HR Business Partner – Eastern Europe Markets

Flora Food Group; Warszawa; Hybrid; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Flora Food Group is seeking an experienced P&O Business Partner to own the Eastern Europe people agenda. You will translate global frameworks into practical local solutions, enabling fair processes and strong teams across markets that are evolving rapidly.

You will report to the P&O Manager Central Europe, advising leaders on people decisions, and applying local labour law with global policies. Expect collaboration across regions and potential growth into centres of expertise.

Qualifications

• Experience as a P&O Business Partner advising senior leaders and translating global frameworks into local solutions.
• Strong knowledge of local labour laws and employee relations.
• Proficient in using people analytics to influence decisions and workforce strategy.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted P&O advisor to senior leaders with commercial insight.
• Translate business needs into P&O priorities, processes and delivery.
• Handle sensitive employee matters with balanced judgement.
• Own operational execution of core people processes across multiple countries.
• Use people data and insights to influence decision making.

Job description

The Practical Detail

Location: Warsaw Hybrid

Why this role matters

In your first year, you will own the full people agenda across Eastern Europe, ensuring smooth, consistent delivery of talent, performance, and reward processes. This role is vital to Flora Food Group working with our people and leaders in markets that are evolving rapidly. By translating global frameworks into practical local solutions, you help create fair, transparent, and effective ways of working that enable better decisions and stronger teams.

What you'll do

• Act as a trusted P&O advisor to senior leaders, providing commercial insight and credible challenge
• Translate business needs into clear P&O priorities, processes and delivery
• Handle sensitive employee matters with balanced judgement
• Own operational execution of core people processes, including talent, performance, reward, and employee lifecycle management.
• Use people data and workforce insights to influence decision making

Performance

You will own the generalist P&O agenda end-to-end, ensuring core processes deliver consistent results. Your data-driven approach and use of insights will help to build evidence based views that guide leadership decisions, improving workforce effectiveness and operational excellence across multiple countries. Your impact will be measured by the smooth running of people operations and the strength of local leadership partnerships.

Care

You will report to the P&O Manager Central Europe as part of a small regional team. Collaboration with local leadership, Centres of Expertise and other functions will be key. You will advise leaders on people decisions and handle sensitive employee matters fairly and consistently, and apply local labour law and global people policies in practice.

Passion

You bring a genuine curiosity about how people and culture shape business success in the food industry. You understand the importance of building strong teams that support innovation in taste, nutrition, and functionality. Your passion for transformation and continuous improvement drives you to simplify complex processes and create practical solutions that help Flora Food Group thrive.

About you

You are an experienced P&O Business Partner with strong commercial acumen and a track record of advising senior leaders independently. You bring expert knowledge of local labour laws and handle employee relations with sound judgement. You are comfortable using people analytics to build workforce insights and influence decisions. You thrive in a role that combines strategic business partnering with hands-on operational execution. You are proactive, confident in challenging decisions when needed, and eager to lead transformation initiatives. You take pride in working for a company with over 150 years of expertise in food, and you understand that excellent work in every function is what allows Flora Food Group to put better food on tables around the world. You bring the same rigour and care to your discipline that our teams bring to every product, because how we work is as important as what we make.

Where this could lead to

Strong performance in this role opens doors to lead business partnering, team leadership, or specialization in a Centre of Expertise. You may also take on additional regions or global projects, expanding your influence and career growth within Flora Food Group across Eastern Europe and beyond.

For questions about the role, please contact: Alice Graça [e-mail]