Want to join Jotun's Global HR Team?

SUMMARY OF THE ROLE

Jotun is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of paints and coatings, protecting and beautifying property across the Decorative Paints, Marine Coatings, Protective Coatings and Powder Coatings segments. Established in Sandefjord, Norway, in 1926, Jotun has grown into a truly global organization with operations in more than 100 countries. Our long-term perspective and strong culture—built on the values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness—guide how we work with our customers, colleagues and communities.
To support Jotun’s continued international growth, we are strengthening our Global HR team. This role will add capacity and expertise to develop and implement consistent, scalable and effective HR processes, policies and standards across the Group. The position will also help strengthen leadership support, improve collaboration between Group, regional and local HR teams, and accelerate the responsible use of digital and AI-enabled solutions in HR.

Do you want to be part of shaping the future of HR in a global organization? We are looking for a proactive and structured member to join our team.

As a Group HR Advisor, you will play an important role in our team’s mission of supporting the development, implementation and continuous improvement of global HR processes, policies and standards. You will contribute to strengthening leadership support and driving HR projects.

Working closely with HR colleagues across Group, Regions and local companies, you will help ensure efficient, compliant and scalable HR services that support Jotun's continued growth. The position reports to Group HR Director in Jotun and workplace is at the Head office in Sandefjord

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute activities related to leadership and organizational support and development.
• Enhance leadership tools to support effective application of management in practical settings.
• Manage, coordinate, and follow up on HR projects and strategic initiatives.
• Prepare and deliver presentations, analyses, and communication materials for HR leadership and global stakeholders.
• Provide professional guidance and operational support to HR colleagues across the organization.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR AND WHAT WE OFFER

Qualifications

• Higher education in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology or any related field.
• Operational hands-on HR Experience is essential.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Experience from Strategic HR, working in a cross-cultural and international environment is preferable.
• Experience from several different topics of HR is an advantage.
• Experience with AI-enabled tools will be considered an advantage.

Personal qualities

We believe you are:

• Team and service-oriented with a passion for helping people and organizations succeed.
• Curious and eager to learn.
• Able to form relationships and network cross organizational hierarchies.
• Able to manage a high workload, balance multiple priorities, and consistently deliver high-quality results.
• Confident navigating both operational and strategic HR matters.
• Able to balance attention to detail with a broader business perspective.
• Digitally proficient, with strong HR systems and AI capabilities.

We offer

You will have the opportunity to contribute to impactful global initiatives, work with colleagues across the world, and help shape the future of HR in a company built on strong values, long-term thinking, and continuous improvement.

You will join a team of professionals where we focus on personal and professional growth, collaboration and involvement with opportunities to contribute to several high/impact HR initiatives across the globe.

For internal candidates, this is a permanent position, and localization support could be applicable.

POSITION INFORMATION
 

Company:

Jotun A/S

Contract type:

Regular

Time Type:

Full time

CLOSING DATE (dd.mm.yyyy):

30.08.2026

WHO WE ARE

Jotun has protected property for almost a century – from iconic buildings to beautiful homes. ​As one of the world's leading paints and coatings manufacturers, we combine high quality with creativity and innovations.

Jotun's global headquarters is located in Sandefjord, Norway. Here, Jotun Norway has 1000 employees working in state-of-the-art facilities covering services from local factory operations at Vindal to global product development in our new research and development centre at Sandefjord, one of Northern Europe's largest privately owned R&D centres. The administration centre for Europe and Central Asia is located in Sandefjord, together with our local Norwegian operations.

We provide various career opportunities in finance and administration, IT, sales and marketing, supply chain, engineering, technical, and research and development.

Jotun is committed to an ambitious growth strategy. We believe that the real value in our companies is our employees, both as individuals and as teams. We focus on providing our employees with meaningful and challenging work, rewarding them through continued learning and development driven by our values of Loyalty, Care, Respect and Boldness.

Visit our Career Page to learn more about life at Jotun.

Jotun’s company culture welcomes and values differences in people. Our more than 10,200 employees on all continents represent 90 nationalities, four generations and a diversity of professions, genders, abilities, ethnicities, beliefs, cultures, etc. We are committed to representing the societies we operate in, promoting equality, equity and zero-tolerance for discrimination.

If you are applying for a position and require additional support in the interview process, please let us know how we can accommodate this.  

If you think this role is what you could do next, apply now!