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. We’re driven by our vision of ‘Food and Companionship Enriching Life’ and our approach to sustainability – the Elanco Healthy Purpose™ – to advance the health of animals, people, the planet and our enterprise.
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!
Role
This is a pivotal role within a complex global matrix structure, reporting to both the VP Manufacturing and VP of HR. The focus will be on stabilising the workforce, fostering engagement, and embedding Elanco’s people strategy while navigating the complexities of a unionised, blue-collar, shift-pattern workforce.
Key areas of responsibility include
- Cultural & Organisational Integration: Supporting the reintegration of the site into Elanco’s global HR framework, ensuring alignment of policies, procedures, and benefits.
- Employee Engagement & Development: Leading initiatives that enhance the
employee experience, leveraging wider Elanco resources for talent development.
- Union & Stakeholder Relations: Building meaningful relationships with Unite and Usdaw, managing negotiations effectively, and ensuring a collaborative approach.
- HR Service Transformation: Transitioning HR services to Elanco’s global service centres, alongside a new HRIS (migrating from ADP to Workday) integration.
- Performance & Cost Management: Driving efficiencies through multiskilling programs, optimising workforce costs while maintaining engagement and productivity.
- Strategic HR Leadership: Balancing pastoral care with a structured approach to workforce management, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
Ideal Candidate Profile
We are seeking a strategic, agile, and data-driven HR leader with a proven track record in unionised manufacturing environments. The ability to challenge the status quo, influence senior stakeholders, and operate within a global matrix structure is essential.
Key Attributes:
- Gravitas and strong stakeholder management skills
- Directive yet empathetic leadership style
- Strong analytical and data insight capabilities
- Experience of navigating global matrix structures
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
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What We Do
At Elanco, we work to improve the health of animals through innovative products and services for pets and farm animals around the world. As a global animal health company, we provide solutions that empower our customers to advance a vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life. Since 1954, Elanco has committed to empowering veterinarians, farmers, and all those who care for animals with the tools they need to help animals live healthy lives.
Healthier animals are the key to making our lives better - This is the fundamental belief uniting all global Elanco employees. That’s why we are committed to the idea that our business can be a unique force for good for all in society.
Through our Elanco Healthy Purpose™ framework of Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) commitments, we focus on delivering sustainable solutions to advance the well-being of animals, people and the planet. This program also enables our employees around the world to take paid time off to make an impact as a volunteer, offering their time or talent to give back to our customers, causes and communities. #ElancoHealthyPurpose #WeAreElanco
