipate and respond to changing business and human resources needs. Develop and implement HR agenda to support the business. Leverage HR practices to ensure right people in the right place for the business. Close partnership with HR functions and corelated areas that enable the needed deliverables to our results.

**Primary activities include, but are not limited to**:
Be the HR Partner for Commercial areas in Animal Health, with around 400 employees building a strong and strategic partnership with the leadership and teams;
Partnership with teams to identify key needs with respect to people, hiring, talent development, organization design, employee engagement and succession plans;
Responsible for providing HR guidance, acting as a broker for HR services working closely to COEs;
Participate as a member of HR communities in Latin America and all regions;
Act as champion for change, challenge and transform the businesses to ensure the Company meets its strategic priorities in attracting and retaining a highly talented and diverse workforce, ensuring a strong Culture based and leaders that walk the talk our values and purpose;
Collaborate with HR colleagues and local HRBP’s to develop plans for building greater employee engagement;
Be a member of local, regional and global projects;
Act according to HR strategic priorities and as protagonist toward to One HR alignments and being a role model on these initiatives.

**Skills, Knowledge, Experience & Qualifications required**:
Qualifications in Human Resources or Management;
HR experience in supporting strategic areas;
HR business partnering and COEs (nice to have) experience;
Strong communication skills - both oral (one to one and presentations) and written, including ability to constructively challenge clients and have courageous conversations;
Creative, Innovative and Growth mindset driven;
Strong results orientation - Demonstrated ability to deliver end to end projects within deadline;
Must be a self-starter and driven to achieve outcomes;
Partnering Skills - Proven experience with building effective relationships and establishing credibility quickly;
Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills;
Innovative and Growth Mindset driven;
Skilled and agile in working across different cultures;
A Brazilian-Portuguese speaker with strong English and ideally Spanish language proficiency;
Position based in São Paulo - SP.

Our Support Functions deliver services and make recommendations about ways to enhance our workplace and the culture of our organization. Our Support Functions include HR, Finance, Information Technology, Legal, Procurement, Administration, Facilities and Security.

Who we are

We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Kenilworth, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world.

What we look for

Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are among the intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today.

We are proud to be a company that embraces the value of bringing diverse, talented, and committed people together. The fastest way to breakthrough innovation is when diverse ideas come