Purpose
Provide one-stop HR Business Partnering service and support to respective functions based in the UAE, ensuring that leaders and employees receive consistent, high-quality HR support throughout the employee lifecycle. In parallel, play a double-hat role by driving cluster-wide HR projects and activities/improvements to strengthen consistency and effectiveness across the EMC HR organization.
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a strategic HR Business Partner to leaders of non-commercial functions based in the UAE, building, cascading and executing functional people agendas aligned with business priorities and the adidas people strategy.
- Advise leaders on people, organization, culture, talent, performance and DEI priorities as a member of relevant Functional Leadership Teams.
- Provide trusted coaching and guidance to leaders and managers, embedding HR concepts and tools that enable effective line management and a high-performance culture.
- Build strong relationships with internal customers, translate business needs into people priorities and represent UAE global-function requirements in the EMC people agenda.
- Provide HR Business Partnering support across the employee lifecycle and work with HR Centres of Excellence, HRS and country HR teams to deliver a consistent employee experience.
- Manage core HR processes, including people development, recruitment, mobility, compensation, promotions and workforce planning.
- Own the EMC HR governance calendar and coordinate global, regional and cluster HR priorities.
- Lead and support EMC-wide HR projects and strategic initiatives, including scoping, planning, stakeholder alignment, governance, risk management, implementation and closure.
- Establish project governance, milestones, decision forums and tracking mechanisms to ensure timely, on-budget delivery.
- Coordinate the EMC HR strategy and annual planning cycle, translating priorities into roadmaps, ownership, measures and reporting cadences.
- Coordinate EMC HR budget planning, forecasting and tracking, consolidating inputs and monitoring spend.
- Act as the central point of contact for EMC HR governance, processes, policies, presentations, data consolidation and leadership reporting.
- Coordinate with country HR teams to standardize and maintain accurate data and process inputs across local HR systems.
- Coordinate with global and regional HR transformation and project teams to implement information and requirements across the cluster.
- Analyze HR processes and operating practices, challenge the status quo and lead continuous improvement actions.
Key Relationships
Function Leaders and Functional Leadership Teams based in the UAE; EMC Senior Leadership Team and EMC HR Leadership Team; HR Business Partners and Country HR teams across EMC; Global and Emerging Markets HR teams; HR Centres of Excellence; HRS, Finance, Data and Analytics and other enabling functions; external business partners.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Strong leadership, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
- Strategic HR partnership capabilities and strong business acumen.
- Ability to balance hands-on HR Business Partnering with cluster-level strategic, governance and project responsibilities.
- Excellent project and program management skills, including planning, governance, risk management, budget tracking and execution discipline.
- Strong analytical capabilities and ability to translate data and insights into recommendations and actions.
- Excellent organization, prioritization and problem-solving skills.
- Collaborative and inclusive attitude with a growth mindset.
- Strong work ethic, integrity and sound judgment.
- Excellent written, verbal, presentation and executive communication skills.
Education and Experience
- University degree in a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive HR experience, preferably in an international and matrix organization, with strong HR Business Partnering exposure.
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional HR projects, governance processes and strategic initiatives.
- Experience in a leadership role is an advantage.
Culture
At adidas, employees are encouraged to demonstrate courage, ownership, innovation, teamplay, integrity and respect. adidas strongly believes that embedding diversity, equity and inclusion into its culture and talent processes creates belonging and competitive advantage.