Senior Director, Human Resources, Emea

KION North America Corporation

Heusenstamm, Germany
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Strategic business partnership
Organizational design and simplification
Culture and change leadership
** KION North America Corporation is seeking a Senior Director of Human Resources for their EMEA operations, based in Heusenstamm, Germany. This role involves strategic partnership with senior leadership to drive organizational growth and culture while leading a team of HR professionals. **

Job Summary

  • Serve as the key strategic business partner to the SVP, Dematic EMEA and is a critical member of the Dematic HR Leadership Team.
  • The role leads a team of five direct‑report HR Business Partners and a broader HR organization of ~30 professionals supporting ~3,600 employees across EMEA.
  • Success is measured through succession readiness, high‑potential retention, employee engagement, internal mobility, diversity in leadership, organizational simplification, and reduction of voluntary turnover.

Matching Summary

Match Score: 75

** KION North America Corporation is seeking a Senior Director of Human Resources for their EMEA operations, based in Heusenstamm, Germany. This role involves strategic partnership with senior leadership to drive organizational growth and culture while leading a team of HR professionals. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • strategic business partnership
  • organizational design and simplification
  • culture and change leadership
  • succession planning and leadership pipeline
  • talent retention, engagement, and employee movement
  • workforce planning and strategic capability building
  • diversity in leadership
  • leadership of HRBP team

Nice-to-have

  • executive influence and presence
  • strategic agility and systems thinking
  • data-driven decision making
  • leadership coaching and team-building expertise
  • navigate global-regional-local dynamics

Key Requirements

  • 12+ years of progressive HR leadership experience
  • significant experience in engineering and/or technology-driven organizations
  • Bachelor’s degree required
  • Fluent in English
  • Strong business acumen
  • Executive influence, presence, and credibility
  • Strategic agility and systems thinking
  • Expert capability in org design, change leadership, and cultural transformation
  • Data-driven decision making and talent analytics capability
  • Leadership coaching, talent development, and team-building expertise
  • Ability to navigate global–regional–local dynamics
  • High judgment, discretion, and ability to manage sensitive organizational dynamics

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