Opportunity

About the job

At Maersk we are embarking on an industry-defining transformation, on a bold new direction, expanding our capabilities to become a true end-to-end logistics provider that can deliver intelligent solutions for customers around the world. We are looking for a Senior HR Business Partner to play an integral role in realizing our ambition in becoming a World Class Logistics Integrator.

It’s a big moment for all of us – and we all have our part to play.

As a performance-oriented company, we strive to always recruit the best person for the job – regardless of gender, age, nationality, sexual orientation or religious beliefs.

We are proud of our diversity and see it as a genuine source of strength. In Maersk we make occupational safety and health our highest priority, and we try to ensure that our employees have a healthy work-life balance.

Opportunity

This new Senior HR Business Partner role will act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders, working to achieve substantial business results through elevated technological capabilities.

As an HR Business Partner for the L&S Organization, you will join our newly formed Technology & Products People Function team. You will also play an important role in driving the company’s Product People Strategy and Transformation deliverables.

As a trusted strategic partner to senior leaders, who are spearheading the global product expansion and transformation strategies, you will have a unique opportunity to strengthen our global business by ensuring the right people agenda. You will recruit, train, and challenge high-performing team leaders, utilising your strong grasp of employee relations across multiple countries, engagement, organisational development, change management, rewards and performance, talent management and leadership development.

Our transformation offers a unique opportunity to impact global trade.

Based out of Denmark in an international and inspiring environment with an attractive value proposition for our employees. As part of ensuring a successful work-life balance we promote flexible workhours and the possibility to work from home when convenient and hybrid work options.

You will be part of the global people function team, which will uniquely place you to work closely with diverse colleagues based in several locations around our global organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as a reliable, stimulating partner to senior leaders and support their strategic global agenda for achieving business results. Translating business strategies into people strategies and action plans: identifying and closing capability gaps, optimizing organisational structure for performance, - translating global strategies/projects into local plans to achieve high engagement
  
  
• Driving cultural change, change management and talent management in partnership with leaders to achieve organisational effectiveness: advising on long-term talent strategy and ensuring succession pipeline; fostering a culture of high performance
  
  
• Coaching and advising senior leaders: diagnosing people and business challenges and supporting leadership discussion around development, organization structure and design.
  
  
• Participate in global Product and HR initiatives and projects, ensuring that the people perspective and agenda are woven into our strategy.
  
  
• Act as an ambassador for our employees and commit to ensuring the delivery of an exceptional employee experience.
  
  

Who we are looking for

We are looking for an energetic, self-driven individual who thrives in fast-paced environments and is determined to achieve outstanding results across multiple countries. You will act as both an innovative leader and dependable team player, who enjoys building partnerships and serving as a role model embodying exceptional HR business values and practices.
The ideal candidate should have:
• A minimum of 6 years’ experience in a strategic HR position within a global matrix organization. You must have experience as a Global (not just country) HR Business Partner, utilizing a hefty HR toolbox to set and drive a strategic people agenda, preferably with a global and or regional scope. Experience within a diverse multi country business and complex matrix organization is preferred.

• Excellence in influencing senior stakeholders, conceptualising and shaping strategies, challenging perceptions and expanding points of view, while readjusting the people agenda into strategies and initiatives to ensure buy-in.

• Proactivity and collaboration to create a cohesive global community, as well as the cross-cultural awareness and respect necessary for thriving within an international working environment.

• Self-motivation, accountability and efficient execution, with proven capability to optimise processes and pragmatic problem-solving.

• Resilience and maturity in dealing with change/uncertainty and delivering results in challenging environments.

• A passion for developing and coaching others to grow talent for the organisation as a people leader.

- Some European and or international travel may be required but remote working and hybrid options are also available.