People Operation Leader/ HR Country Manager

**Please note that this role can be based in Milano or Alessandria Area** The People Operations Leader lead the Italy People Operations team to execute and deliver on global PO strategies and goals and local initiatives in Italy; Drive continuous improvement for Operational Excellence and enhanced Customer Experience. Develop a highly engaged Italy People Operations team to enable leaders for local workforce development and engagement to support business growth. **Key Responsibilities** **Implement the global people operations strategies by aligning and delivering on the goals and priorities of People Operations Italy through a highly engaged team.** - Continuously improve team engagement by creating learning and development opportunities, performance coaching and feedback, support to team member’s career progressions and recognitions of individual / team accomplishments and PPG Way behaviors. - Increase efficiency of the Italy PO team by providing role clarity and defined accountabilities and helping people to do their best. - Drive continuous improvement in people processes for better team productivity, operational excellence and enhanced customer experience - Enable leaders to improve local/country workforce capabilities - Influence PPG leaders to increase Diversity, Equity &Inclusion representation and engagement of local/country workforce - Execute organizational changes / restructures in partnership with HRBPs and country/site business leaders - Manage successful integrations of new acquisitions into PPG Italy - Flawlessly execute and simplify fundamental HR processes and harmonization of policies / rules in Italy - Oversight and accountability for Italy Payroll team - Development and delivery of ER/LR strategy, including close collaboration with unions - Drive & implement change in HR practices across PO team as well as with key business partners & managers/employees - Support the delivery of HR services through centralized support center (PPSC) through strong partnership and ability to identify additional work to be supported by PPSC and technology (Service Now, Workday) - Actively participate in regional & global PO projects for self-development and contribution to global PO accomplishments. **MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS** - University Degree - 10+ years of general HR experience with 3-5 years leading a team of >5 people. - Strong business and continuous improvement mind-set - Direct experience with industrial relations & union negotiations **Skills** - High level of ability to collaborate and to engage with key partners (business leaders, HRBP’s, CoEs, PPSC, CI, etc) - Solid team leadership (mentor, engaging, performance management, developing top talent and successions) - Data analytics and data driven decision making - Proficient project management skills - Lean Six Sigma (LSS) mind-set driving continuous improvement - Proficient English - Impeccable integrity; Outstanding interpersonal skills; able to communicate and engage personnel at all levels of the organization. If you have the interpersonal abilities to work optimally with employees at all levels of the organization, and move from strategic to tactical with ease, we want to hear from you ABOUT US: PPG: WE PROTECT AND BEAUTIFY THE WORLD The PPG Way Every single day at PPG: We partner with customers to create mutual value. We are insightful, dedicated and proactive. We have intimate knowledge of the market and our customers. We focus on practical solutions that make a difference. We are “One PPG” to the world. We are better and stronger together. We leverage our scale to reach new markets and introduce innovative technologies as we differentiate and disrupt our markets. We trust our people every day, in every way. We enable and empower our people to make the right decisions. We are inclusive, transparent and respectful. Our feedback is clear and actionable. We make it happen. We have a passion for winning. We achieve. We deliver with discipline and integrity. We bring our best energy to our work. We decide and act intelligently and quickly. We run it like we own it. We respect one another by being responsible and accountable. We always act in the best interest of our company, customers, shareholders and our communities. We do better today than yesterday - everyday. We continuously learn. We develop our people to grow our businesses. PPG Way: (Click here to learn more about the PPG Way) Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.