Global Head of HR (m/f/d)

We are ALTANA: one group of companies – four divisions: BYK, ECKART, ELANTAS, and ACTEGA. Global leader in specialty chemicals with about 8,000 employees, sales of more than 2.7 billion euros, and myriad opportunities for you to develop and grow. Would you like to enrich your life with this decisive plus?

The ECKART Group, a company of ALTANA AG, is one of the leading manufacturers of effect pigments as well as metal powders for 3D printing. ECKART products are used in the coatings and printing industry, the plastics and aerated concrete industry, as well as in cosmetics and additive manufacturing.

ECKART GmbH, as part of ALTANA Group, produces effect pigments and metal powders for coatings and printing inks, for the plastics, aerated concrete, corrosion protection and cosmetics industries, and for additive manufacturing.

Global Head of HR (m/f/d) Location: Hartenstein

• Coordination of esp. strategic HR topics and processes with relevance for the whole division
• Identification and coordination of cross-locational issues, consulting divisional management, ensuring / making necessary decisions
• Establish strategic workforce planning, ensure implementation of operative activities and monitoring for the division
• Functional leadership of divisional HR organization, ensuring information flow and adherence to general guidelines
• Responsible for the recruiting process for key positions with internal and external candidates as well as coordinating the recruitment process for divisional General Manager positions performed by Corporate HR
• Responsible for talent nomination, talent retention and succession planning within division in alignment with CoE and talent management
• Ensuring of comparable position classification and compensation policy across the division as well as selection of benefits for the division on the basis of the Group benefits portfolio provided by CoE
• Execution and integration of HR topics within M&A transactions (processing of Due Diligence within CoE) as well as organizational restructuring within the division
• Functional management of the global ECKART HR teams by coordinating common topics and managing the resources of the HR department

• Master's degree or equivalent university degree
• Several years of very comprehensive HR and strategy experience
• Ability to work in a decentralized organization through effective influencing in absence of direct line of reporting
• Business sense and advanced understanding of business model /distinct customer focus
• High analytical skills and ability to reduce complexity
• Very good communication and moderation skills
• Strong leadership, motivation and negotiation skills
• Talent for managing, planning and implementing
• Strong talent in managing emotions; high initiative, resilient, positive, flexible thinking
• Fluent in German and English

In the ALTANA Group, you will work in a unique culture of innovation where the utmost importance is attached to promoting individual ideas and abilities as well as open, trusting interaction. ECKART offers you a lot of advantages. They include pleasant-sized operations where employees get to know each other personally and exchange ideas, short information and decision-making paths, comprehensive further education and training offers, flexible working hours with flextime and an impressive compensation with good employee benefits and pension plans.