Vice President, People Partnering, Global Occupier

at Cushman & Wakefield National in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Job TitleVice President, People Partnering, Global Occupier Services (GOS)

Job Description SummaryThis role will provide high level strategic and hands-on support to the Global Occupier Services business unit, partnering with global leadership to drive people initiatives that support growth, provide best in class service to our clients and optimize our operating model in support of our business objectives. The Global VP, People Partnering will lead the high performing team responsible for implementing our people strategies for this fast-growing organization of 9,000 employees across 40+ countries worldwide. As a leader of a team of People professionals, this role will direct the People Partnering activities across our regions and around the globe, to deliver results.

GOS is a people business and as such, the VP of People Partnering will possess a deep understanding of the Occupier Business and will leverage that understanding to develop and partner in the execution of people strategy for our global occupier organization and in line with C&W's overall people strategy. Specifically, this role will be accountable for global workforce management, talent management, transformation / change management, organizational and performance management, succession planning, learning and development, and compensation. This HR leader will provide strategic direction by articulating HR needs and plans to the Cushman & Wakefield People Executive Committee and the GOS Executive Committee. This role will serve as a member of the GOS Executive Committee and is considered a key leader within the GOS organization.

Supported by a team of direct and indirect reports, this role will partner with leadership, including Cushman & Wakefield HR Centers of Excellence to design and implement people initiatives to drive operating model optimization and align people and business outcomes.

This high EQ leader will be a strong leader will be required to lean into their ability to motivate and inspire others to achieve results.
Job Description
People Partner Responsibilities Include:

Strategy

Develop a deep understanding of GOS business strategy.

Understand local and regional implications of the GOS business and its people strategy in all the markets in which we deliver services to our clients.
Develop HR strategic plan to support the achievement of the overall business operations objectives.

Establish and implement HR efforts that effectively communicate and support the GOS's mission and strategic vision.

Partner with GOS CEO to align workforce to organizational culture - holding people, programs, and processes accountable.

Identify future trends, opportunities, and disruptions to the business, and shift the people strategy to seize opportunities and mitigate risks particularly around Skilled Trades.

Work with business stakeholders to create talent profiles and pools for new roles that will be crucial for future growth.

Play an advisory role in helping the organization to sharpen its structure to respond to and support growth including changes to service and product offerings.

Function as a strategic business advisor to the Executive Committee regarding key organizational and management issues.

Business Growth

Flawlessly lead the deployment of new business models and business structures that drive differentiation and competitiveness in the marketplace.

Participate in client facing sales activities and bring our talent and our talent practices to life.

Partner with Global Delivery COO to evolve our talent strategy to support both net new and organic growth.

Contribute to the commercial and solution design process, with labor and people strategy as the cornerstone.

Act as subject matter expert for people practice around transition and transformation activities at an account level.

Use data and fact-based analysis to anticipate talent needs and provide insights to the business for competitive decision making.

Assess external trends that are enduring and require major shifts, distinguishing these from ephemeral trends, and avoiding change for its own sake.

Serve as a convenor of responses to external trends by anticipating when external issues will affect the organization and its workforce, raising them to the Executive Committee's attention and recommending the next action to take.

Serve as champion for HR as a service to our clients, new and existing.

Execution

Push qualified talent forward, bring visibility and transparency of talent throughout the organization to key leaders.

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