Americas Regional HR People Partner Director

Role Description:Manage a team of HR professionals providing full HR support to Vantiva employees in the Americas region.  Serve as the main point of contact for all HR topics and manage relationships with stakeholder groups and key individuals to provide strategic and proactive HR support to the business. Key Responsibilities:Manage all aspects of the core HR function to include: Recruitment - Support managers in all hiring steps, ensuring candidate fit with Vantiva culture.  Manage the on-boarding activities of all new hires, ensuring that they are properly assimilated into VantivaPerformance Management – Coach managers to ensure effective delivery of messages to employees and support employees in efforts to address performance deficiencies in a legally compliant manner.  Facilitate the objective setting, continuous feedback and end of year assessment processes with managers and employees.  Compensation planning – Manage the salary review process across the Americas and provide guidance to managers regarding off-cycle increase rationale and proposals.Talent development – Work with leaders to identify and provide development opportunities for high potential and critical employees. Immigration – Oversee the immigration support to employees on visas and in any permanent residence process.Payroll – Oversee the payroll process and ensure alignment with internal partners such as Treasury and Finance. Benefits – Partner with external support to develop and implement competitive and cost-effective benefits programs across the Americas region.Training - Work with managers to identify regional training needs, to investigate vendors, to implement training, and to monitor effectiveness of training conductedDevelop a rapport with senior leadership, managers, and employees to effectively implement people practices and HR policies.  Manage the planning, implementation and tracking of Employee Engagement activities for Americas sites. Support country-specific audit activities, providing data and participating in audit meetings as required.