Chief Human Resources Officer
Eaton SAKS International Group
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Job summary
Eaton SAKS International Group is seeking a CHRO to lead the people strategy and transform HR to support the next phase of growth within a food production business. The role emphasizes organizational design, leadership development, succession planning and workforce optimization across multi-site operations.
The leader will drive a high-performance culture, build strategic HR capabilities, modernize analytics, and position HR as a true business partner from shop floor to boardroom.
Qualifications
- Significant progressive HR leadership experience.
- CHRO/HR Director or equivalent background.
- Food production, food manufacturing or FMCG experience strongly preferred.
- Strong manufacturing / operational workforce exposure.
- Experience with organizational design and transformation.
- Talent and succession planning expertise.
- Performance and reward experience.
- Strong employee relations capability.
- HR digitalization and people analytics exposure.
- GCC / Middle East experience highly desirable.
- Multi-site or multi-country experience advantageous.
Responsibilities
- Build scalable people strategy aligned with business growth.
- Strengthen leadership capability and succession across critical roles.
- Create a high-performance culture built around ownership and accountability.
- Improve workforce effectiveness across manufacturing and operational environments.
- Modernize HR systems, analytics and decision-making.
- Build a stronger talent proposition capable of attracting and retaining exceptional people.
Education
Job description
Building the people strategy behind the next chapter of growth.
More than an HR leadership role.
This is an opportunity to shape the organization behind a growing food production business — building the leadership capability, culture, workforce and people infrastructure required for its next stage of growth.
Build the talent, leadership and organizational capability required for growth.
Create a culture of accountability, ownership and operational excellence.
Modernize HR, strengthen organizational effectiveness and position the people function as a true strategic partner to the business.
“The mandate is not simply to lead HR. It is to help build the organization the business needs to become.”
The role is organized around six areas of strategic ownership.
- Organizational design
- Workforce strategy
- Operating model
- Transformation
- Executive recruitment
- Succession planning
- High-potential talent
- Leadership pipelines
- Performance management
- Accountability
- Productivity
- Recognition & reward
- Employee engagement
- Leadership behaviours
- Values
- Organizational effectiveness
- Manufacturing workforce
- Employee relations
- Manpower planning
- Frontline capability
- HR technology
- People analytics
- Process simplification
- Governance
From the Boardroom to the factory floor, the CHRO will influence how the organization performs.
Build a scalable people strategy aligned with business growth.
Strengthen leadership capability and succession across critical roles.
Create a high-performance culture built around ownership and accountability.
Improve workforce effectiveness across manufacturing and operational environments.
Modernize HR systems, analytics and decision-making.
Build a stronger talent proposition capable of attracting and retaining exceptional people.
We are looking for a commercially minded people leader who combines strategic thinking with operational credibility.
An established senior HR leader with the confidence and judgment to advise CEOs and senior leadership teams.
Experience supporting complex operational environments, ideally including manufacturing, production, supply chain or large frontline workforces.
A track record of building organizations, improving HR capability and leading meaningful organizational change.
Understands that people decisions ultimately influence productivity, growth, cost, customer outcomes and profitability.
Able to build trust across every level of an organization — from senior executives to frontline employees.
- Significant progressive HR leadership experience
- CHRO, HR Director, VP HR, Head of HR or equivalent background
- Food production, food manufacturing or FMCG experience strongly preferred
- Strong manufacturing / operational workforce exposure
- Experience with organizational design and transformation
- Talent and succession planning expertise
- Performance and reward experience
- Strong employee relations capability
- HR digitalization and people analytics exposure
- GCC / Middle East experience highly desirable
- Multi-site or multi-country experience advantageous
Arabic-speaking female executives are particularly encouraged to express interest.
Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Organizational Psychology or related discipline.
MBA / Master’s degree and professional qualifications such as CIPD or SHRM are advantageous.
Sees beyond HR and understands the business.
Connects people decisions to business performance.
Can challenge, advise and influence senior leadership.
Comfortable moving between the Boardroom and the factory floor.
Can lead organizations through change and growth.
Uses evidence and analytics to make better decisions.
Builds trust while maintaining high expectations.
Turns strategy into execution.
Strategic enough for the Boardroom. Practical enough for the factory floor.
For the right leader, this is an opportunity to influence far more than the HR agenda.
It is an opportunity to shape the leadership, culture, capability and organization behind the future growth of the business.
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