IET Regional HR Partner - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Baker Hughes is the leading energy technology company, who delivers across the energy value chain through our market-leading business segments. We offer the broadest portfolio of technology solutions for energy and industry to improve productivity, reliability, and transform outcomes for the better.

Industrial & Energy Technology combines a broad array of domain expertise, technologies, and services to support industrial and energy customers with solutions that drive productivity and safety and that enable a reliable, efficient, net-zero energy system - from natural gas all the way through to hydrogen, CCUS, clean power, refinery and petrochemical, aerospace, automotive, and nuclear.

We conduct business in 120+ countries worldwide. A company of global scale with local know-how and commitment to service.

We work in partnership with our customers, wherever they are, to deliver better outcomes. We are proud that our people and our businesses are part of the fabric of the communities in which they work.

Our people are the trusted experts, relied on to solve customer challenges big and small. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent, and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Baker Hughes has a new opportunity for Regional IET HR Partner, to be based in Rio de Janeiro. This role reports into the Regional IET HR Leader for LATAM. The job holder is accountable for providing Human Resources employee support excellence within the Americas for IET businesses and collaborates with other Regional HR Teams, HR Centers of Excellence (Total Rewards, Talent Acquisition, Labor Relations, Service Delivery, Payroll, etc) as well as other non-HR functional teams as needed.

Partner with the best

As a Regional HR Partner, you will be responsible for:

• Labour and Employee Relations: Collaborate with Labour and Employee Relations Centre of Excellence (L&ER CoE) to successfully implement Labor & Employee Relations policies and framework for a geographic and business area. Adhere to advised L&ER strategy, guidelines, and execute day-to-day L&ER activities at the local level applying knowledge of current legal requirements to ensure regulatory compliance, including (but not limited to);
• Disciplinary/Grievances Actions: Receive employee complaints, arrange stakeholders for investigations, determine mitigation actions, and action together with the L&ER CoE.
• Performance Management Partnership; with clear goals and milestones, coach manager through delivering and administering the PIP, and progressing mediation actions if PIP unsuccessfully met. Collaborate with L&ER CoE as needed.
• RIF/ Restructuring/ M&A Exits: Provide guidance and expertise to managers seeking to terminate employment, advise on risk, create required documentation, facilitate legal reviews when needed, support management to execute termination, and ensure local notifications to government entities are completed. Collaborate with L&ER CoE as needed.
• Labour Point of Contact: Be a focal point for CBA liaison and provide negotiations input together with Business/Regional Leaders and guided by the L&ER CoE; Coordinate with TR as required and provide new CBA details to HR Delivery teams for contract amendment process; Site assessment owner on an as needed basis; Act as focal point for HR with external labor office inspection team, planned or unplanned inspection
• Talent and Operational Excellence: The role will focus on first class customer service as part of the Region (or Regional Product Line) Leadership Team and partner with the business to shape the people infrastructure and culture needed to attract, engage and retain the very best talent, including (but is not limited to);
• Regional IET HR partnership: Participate in, and be a key contributor at key management discussions and provide HR input for strategic business/regional projects, long-term planning and budgeting processes as well as the employee engagement initiatives on the ground; Provide input and guidance to the business on workforce planning and reorganizations inclusive M&A, restricting, bid process, scoping & planning; Provide regional guidance and perspective on employee movements i.e. promotions, salary changes and workforce planning; assist with execution of these activities to ensure timely pipelining of quality talent to meet business needs; Support any potential HR diligence and integration initiatives as part of overall transformation as well as other HR initiatives; Evolve HR programs and practices across the region including Project Management for business HR initiatives.
• COE partnership: Work alongside other Centres of Excellence to support Baker Hughes wide HR initiatives and projects such as Benefits platform rollout etc; Partner closely with other People teams such as Divisional People Partners, People Relations, Talent, People Services, People Movement (Recruitment) compensation and benefits and global mobility (immigration); Support the Global Talent Acquisition team drive the recruiting process to achieve headcount goals with highest quality hires.
• Human Capital &Technology partnership: Provide recommendations for regional HR policies in line with local legislations and collaboration with relevant COEs; Communicate to the relevant stakeholders should there be any change/ update in the existing policy; Identify the opportunity areas for Tier 0 expansion, create knowledge articles, update country HR manuals and support the relevant escalated Tier 2 cases within the pre-defined SLAs for your allocated regional/product line area; Provide guidance on solutions to business challenges that are not covered by policy today but require compliant and effective solutions that meet the needs of the business.

Fuel your passion

To be successful in this role you will:

• Have a bachelor's / Master’s degree from an accredited university or college or a high school diploma.
• Have a minimum of 2 years of experience as an HR Generalist within the LATAM region.
• Be able to balance between being 'hands on' and 'strategic'.
• Have hands on experience in HR Partnership within the LATAM region.
• Have previous experience handling Unions and Industrial Relations, at least 3 years.
• Be talent obsessed - passionate about bringing the best out of people and proven record of deploying talent strategies in support of business growth
• Manage multiple stakeholders, assertive by conviction and collaborative by nature with strong people skills.
• Have commercial acumen, analytical ability and use of data to provide key business insights.
• Lead projects / process improvement / policy formulation
• Have good communication skills, both verbal and written.
• Be client focus and have the ability to build good relationships and engage with business leaders
• Be experienced working in a matrix environment, with the agility to attend to multiple demands and shifting priorities, and deal with ambiguity and rapid change
• Demonstrate a good understanding of digital technology and the impact and opportunities that it creates to delivery excellence customer experience.
• Be able to influence others
• Have effective problem identification and solution skills.
• Have proven analytical and organizational ability.
• Willingness to travel
• Be fluent in English and Portuguese

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to coordinate several projects simultaneously.

Work in a way that works for you

We recognize that everyone is different and that the way in which people want to work and deliver at their best is different for everyone too. In this role, we can offer the following flexible working patterns:

• Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

Working with us

Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.

Working for you

Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace change with a package that reflects how much we value their input. Join us, and you can expect:

• Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
• Comprehensive private medical care options
• Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
• Tailored financial programs
• Additional elected or voluntary benefits

About Us

With operations in over 120 countries, we provide better solutions for our customers and richer opportunities for our people. As a leading partner to the energy industry, we're committed to achieving net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 and we're always looking for the right people to help us get there. People who are as passionate as we are about making energy safer, cleaner and more efficient.

Join Us

Are you seeking an opportunity to make a real difference in a company with a global reach and exciting services and clients? Come join us and grow with a team of people who will energize and inspire you!