Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East
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Regional HR Partner Lead Middle EastJob Description
Are you passionate about driving people strategy in a fast-growing and entrepreneurial region? As Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East, you will lead the regional HR Partner organization and act as a trusted advisor to business leaders to drive organizational effectiveness and employee engagement across the region.
Your role
As Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East, you are responsible for leading the people agenda across the region and supporting business leaders in achieving strategic objectives through effective people management and organizational development. You will act as a trusted HR advisor and play an important role in supporting leadership teams through change, organizational development, talent decisions and workforce planning.
You will lead the HR Partner organization across the Middle East and ensure that global HR initiatives are translated into impactful regional execution while taking local needs and market dynamics into account.
This role combines senior HR partnering with hands-on execution of (a.o.) HR cycle topics.
Your responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the regional HR Partner organization across the Middle East.
- Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, engagement and succession planning that support business growth.
- Ensure effective execution of HR processes, policies, and programs, including integration programs such as the Vanderlande Logistics integration
- Drive local implementation of Vanderlande’s people strategy, its global and regional HR initiatives across the region.
- Lead organizational development and change management initiatives.
- Ensure effective execution of talent, performance, rewards, mobility, engagement, DEI, health & wellbeing and learning & development programs.
- Ensure compliance with local labor legislation, regional employment practices and company policies.
- Manage complex employee relations and people-related matters.
- Analyze workforce trends and metrics and provide people insights to support business decisions.
- Collaborate closely with regional HR teams, Global HRBPs, and HR Functions.
Your team
You will be part of the Global HR organization and report to the global Head of Regional HR Global Services. You will lead HR Partners across the Middle East and work closely with regional leadership teams and global HR stakeholders to support sustainable business growth.
Your profile
Essential
- You have significant HR leadership experience within an international environment.
- You are a trusted advisor to senior leaders within a complex international organization.
- You have strong business acumen and a results-oriented mindset.
- You have experience working within Middle Eastern markets with proven knowledge of labor legislation and employment practices in Middle East.
- You have proven experience leading and developing HR teams.
- You have experience in change management and driving organizational transformation.
- You possess strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
- You can effectively work across different cultures and organizational levels.
- You communicate effectively across cultures and organizational levels.
Travel: 20-40% of your time, depending on business needs and regional priorities.
Preferred
- You have experience supporting large-scale business growth and transformation within multinational organizations.
- You have experience within technology, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, or industrial environments.
We know the right person is not always the one who ticks every box. If this role excites you and you meet most of the essentials, we would love to hear from you.
Contact
Interested in this opportunity? Submit your application through Workday.
Diversity & Inclusion
Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.
Core Responsibilities
The Regional HR Partner Lead will oversee the HR organization across the Middle East, acting as a strategic advisor to leadership on organizational design and talent management. They are responsible for executing global HR initiatives, managing complex employee relations, and ensuring compliance with local labor laws.
Requirements
Candidates must possess significant HR leadership experience within an international environment and proven expertise in Middle Eastern labor legislation. Strong business acumen, change management skills, and the ability to influence senior stakeholders are essential for this role.
About Vanderlande
Industry: Automation Machinery Manufacturing
Company size: 10,001+ employees
Vanderlande is the long-term partner of choice for the world’s leading airports and distribution operators – delivering automation solutions, operational software, and lifecycle services that drive performance, reliability, and sustainable growth. Vanderlande empowers the world’s most demanding airports and distribution operations to move faster, smarter, and more sustainably. As a trusted long-term partner, Vanderlande designs, delivers, and manages end-to-end logistics automation — combining best-in-class mechanical systems with cyber-secure operational software and data-driven services that keep mission-critical infrastructure performing at its peak. Serving the world’s top 50 airports and the largest parcel and e-commerce distribution networks globally, including partnerships with industry leaders such as UPS, DHL, FedEx, and GeoPost.Vanderlande brings unmatched operational intimacy to every engagement. Customers choose Vanderlande not only for the longevity and reliability of its solutions, but for its proven commitment to project delivery: when challenges arise, Vanderlande leans in. Founded in 1949 and part of Toyota Industries Corporation, Vanderlande combines seven decades of engineering excellence with a forward-looking approach to digital innovation and sustainability — continually reducing the energy footprint of its systems and making responsible choices across its global supply chain. With nearly 10,000 employees and revenues approaching €3 billion, Vanderlande operates across Europe, the Middle East, North America, and Asia-Pacific, delivering solutions that move people, goods, and possibilities forward.