About Bridgestone

Bridgestone Americas, Inc. (BSAM), headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, and Bridgestone Europe, Middle East and Africa (BSEMEA), headquartered in Brussels, Belgium, operate collectively as a “Bridgestone West” strategic region. This region services the strategic business needs of teams across the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Africa. BSAM and BSEMEA are subsidiaries of Bridgestone Corporation, globally headquartered in Japan. Bridgestone and its subsidiaries develop, manufacture and market a wide range of Bridgestone, Firestone and associate brand products and solutions to address the needs of a broad range of customers and industries.

Purpose of the Position

Manage, plan, control, and follow up on the activities of the Human Resources area, providing support and guiding the HRBPs team in developing the work.

Responsible of the area's performance indicators in order to ensure and guarantee the application of the HR programs and policies; promoting the necessary changes for the development of the teammates so that the objectives of the business and the teammates are convergent; continuously seeking and implementing actions and measures that lead the teammates to commit themselves to the goals of the company; ensuring compliance with legal obligations and the company's internal rules; assuring the teammates to remain motivated and productive.

Partnership with HR teams, COEs and Leaders to implement projects.

Responsibilites

• Manage HRBPs team to act as HR consulting and coaching, working with business leaders to solve significant people and cultural issues, provides expertise in technical and regulatory aspects of employment including hiring, termination, performance management, rewards and others.
• Identify the related needs between the customer areas under his responsibility and Human Resources, through direct and continuous communication, to plan together with the Human Resources specialist areas the best strategy to meet the customer area demands.
• Monitor the Human Resources process activities in the client area under his/her responsibility (vacations, updating job descriptions, performance evaluations, 360°, organizational climate, personnel movement, talent retention, filling vacancies, salary increases, etc.), ensuring the standardization of the processes and the compliance with internal and regional Human Resources procedures.
• Enabler of Culture: Create an environment of positive teammate relations, keep confidentiality, establish trust and credibility, seen by teammates as approachable and fair, balance business needs with teammate needs, and spend significant time interfacing directly with client base.     
• Drive and improve HR processes across client groups; enable functional transformation, drive organizational effectiveness and change initiatives and Coach leaders on talent management and performance differentiation.
• Provides consultation to the business and accountable for the attraction, development, retention, and engagement of talent. Responsible for implementing the Change Management Culture. Manage the standardization and optimization of processes through the region and BU.            
• Unify the HR process by managing a team of HRBPs to Counsels employees in career planning and development to promote a motivated, trained, and competent work force (Talent Consultant).                                                                                                                                                                              
• Lead BR HR Manufacturing Projects, ensuring the planning, development and implementation of each HR project, validating the plans and expected results with the area Board.                                                                                                                                                                             

Education: Bachelor's degree (Business, Human Resources Management or other related field) required. Master’s degree a plus

Specific technical knowledge: SAP, Office packages: Word, Excel, Power Point

Essential experience:

• 5-7 years’ work experience within the Human Resources function, preferably in a large organization; a minimum of 4 years in an HR role with exposure to the talent acquisition function
• Experience in planning and coordinating small to mid-sized projects.
• Teammate Engagement / Managing Risk / Business partnership and accountability / Effective Consulting / Lead Professionals/managers

Desirable experience: Solid working knowledge of the current HR technology landscape and industry trends

At Bridgestone, you are always Free to Be

We believe people can only provide superior service and quality to others when they bring their whole self to work. We believe in championing all perspectives, individuals and teams because we understand the importance of seeing the world and our business through many different lenses. We are building a team as diverse as the world we serve. So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

So, show us what you are made of, because who you are is what we need.

What we offer

 At Bridgestone, what really matters is to foster co-creation opportunities and empowering you to be creative and curious to make mobility safer, more efficient, and more sustainable for future generations.

Whatever role you fill, when you represent Bridgestone, you are a valued teammate, and part of our larger mission to “Serve Society with Superior Quality”. We offer you more than just competitive payment; we will provide you:

• A supportive and engaging onboarding experience to ensure a smooth transition into our team.
• The opportunity to develop and grow, through training and regular mentorship.
• Corporate Social Responsibility activities.
• A truly global, dynamic and challenging work environment.
• Agility and work/life effectiveness and your long-term well-being.
• A diverse and inclusive team.

Bridgestone is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity. It is our policy to consider for employment all individuals regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.