Change & Organisational Effectiveness Lead - (18002502)
Description
About SyngentaSyngenta is a global leader in agriculture; rooted in science and dedicated to bringing plant potential to life. Each of our 28,000 employees in more than 90 countries work together to solve one of humanity’s most pressing challenges: growing more food with fewer resources. No matter what your position, you will have a vital role in safely feeding the world and taking care of our planet. Join us and help shape the future of agriculture.
About this role Syngenta is hiring a People & Organization Development Lead for our center of excellence (CoE) team in Basel. Specifically, this CoE focuses on Change and Organizational Effectiveness and supports the translation of our business priorities into specific change and organization effectiveness activities. You will work with human resources business partners (HRBP), senior leaders and leadership teams to improve individual and team effectiveness; and lead the design, development and implementation of transformation and change, and organization effectiveness projects.
Role purpose
Identify, design and deliver focused organizational development interventions aimed at improving enterprise-wide, functional or region leadership and team effectiveness
Support and enable the Transformation & Change management community and capability development across the organization, leveraging the Syngenta Change Approach centered on Change First’s PCI (People Centered Implementation) method
Support the ongoing capability development around the Syngenta Organizational Design method
Focus on the improvement of the employee experience through the design and delivery of our enterprise pulse survey efforts
Accountabilities
Partner with HRBPs and leadership, to diagnose organizational effectiveness issues and recommend appropriate actions.
Lead and collaborate with others on the continuous improvement and embedding of our Backbone.
Support the effective delivery of People and Organization Development priorities across the CoE areas of expertise.
Develop and execute plans for change and transformational agility across the organization, including support of the Syngenta Change method capability build
Bring in external thinking and advances in relevant People and Organizational Development specialist areas – e.g. employee experience, culture and behavior change, change management, organizational effectiveness – to explore and recommend how they might be adopted in Syngenta.
Qualifications
The requirements are focused on the broader category of Organizational Development, which could in include, but not limited to; change management, leadership development, talent, organizational design, learning and culture.
Undergraduate degree in relevant field preferred (Business, Organization Development, HR Management)
Master’s Degree in Organization Development strongly preferred.
12 years minimum of focused on organization development experience, preferably including significant experience in matrixed, multinational organizations.
Skilled and experienced in leading cultural change and transformation and ability to influence all people involved and affected by the transformation
Demonstrated understanding of P&L business operations, long-term focus, ability to conduct deep needs analysis, demonstrated strategic thinking.
Must demonstrate Syngenta values: passion for customer, long-term view, focus on growth for all, determined execution, and role-modelling that “how” matters.
