Regional HR Manager

Job description / Role

- Provide full scope Generalist HR support to Honeywell business in the Middle East.
- Demonstrate working knowledge of industry, competitors and customers
- Possess knowledge of internal customer's business/client base
- Understand HR implications of daily business decisions and associated employee communication needs
- Build trusting relationships with key business customers
- Can set client expectations on appropriate HR services
- Partner with managers to effectively assess and identify human resource requirements, essential skill set and resource planning
- Identify situations in which organization development intervention can solve problems and improve organizations
- Understand change management basics and be able to advise leaders on their application
- Understand the business culture and employee mindset
- Proficiency with and use of HR technology tools
- Understand importance of HR data quality, know HR data standards, lead with data and enforce standards in day-to-day activities
- Support recruitment process and ensure that selection practices are fair and consistently reveal candidates with the greatest potential
- Manage performance management process and support line managers in driving performance culture
- Participate in Management Resource Review (MRR) process by advising on assessment of talent and succession planning
- Support HGR initiatives
- Coach employees on job assignments, formal education and learning to further their professional development
- Thorough understanding and application of compensation and benefits principles, concepts, practices, and standards
- Participate in and/or support country and/or regional HR projects as required
- Drive and help deploy positive employee relations
- Drive compliance and the Honeywell Business Code of Conduct

Requirements

- HR Degree minimum (Master's/MBA/MBL preferred) with a concentration in the areas of business, labour relations, organizational development and strategic HR disciplines
- Minimum of 10+ years progressive professional HR experience
- 5 years + HR Business Partner experience gained within a Global Multinational Company
- 3 years + experience gained within product/engineered solutions business
- 2 years + HR leadership experience gained within the UAE
- Demonstrable experience in partnering with Senior Stakeholders and delivering Change Management Solutions
- Demonstrated ability to operate across different countries and build relationship with internal and external customers from different cultural backgrounds
- A strong bias for action, a keen sense of urgency and the ability to drive results in a highly matrixed organizational environment
- A demonstrated ability to positively influence others and an ability to develop good relationships with Directors and other leadership team members
- Ability to deal forcefully, tactfully and confidently with internal and external clients across multiple countries and cultures
- Pro-actively set up strategies with solid knowledge of, and experience in, EMEA employment laws and regulations
- Self motivation and strong interpersonal/communication/influential skills with an emphasis on relationship / team / partnership building complete the profile
- As the position offers excellent opportunities for further promotion, occasional international travel will form part of the role
- Strong communication skills and ability to promote and develop trust with all levels of employees
- Decisive and assertive with the ability to be provide flexible, creative solutions in a complex environment
- English fluency as a must and minimum one additional regional language

About the Company

Honeywell (NYSE: HON) is a Fortune 100 company that invents and manufactures technologies to address tough challenges linked to global megatrends such as safety, security, and energy. With approximately 122,000 employees worldwide, including 19,000 engineers and scientists, we have an unrelenting focus on quality, delivery, value, and technology in everything we make and do.