Head of HR

The Company is seeking a Head of HR to lead the people and organizational agenda through a significant transformation. The role includes workforce planning, organizational design, restructuring, and personnel cost management, while ensuring business continuity and legal compliance. The successful candidate will manage union and employee representative relationships, advise leaders on complex people matters, and oversee performance, compensation, talent, succession, and employee development processes. They will also lead the local HR team, strengthen HR operations and payroll, advance process digitalization, and coordinate the implementation of broader organizational initiatives. Candidates should have at least 15 years of HR experience, including a strong record in industrial relations, organizational transformation, restructuring, collective dismissal procedures, and union negotiations in Italy. Deep knowledge of Italian employment law and experience with labor disputes, restructuring measures, and settlement agreements are required. Applicants should bring experience in operational, industrial, manufacturing, logistics, or multi-site environments, along with international matrix experience and a history of leading HR teams. A relevant master’s degree, strong business and financial acumen, excellent stakeholder and communication skills, and fluency in Italian and English are required.