Successfully define, drive and own the P&C agenda and participate in the design, development, and delivery of different actions so that the outcomes meet KONE’s current and future business needs, attracts, engages, develops, and motivates employees and develops KONE as a great place to work.
Work together with other P&C teams to deliver and achieve success in the following areas:

Learning and Development - e.g. competence and talent development priorities, leadership team and critical talent development, global program nominations, training needs and priorities
Talent Management - e.g. talent management and acquisition strategy, talent management and acquisition guidelines, workplace equality, diversity and inclusion, key positions identification, leadership and talent review, long-term workforce planning, critical candidate selection, headcount review.
Performance and Reward - e.g. performance management process, managing performance improvement, recognizing high performance, reward strategy, reward and recognition planning and guidelines, off cycle rewards, wellbeing.
P&C Operations Development - e.g. manage organization and positions, plan headcount and employment costs

Organizational Development - e.g. organization design, restructuring and job evaluation
Culture and engagement - e.g. strategy and values communication, nurturing KONE culture
Change management - e.g. driving business transformation in units.
Employment/Industrial/Labor relations
Occupational health and safety
- Understand business requirements and strategic objectives and turn them into P&C agenda priorities together with P&C CoE and P&C Services teams.
- Drive the alignment and consistency and take responsibility for the implementation and maintenance of P&C policies, processes and systems to ensure P&C is aligned with the business strategy and goals.
- Ensure employee’s and their competence levels meet current and future business needs (long and short term workforce planning, deployment of strategic workforce plan, monitor and analyze headcount cost development)
- Develop annual P&C budgets in line with global budgeting guidelines.
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Unit P&C employees.
- Proactively guide, align, and share feedback with P&C CoE and P&C Services teams to enable quality service delivery.
- Ensure that the organization complies with all applicable regulations, laws and employment standards.
- Scan market trends and current way of operating to identify gaps and feed these into Unit P&C, P&C CoE, and P&C Services teams and collaborate with them on a daily basis.
- A member of their respective Management Teams (i.e. Unit, Area or Global)

Professional requirements

M.Sc. or Bachelor degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience
10+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, preferably in multinational company
Business experience is an asset
Fluency of English and Chinese
Diverse HR management background
Business background / roles as advantage
Proven track record of successful roles in multi-cultural business environment
Excellent influencing and communication skills
Diverse experience in coaching and developing talent, teams, and business leaders
Experience in working across functional/business lines in a matrix organization
Hands-on project management and change management experience
Full chain HR management experience is preferred
Winning and innovation mindset, passion for performance.
Good entrepreneur spirit, and certain start-up company experience is preferred.
Be open for frequent business travel across China.
Professional business and P&C communication in English and Chinese

At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.