Are you an experienced HR leader looking for your next international challenge?
As Regional Head of TLC, you will be responsible for leading the Talent, Leadership and Culture function across the East region, encompassing Poland, Czech Republic, Slovenia, Ukraine and Baltics. The role combines regional leadership responsibility with serving as the local HR Manager for Poland.
In this role, you will provide strategic direction, guidance and support across the region, ensuring alignment between local business needs and global TLC priorities. Acting as a key link between country HR and Health & Safety teams, local employees and the global TLC organisation, you will drive people-related initiatives and help create a consistent and engaging employee experience across all countries in the region.
Leading a team of HR and Health & Safety professionals across multiple locations, you will foster collaboration, enable sharing best practices and ensure the effective execution of key people processes and strategic TLC initiatives.
Based in Poland, this role involves close collaboration with both local and global stakeholders, as well as occasional travelling within the region. We offer a hybrid working model, including regular presence at our Gdynia office.
Daily tasks and responsibilities:
- Responsible for the implementation of global policies, processes and ways of working on a regional level, ensuring effective adoption and harmonisation across the region
- Provides support to local HR & HS professionals in core people processes, e.g. recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, performance and development, employee engagement, communication, health, safety and wellbeing as well as change-related activities
- Leads, supports and develops regional HR and HS professionals through coaching, prioritization support and regular follow-up, ensuring global and regional alignment with common priorities, processes and ways of working
- Acts as the HR Manager for Poland - the first point of contact and trusted partner for managers having team members in Poland on HR, employee relations matters and people processes, providing a hands-on support and guidance
- Maintains visibility of key people topics, organisational changes, business and workforce risks and priorities across the region and proactively addressing emerging challenges
- Channels communication between global (CHRO, Global HR Business Partners, Center of Expertise) and regional TLC structures, providing follow-up and input on country-level priorities, risks, resourcing needs, people processes and continuous improvement opportunities, sharing regional insights and bringing local perspectives into global development work
- Ensures smooth payroll, benefits and employment documentation in Poland and follows up that equivalent processes are properly owned and managed by HR professionals in other countries
- Manages implementation and monitoring of health, safety and wellbeing related regulations and practices, identifying any trends and addressing improvement opportunities
- Responsible for company governance and compliance with local laws, internal and external regulations and company policies, providing also guidance and sparring for local HR & HS professionals and line managers in complex cases
- Ensures usage of global HRIS across own country and the region, providing governance, compliance and high-quality people data reporting
- Supports cooperation with employee representative bodies and contributes to constructive employee relations, either directly or in collaboration with local HR professionals
Your profile:
- Seasoned generalist HR experience covering employee lifecycle management, employee relations, performance and development, HR governance and HR operations alongside with good understanding of payroll and health & safety areas
- Experience leading, coaching and mentoring HR and HS professionals across multiple locations or countries and acting as an advisor for business leaders
- Good understanding of labour law, collective agreement practices and employment requirements in Poland
- Data-driven approach with the ability to leverage modern HRIS platforms, analytics and workforce data to support business decisions in the region
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on execution and operational follow-through
- Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills in a matrix and international environment
- Excellent prioritisation, problem-solving and organizational skills
- Fluent English and Polish skills and the ability to work effectively in a global environment
Could this be your next step?
If you're curious, driven and motivated by building strong teams, supporting people and creating lasting impact, we'd love to hear from you.
Apply through our application system and tell us how you can help shape the future of TLC at Teknos. We look forward to receiving your application in English.
