Overview

At Envu, we partner with our customers to design world-class, forward-thinking innovations that protect and enhance the health of environments around the world. We offer dedicated services in: Professional Pest Management, Forestry, Ornamentals, Golf, Industrial Vegetation Management, Lawn & Landscape, Mosquito Management, and Range & Pasture.

Envu brings together a broad range of perspectives to look beyond chemistry and dare to explore new paths forward. Guided by our inclusive culture, we embrace change and flexibility, tackling our customers’ toughest challenges proactively, passionately and with an entrepreneurial spirit.

We pursue our ambitions collaboratively because we know that a unified and empowered team is an unstoppable force, allowing us to achieve our vision of healthy environments for everyone, everywhere. Join Us.

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Function and Job Type

FUNCTION : People Culture and Communication

JOB TYPE : Permanent

CAREER LEVEL : 8

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As part of the People Team, the People Business Partner for Global Innovation and Germany acts as a trusted strategic advisor, driving employee engagement and experience through the design and implementation of impactful people solutions. In this capacity, the role strengthens organizational effectiveness, enhances leadership capability, and enables transformation in a dynamic, global environment.
The role combines a global functional scope, supporting the Global Innovation organization (approx. 170 FTE), with a regional scope for Germany (approx. 65 FTE), ensuring compliance with local regulations.

Your mission will be to

Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, translating business objectives into impactful people solutions that drive employee engagement, experience, and performance.
Build strong, trust-based relationships with leaders to anticipate needs and provide proactive, pragmatic guidance.
Drive the design and implementation of people solutions, including HR policies, processes, and initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities in a global, innovation-driven environment.
Lead and support organizational design, transformation, and change initiatives, ensuring effective execution and communication.
Design and continuously improve career frameworks (career paths, job architecture, job descriptions) aligned with business strategy.
Advise, coach, and challenge leaders on talent management, performance, and leadership development to strengthen organizational capability and employee experience.
Partner with Talent Acquisition and hiring managers to guide strategic workforce planning and key hiring decisions.
Lead the social dialogue in Germany with employee representatives, including regular engagement and negotiations.
Ensure compliance with local labor laws and internal policies in close collaboration with Legal.
Leverage HR data, metrics, and insights to support data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement.
Partner with People Operations and Payroll Teams on HR admin, payroll and benefits topics
Collaborate across the People Team and contribute to cross-functional and strategic initiatives as needed.

Key working relations

Internal : Global Innovation Leadership Team, Global Innovation and German employees, People Strategy and Solutions Team (including Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards), employee representatives / works councils

External : People Operations and Payroll teams (external party), Labor Authorities, External Legal Counsel and Jurisdictions

Are you ready for the role?

Main requirements:

Bachelor’s degree required, with at least 7 years of progressive HR experience in an international environment.
Strong ability to influence, coach, and challenge stakeholders, including senior leaders, without direct authority.
Proven track record as a trusted advisor in complex, fast-paced business environments.
Solid experience in employee relations in Germany and strong knowledge of German labor law and collective bargaining agreements (preferably in the chemical industry).
Ability to translate HR expertise into pragmatic, high-impact people solutions.
Experience in organizational design and transformation initiatives.
Strong understanding of HR processes, policies, and systems, with an analytical, data-driven mindset.
High level of autonomy, sound judgment, and decision-making capability in ambiguous environments.
Comfortable working in global and multicultural settings. Acts as a role model for company values and cultural behaviors.
Fluent in English; German native or equivalent required.
Willingness to travel internationally as required.

Envu is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and applicants, regardless of ethnicity, color, race, religion, origin, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other conditions. And all opportunities are open to people with disabilities.

By applying for this position, you agree that your personal data are going to be processed and recorded by Envu for recruitment purposes only. For candidates who are not selected for this position, personal data will be kept for a period of two years and then permanently deleted.

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