HR Business Partner BUL Factory

ABOUT UNILEVER

With 3.4 billion people in over 190 countries using our products every day, Unilever is a business that makes a real impact on the world. Work on brands that are loved and improve the lives of our consumers and the communities around us. We are driven by our purpose: to make sustainable living commonplace, and it is our belief that doing business the right way drives superior performance. At the heart of what we do is our people – we believe that when our people work with purpose, we will create a better business and a better world.  
At Unilever, your career will be a unique journey, grounded in our inclusive, collaborative, and flexible working environment. We don’t believe in the ‘one size fits all’ approach and instead we will equip you with the tools you need to shape your own future.

JOB PURPOSE

This role accelerates the People agenda at the Factory by partnering with leaders and HR colleagues to implement effective people practices, ensuring our people live up to their potential and thrive at the workplace.
You’ll be part of a team that believes in doing work that matters — for people and the company.

WHAT WILL YOUR MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES BE
-    Partner the KSA Factory Manager and Supply Chain leadership to align workforce plans with operational and strategic priorities
-    Support organizational design initiatives and lead site-level structural and role changes
-    Lead change management initiatives related to reward changes and HR transformation projects
-    Lead performance management cycles, ensuring alignment in goal setting, continuous feedback, year-end evaluations, and calibration of performance ratings and bonus outcomes
-    Coach line managers and employees on Unilever behaviors, effective performance conversations, and development planning
-    Develop targeted learning and capability-building programs by conducting training needs assessments, career conversations, and skill gap analysis for operators and white-collar employees
-    Lead employee engagement and recognition initiatives to strengthen morale, performance, and retention
-    Manage talent reviews, identify high-potential employees, and support proactive succession planning for critical roles
-    Analyze HR metrics and people data to inform decisions related to headcount, retention, productivity, and Saudization targets
-    Partner with the Unilever Legal team to review, update, and implement KSA HR internal policies in line with legal and business requirements

WHAT YOU NEED TO SUCCEED

Experiences & Qualifications and Skills
•    Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related 
•    Minimum of 4-5 years of HR experience 
•    Proven experience in HRBP, preferably in FMCG or manufacturing 
•    Experience supporting large workforce populations and mass recruitment
•    Strategic breadth and systems thinking – you can think across functions and across time to anticipate change and prepare plans to help the business to grow long term
•    Culture development – you will have experience of creating appropriate culture and behaviour interventions that drive employee engagement, retention and performance
•    Internal and External influencing – you will be comfortable with working with teams with differing priorities internally to bring them in to support change, 
•    Experience of building relationships with government, education and other institutional bodies.

Leadership
•    You are energized by delivering fantastic results. You are an example to others – both your results and your resilience. You are constantly on the lookout for better ways to do things, engaging and collaborating with others along the way.
•    As an individual you are the one responsible for your own wellbeing and delivering high standards of work. You must also focus on the Consumer and what they need. You are humble and have your head up, looking around to interpret evidence and data smartly, spot issues and opportunities to make things better.

•    Critical SOL (Standards of Leadership) Behaviors
o    PASSION FOR HIGH PERFORMANCE: Takes personal responsibility and accountability for execution and results. Has an owner’s mindset, using data and insight to make decisions.
o    PERSONAL MASTERY: Sets high standards for themselves. Actively builds own wellbeing and resilience.
o    CONSUMER LOVE: Whatever their role, always looks for better ways to serve consumers. Invests time inside and outside to understand the needs of consumers.
o    PURPOSE & SERVICE: Has humility, understanding that leadership is service to others, inside and outside Unilever.
o    AGILITY: Explores the world around them, continually learning and developing their skills.

Unilever embraces diversity and encourages applicants from all walks of life! This means giving full and fair consideration to all applicants and continuing development of all employees regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, marriage and civil partnership, and pregnancy and maternity.  

Unilever is an organisation committed to equity, inclusion and diversity to drive our business results and create a better future, every day, for our diverse employees, global consumers, partners, and communities. We believe a diverse workforce allows us to match our growth ambitions and drive inclusion across the business. At Unilever we are interested in every individual bringing their ‘Whole Self’ to work and this includes you! Thus if you require any support or access requirements, we encourage you to advise us at the time of your application so that we can support you through your recruitment journey.