Senior People Director / Strategic Business Partner Europe

Comstor Europe; Berlin; Hybrid; EUR 90.000 - 120.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading IT distribution company in Berlin seeks a Senior People Director / Strategic Business Partner Europe. This role involves strategic partnership with senior leaders, ensuring effective HR delivery across Europe, and leading a regional HR team. Candidates should demonstrate data-driven decision-making and proven people leadership skills. The position offers hybrid working opportunities and aims to enhance HR's impact across the organization.

Qualifikationen

• Experience translating business strategy into people plans.
• Strong experience in Europe with works council/union contexts.
• Proven people leadership and capability building skills.

Aufgaben

• Act as trusted People Business Partner to executive leaders.
• Ensure effective operational HR delivery across Europe.
• Lead a regional/local HR team and develop HR capabilities.
• Drive transformation of the People Team into a strategic function.

Kenntnisse

Strategic People Partner

Data-savvy

Change management

Strong communication

Jobbeschreibung

Overview

Vacancy No VN13830 | Job Title: Senior People Director / Strategic Business Partner Europe | Office locations: DE-Berlin; NL-Houten; ES-Madrid; FR-Paris (hybrid working).

Westcon-Comstor is a leading IT distribution company with US$5.2 billion in global revenue. We link technology vendors to our distribution partners who resell software and solutions to business and other customers. We employ over 3,600 colleagues across more than 50 countries. The role offers an opportunity to contribute to a growing, international, high-autonomy, data-led People function within a dynamic culture. Westcon-Comstor is an equal opportunity employer.

Role Description

Westcon-Comstor is undergoing transformation and growth. The People function is being evolved to be more efficient, commercially focused, data-driven and digitally led, delivering business value through people. The job holder will join a People Team that is building capability to support the organisation’s growth, reporting to the Chief People Officer (CPO).

The role involves strategic partnership with senior leaders and the leadership team to elevate HR’s contribution across Europe, with potential global accountabilities over time. The environment is international, fast-paced, and values forward thinking, with a focus on trust, accountability and high performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Business Partnering – act as trusted People Business Partner & coach to ELT members (current: EVP Europe and EVP Corporate Development); co-create and deliver regional/functional People plans; input into global People Strategy; provide HR thought leadership with a data-led approach; oversee cyclical People processes (e.g., Annual Compensation Reviews, Performance Management, Talent Management).
• Regional HR Delivery – ensure effective operational HR delivery across Europe (DACH ownership direct); handle Employee Relations, Reward, cyclical HR processes, Culture/Engagement/L&D/DEI, HR Services, regulatory/legal compliance; manage external partners as needed.
• People Leadership – lead a regional/local HR team across Europe; develop HR capabilities within the team; foster a high-performance, trustworthy culture.
• Capability Building – drive transformation of the People Team into a Strategic and Business Integrated function; lead change management and engagement with managers and colleagues.

Qualifications / Requirements

• Technical – commercial, data-savvy strategic People Partner; experience translating business strategy into people plans; evidence of driving HR/business impact; strong experience in Europe with works council/union contexts.
• Professional – proven people leadership; capability building; change management; ability to simplify complexity and tell data-driven stories; collaboration across stakeholders; experience in global, multicultural, matrixed organisations.
• Personal – pragmatic, can-do, strategic yet hands-on; strong communication and influencing skills; curiosity; values-driven; ability to adapt style to different audiences.

Values & Measures of Success

• Demonstrated alignment with Westcon-Comstor values: Drive our Ambition, Bring Integrity, Make every Partnership count, Take Accountability.
• Measures: Delivery of global/functional People Strategy; improvements in HR/productivity KPIs; employee survey results; qualitative feedback from ELT, managers and team members.

Key Interactions

• CPO; Executive Leadership Team; People Team (PBPs, Reward, L&D & DEI CoEs, Global Admin, Talent Acquisition Europe); Finance; regional managers and colleagues.

Location

Preferred bases: The Netherlands (Houten), Spain (Madrid), Germany (Berlin), or France (Paris).

About Us

Applications close date is communicated separately. Westcon-Comstor offers hybrid working and is an equal opportunity employer.