Head of People & Organisation

About Flora Food Group

We offer consumers a compelling choice in four growing categories: butters and spreads, creams, liquids and cheeses. We hold leadership positions in many of the 100 countries we operate in, with iconic brands including Flora, Becel+ProActiv, Blue Band, Country Crock, I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, Rama, and Violife, together with our local brands and Professional business.

Global branded food champion Flora Food Group, offers the next generation of delicious, natural, nutritious food. Our products are more affordable and more sustainable than their dairy equivalents.

As our Head of People and Organisation DACHIT you will act as a strategic business partner to the DACHIT Leadership Team, shaping and driving the People & Organisation (P&O) agenda across Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Location: Hamburg

Hybrid

About the position

You ensure strong alignment with the global P&O strategy, translating this into clear local priorities, operational plans and measurable objectives. As our Head of P&O DACHIT you are accountable for the effective delivery and execution of these plans, enabling business performance and organisational effectiveness across the DACHIT markets.

Key Responsibilities:

• Act as the strategic P&O business partner to the DACHIT General Manager and Leadership Team, delivering global P&O strategy locally to drive business performance and cultivate a strong, high performing company culture at all levels in the organisation.
• Lead organisation design and workforce planning aligned to business strategy.
• Drive talent management, succession planning, and development of A-Player talent.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to address capability gaps, deliver recruitment priorities, and strengthen employer branding.
• Own local reward and benefits strategy, ensuring alignment with global frameworks and local legislation.
• Champion an 'Always On' performance culture and lead the annual performance and reward review processes.
• Lead organisational change initiatives, ensuring clear communication and minimal business disruption.
• Foster a positive employee relations climate, including leading Works Council interactions and driving effective consultation and negotiation processes
• Ensure engagement and compliance. Works council management and negotiation.
• Lead and develop the local P&O team to ensure operational excellence and an engaging employee experience across the organisation."
• Use people analytics to inform decisions and ensure data accuracy and insight.
• Build leadership and line manager capability to support continuous development and performance.
• Collaborate with global P&O, Reward, and Talent teams to shape and implement effective global and local solutions.
• Ensure strong governance, including budget ownership, policy guidance, union engagement, legal compliance, and business continuity planning.

So, what does it take to be successful in this role?

• Extensive P&O generalist experience partnering with leadership teams, underpinned by strong business acumen.
• Proven ability to build trusted, collaborative relationships and influence leaders.
• Broad expertise across employee relations, employment law, talent, reward, performance, workforce planning, and development.
• Experience ideally gained in a fastmoving, complex environment, including a factory footprint and customer facing salesforce.
• Strong analytical capability to translate business needs into effective P&O strategies and solutions.
• Strong change management and transformation capability.
• Clear, confident communicator with sound judgement in complex and sensitive situations.
• Highly organised, resilient, and effective in fastpaced, changing environments.

What's next

If this position sounds interesting, please hit the apply button now! If you have additional questions, you can send me, Bianca Eder, Global Head of TA, a WhatsApp message on +31 6466 12829. The deadline to apply is the 13th of February 2026 . The first interview will be with me and take place on the 16th and 17th of February 2026.

We understand your resume might not be up to date and recommend that you apply with what you have or your LinkedIn Profile. Flora Food Group is dedicated to building an inclusive and diverse workplace, we understand that you might not meet all the requirements stated in the description, but we encourage you to apply anyway. You might be the right candidate for this role or other roles. 

Flora Food Group is an employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace and equal opportunities for all. We recruit based only on values, qualifications, performance, skills, behaviours, experience, and knowledge. We ensure job advertisements are free from unintentional bias.

No personal characteristics should be a barrier to joining Flora Food Group. We prohibit discrimination and harassment based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or other personal characteristics.