HR Business Partner

**HR Business Partner - Plant HR**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
This position will wok within an ABB manufacturing site in Contagem-MG as the HR primary point of contact for business leaders and site workers regarding all HR topics with the support of CoE and HR Services teams. As a core member of the Business Management Teams in the ABB Electrification (Smart Buildings division), the HRBP is accountable for the overall HR contribution and value-add to the business, translating business goals into HR priorities and ensuring effective implementation in partnership with the appropriate Centers of Expertise (CoE) and HR Services areas.

**This position reports to**:
Industrial manager

**Your responsibilities**:

- Understands the Business drivers, the current and long-term strategy and identifies opportunities for
- HR to add value to the Business.
- Sets and implement HR priorities in the organization in line with the global people strategy, covering culture, people, and organization utilizing the existing HR solution portfolio or ensuring to provide new solutions where appropriate.
- Ensures people and organizational capabilities required in the mid-long term are understood and actioned and the business positions in the short term are adequately staffed to meet or exceed the annual business targets. Where appropriate is directly involved in the recruitment of peer level positions.
- Implements the operating model and optimize organization structures and principles in line with group and global rules and standards, including the ABB Job Structure.
- Develops high performing teams, including organization restructuring, optimal utilization, redeployment and right-sizing of people resources.
- Builds performance culture in the organization by implementing performance standards, KPIs, and targets to enhance business performance identifying performance issues and taking actions to address them.
- Implements learning and development activities to build and improve competence in collaboration with CoE and HR Services ensuring competence development actions supporting the business strategy are in place.
- Drives and executes all talent processes with Business Leaders e.g. identification and succession planning on business-critical positions, diversity and inclusion and owns the talent outcomes.
- Defines competitiveness position and compensation elements based on business need and in line with group and global strategy and policy.
- Monitors and controls personnel cost development in the business and take corrective actions when needed.
- Applies in-depth Business knowledge to support and coach Managers implementing necessary measures and actions to facilitate change, including communication, reorganization, performance management, motivation, recognition.
- Provides support and governance to the business, ensuring business plans align with overall HR direction, policy and the Business Strategies.

**Your background**:

- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Economics, Psychology, or related fields is required.
- Degree in Human Resources Management or equivalent is desirable.
- Fluent Portuguese and advanced/conversational English is required.
- Previous experience working as “plant HR” in manufacturing sites is required.
- Ability to work, influence and connect with people from the shopfloor to the global top management is a valuable skill for this position.
- Experience and/or certification in coaching is desirable.

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