Head of People & Culture Romania
The aim of this role is to establish and maintain a sustainable working environment that enables people to learn and grow in their functions.
As the Head of P&C Romania, you will lead the local support team of P&C specialists and the P&C operations department, while overseeing all P&C-related topics, including legislation, recruitment, talent management, people development, employee relations, P&C analytics and reporting, process improvement, and employer branding.
You will define strategies, procedures and methodological guidelines for P&C operations, ensure their implementation, and monitor their execution for SIG Combibloc Services SRL.
This is a senior leadership role with significant impact, requiring a broad understanding of HR management, strong leadership capabilities, and advanced problem-solving and analytical skills.
- Lead and develop the local P&C team and operations department, ensuring high-quality HR services and acting as a trusted partner for management, employees and business partners.
- Ensure compliance with labor laws, internal policies, and audit requirements, while maintaining a fair and inclusive workplace.
- Lead recruitment and employer branding strategies tailored to the Cluj market, including senior and critical hiring.
- Oversee talent and performance management, compensation and benefits processes, ensuring alignment with business needs and market practices.
- Partner with management to design and implement training programs and career development initiatives.
- Oversee workforce planning and labor cost budgeting together with BSC management.
- Strengthen collaboration with internal stakeholders and manage external providers (recruitment, payroll, consultancy, training).
- Drive local digital HR transformation, improving local HR systems, process automation, and data-driven decision-making.
- Further develop employee engagement and company culture, creating a workplace where people can grow, perform , and feel valued.
- Contribute to the strategic development of the Business Service Center.
- Degree in Business Administration (with HR specialization) or Psychology (with personnel & organizational development) or comparable.
- 6–10 years in HR leadership positions, managing teams or multiple functions, HR management / HR business partner roles.
- Comprehensive HR knowledge, with understanding across related disciplines.
- Leadership and people development.
- Communication and stakeholder management.
- Change and transformation management.
- Operational excellence and compliance.
- Employee engagement and talent development.
- English – competent user.
- MS Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, OneNote) – competent user.
We are looking for people who are willing to consistently achieve results, even under tough circumstances, employees who create a climate where everyone is motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives. If you actively seek new ways to grow and be challenged, if you develop people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals, SIG is the place for you. To deliver better for our customers, our future colleagues build strong customer relationships and deliver customer-centric solutions. Finally, we are looking for colleagues who build partnerships and work collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. Are you someone who applies knowledge of business and the marketplace to advance the organization’s goals? Are you someone who can create new and better ways for the organization to be successful? If the answer is ‘yes’, come and join us.
SIG is the place for you to build something incredible. We offer competitive compensation and an opportunity to partially work from home. If you join us, you will be part of a globally successful international company, which is leading its industry in sustainability, technology, and more. We think of ourselves as the career launchpad - a place to develop yourself fast with real work, real experience, real opportunities to build skills. You will be part of a highly motivated and dynamic team, you will have personal development opportunities, trainings and coaching opportunities from senior team members. If you show skill and willingness to learn, we'll back you all the way.
SIG is a leading provider of packaging systems and solutions for better. We work in partnership with our customers to bring food products to consumers around the world in a safe, sustainable, and affordable way. We are the only packaging system supplier covering carton, pouch, and bag-in-box. Our versatile technology and product innovation capacity enable us to deliver better for customers, for consumers, and for the world. Sustainability guides us, technology empowers us, but it’s the passion and drive of our people that truly enable us to deliver better. Founded in 1853, SIG is headquartered in Neuhausen, Switzerland, and listed at the SIX Swiss Exchange.
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