Senior HR Business Partner – EBS, Poland

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets. At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

Your Role: Senior HR Business Partner, EBS

As Senior HR Business Partner, EBS, you will lead the full spectrum of HR Business Partner support for Elanco Business Solutions (EBS) in Warsaw, Poland. In this role, you’ll strategically partner with the Elanco Business Solutions (EBS) leadership team to drive HR initiatives that foster a high-performance culture, enable talent development, and ensure effective workforce planning, ultimately contributing to the achievement of EBS's strategic objectives.

Your Responsibilities: 

• Know the Business

  • Is a key member of the business leadership team that understands and contributes insight into business strategy beyond HR functional expertise

  • Challenges business leaders to provide the organization goals and objectives that will stretch the team while balancing risks

  • Proactively identifies business challenges and opportunities, translating them into actionable HR strategies and solutions

• Enable the Workforce Strategy

  • Collaborate with business leaders and Talent Acquisition team to develop robust talent acquisition strategies, ensuring focus on capabilities needed in the organization

  • Provide strategies to help ensure that the workforce is engaged, motivated, and appropriately rewarded to achieve both long- and short-term business objectives

  • Drive talent management initiatives, including performance management cycles, succession planning, and career development frameworks, to nurture and retain key talents

  • Develop and implement employee engagement strategies and initiatives to foster a positive and productive work environment

• Bring HR Competence

  • Provide operational advice, consultation, and coaching to the senior leaders on critical organization and talent-related issues

  • Manage the local HR team reporting directly into this role

  • Oversee and ensure the efficient execution of core HR processes, including performance reviews, annual salary planning, and HR data management, leveraging HRIS (e.g., Workday) for accuracy and compliance

  • Utilize HR metrics and analytics to identify trends, inform decision-making, and measure the effectiveness of HR programs and initiatives

  • Manage and continuously improve the new joiner onboarding experience, ensuring a smooth and effective integration into Elanco and EBS culture

  • Lead and support change management initiatives, guiding leaders and employees through organizational transitions and ensuring successful adoption of new processes or structures

• Employee relations

  • Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues, including investigations, disciplinary actions, and grievances, ensuring fair and consistent application of company policies and compliance with Polish labor law

  • Provide guidance and support to managers and employees on HR policies, procedures, and employment law matters

• Balance the Needs of Leadership, Employees, and the Company

  • Enables high quality informed decisions by advocating, in a balanced way, the needs and priorities of the Company, the Management and the Employee.

  • Maintains objectivity in order to provide business leaders with different perspectives

  • Ensure HR practices and policies are in full compliance with local labor laws and regulations (specifically Polish Labour Code) and Elanco's global standards

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• Bachelor’s Degree

• A minimum of 5 years of HR BP experience, preferably in multinational organizations

• Workforce Management Expertise – Talent Management, Leadership Development, Staffing, Engagement, Coaching

• Proven track record of HR Business Partnership experience

• Fluent in English and Polish (mandatory)

• Team leadership experience

• Understanding of the Polish market and SSC/GBS environment

• Very good knowledge of Polish Labour Code

• Experience in global organizations

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Master’s degree

• Experience with Workday system

• Outstanding communications and interpersonal skills

• Strong project management skills with the ability to lead and execute HR initiatives from conception to completion

Additional Information:

Travel: approx. 10%

Location: Warsaw, Poland.

We offer:

• Career at one of the leading global animal healthcare companies.

• Office located in the center of Warsaw (Rondo Daszynskiego).

• Extra days off.

• Flexible working hours.

• Sports cards (Multisport), private medical care, life insurance.

• Animal-Friendly office.

• Theatre tickets discounts.

• Language learning platform.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrecognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status