HR Business Partner Vienna & AT/CH Sales (m/w/d)

Job Description

Would you like to make a difference to the environment? Do you want to work for a global and ethical company? Join us and help us provide energy-efficient solutions that make a real impact. We make what matters work.

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) is responsible for providing Human Resources leadership and support to all Vienna based organizations (Division and Country Sales Organization) as well as the Swiss Country Sales Organization in a wide range of functional areas of human resources including but not limited to HR strategy, organizational development and organizational change management, employee and/or labour relations, compensation and benefits, recruitment and employment as well as HR projects. As a member of the Business leadership teams, the HRBP helps to establish goals and strategic plan, particularly as related to human capital needs. He/she will promote actions to reinforce employee engagement. In order to drive the HR agenda and ensure execution of the HR strategy the incumbent leads the HR function in Vienna, Austria and Effretikon, Switzerland.

Your main responsibilities

• Acts as business partner, strategic solution provider, advisor and counsellor for the business leadership team. Understands and contributes to the business strategies and identifies opportunities to improve organizational capability. Acts as a role model and sponsor for Eaton Values and Philosophy. Supports Employee Relations activities by working with management and employee representative bodies (e.g. works councils and unions) to facilitate achievement of established business objectives.
• Champions organization change to facilitate alignment of human capital plans to the Business' strategic plan. Guides and accompanies the business in organizational development in order to improve integration, collaboration and communication. Drives culture change to align the organization with the strategy. Leads the people aspects of the Playing to Win, Digital Transformation and Future Ready strategies for the supported business. Creates a positive employee relations culture.
• Builds organizational capability to meet the current and future needs of the business; utilize data including OCA (Organizational Capability Assessment) to assess and address functional talent development needs, including succession planning, talent acquisition, organization design, diversity, retention and tracking of OCA actions. Supports the leadership in the establishment and maintenance of an effective talent management and succession planning process.
• Works closely with the business leaders and teams to advance functional excellence (culture, employee engagement, Reset/Refocus); develops and supports functional learning resources; develops training plans and delivers trainings as required; advises on functional competencies, developmental tools, methodologies, standardized job descriptions, functional colleges and other learning practices.
• Manages operational Compensation and Benefits processes in alignment with the C&B team.
• Partners with the Business Line HRBP and with the Sales Cluster HRM to drive local implementation of the HR strategy within the supported business.
• Acts as a key interface to the central HR services organization and ensures efficient utilization of the HR Service model for the supported business.
• Ensures compliance of audit-proof HR processes. Supports internal and external process audits.
• Leads the HR function in Vienna to ensure diligent execution of the HR agenda and employment actions in line with local laws, requirements and corporate guidelines.

Are you?

• Bachelor Degree in Human Resources or related subject required (MBA preferred)
• Strong Human Resources Professional experience in a progressive multinational company
• Profound knowledge and experience of change management process implementation
• Experience in driving organizational and cultural changes in a complex environment
• Experience in partnering with senior leadership to successfully implement the HR agenda and drive key organization initiatives on a multi-site scale.
• Substantial employee relations experience, change management, facilitation skills, HR legal guidelines, leadership development.
• Experience in participating in and supporting of HR process audits (internally and externally)
• Knowledge of HR practices/policies
• Fluent in German and English
• High level of social competence and sense of responsibility, strong teamwork, solution-oriented and independent working methods, a high degree of initiative as well as a willingness and interest to engage in a committed team
• Experienced with matrix structures in multinational corporations

Then we want to hear about you!

What Eaton Offers

• A highly engaged, motivated and innovative team of engineers
• Cross-cultural working environment
• Flexible work time
• Varied and exciting challenges
• Inclusion & Diversity - Openness to diversity widens our access to the best talent. Inclusion allows us to engage that talent fully
• Great promotional opportunities – We encourage internal promotion, whenever possible
• Learning & Development - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities

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What you will get from us

Eaton’s mission is to improve the quality of life and the environment through the use of power management technologies and services. We provide sustainable solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power – more safely, more efficiently and more reliably. Making what matters work at Eaton takes the passion of every employee around the world. We create an environment where creativity, invention and discovery become reality, each day. It’s where bold, bright professionals like you can reach your full potential—and where you can help us reach ours. Eaton’s 2020 revenues were $17.9 billion, and we sell products to customers in more than 175 countries. We have approximately 85,000 employees.

We make work exciting, engaging and meaningful for our employees through our dedication to tackling some of the toughest power management challenges on the planet and by never losing sight of what matters. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We pledge to always foster a diverse and inclusive environment, including inclusion resource groups that bring together employees who share a common purpose, interest or background. In the past year, our company has received top employment recognition by the Human Rights Campaign and almost fifty percent of our Board of Directors represented diverse groups. When we embrace the different ideas, perspectives and backgrounds that make each of us unique, we — as individuals and as a company — are stronger.

We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the recent announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. We are ethical, passionate, accountable, efficient, transparent and committed to learning. We are confident we can deliver on our promise to improve the quality of life and the environment because of the attributes that our employees embody.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.

Job: Human Resources

Region: Europe, Middle East, Africa
Organization: ES EMEA PMCC GEN Gen

Job Level: Manager
Schedule: Full-time
Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: Yes – Hybrid
Does this position offer relocation?: Relocation from within hiring region only
Travel: No