HR Specialist

The HR Specialist supporting the CooperVision Brazil, Chile and Colombia provides a professional level of HR service partnership to current and prospective employees. Under general supervision, this position will be responsible for ongoing recruitment, onboarding, employee development, and communication activities.

CooperVision is a global leader in the contact lens industry, dedicated to helping improve the way people see every day. Achieving that goal takes the collaboration of team members with wide-ranging skills; from scientists and researchers, to manufacturing and operations experts, to sales and marketing professionals.

At CooperVision, our effort to improve lives begins with our employees. We are committed to developing people as a key global differentiator and our most important asset. We empower employees to succeed, rewarding great thinking and hard work with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and with a special focus on wellness. Our commitment to our core values and a diverse, inclusive, employee-centric culture fuel a deeply engaged, high performing organization.

CooperVision employees pride themselves on being proactive, innovative, flexible and friendly. That’s a strong reflection of our corporate culture—and part of the reason CooperVision may be a great workplace for you.
- Demonstrated experience exhibiting strategic leadership skills.
- Ability to build and maintain strong business partnerships and working relationships across functions, levels, and locations.
- Strong analytical skills, insights and the ability to use results to build business cases and the ability to effectively communicate those to the client group.
- Advanced project management skills
- Excellent oral, written, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Experience working with empowered/self-directed work team.
- Ability to deal with uncertainty and ambiguity
- Strong change management and organizational development skills
- Strong business acumen
- Fluent in English. Spanish desirable
- 4+ years of progressive experience in Human Resources management supporting a global organization.
- HR Generalist expertise: Compensation & Benefits, employee relations/Labor law, organizational and employee development, recruitment and selection and HR systems.
- Some working experience in the pharmaceutical or biopharmaceutical industry (Desirable)
- Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field
- Degree in HR competencies: Coaching, Human Capital Development, Talent Management, Change Management
- Design and lead the HR strategy in business partnership with the Sr. HR LATAM Manager, to support Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Recognition, Engagement, Organizational Design, Workforce Planning, and other HR-related competencies.
- Ensure alignment to regional and global HR strategies, as well as to local and federal regulatory requirements.
- Executes on the delivery of HR programs and services with partnership from our internal HR Centers of Expertise (Talent Management, Total Rewards, HR Technology) and corporate areas (ERG’s, My Wellness, One Cooper Communications)
- Drive culture of positive engagement facilitating our employee survey, track results, give follow up to action plans and communicate and bring to life One Cooper best practices in the region.
- Implement compensation and benefits programs that support business objectives in accordance to corporate guidance and ensures that they are competitive and equitable, and are maintained to be accurate and current.
- Partner with the Sr. HR LATAM Manager to develop a strong talent strategy aligned with the business strategy
- Guide people strategy tracking HR metrics in Brazil to improve decisions on workforce diversity, employee retention and talent acquisition.
- Manage HR budget and ensure budget follow-up along the fiscal year working with Finance and Brazil General Manager
- Provide team guidance and leadership to People Managers. Initiate & manage individual and team coaching for development.
- Occasionally help to implement some HR programs and services in the region.

CooperVision is a global leader in the contact lens industry, dedicated to helping improve the way people see every day. Achieving that goal takes the collaboration of team members with wide-ranging skills; from scientists and researchers, to manufacturing and operations experts, to sales and marketing professionals.

At CooperVision, our effort to improve lives begins with our employees. We are committed to developing people as a key global differentiator and our most important asset. We empower employees to succeed, rewarding great thinking and hard work with competitive pay, comprehensive benefits, and with a special focus on wellness. Our commitment to our core values and a diverse, inclusive, employee-centric culture fuel a deeply engaged, high performing organization.

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