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ABOUT US
PolyPeptide Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries (“PolyPeptide”) is a focused Contract Development & Manufacturing Organization (CDMO) for peptide- and oligonucleotide-based active pharmaceutical ingredients. By supporting its customers mainly in pharma and biotech, it contributes to the health of millions of patients across the world. PolyPeptide offers products and services from pre-clinical through to commercial stages, including generics. Its active custom projects pipeline reflects the opportunities from novel drug therapies in development to fight both widespread and rare diseases. Dating back to 1952, PolyPeptide today runs a global network of six cGMP-certified facilities in Europe, the U.S. and India. PolyPeptide Group AG’s shares (SIX: PPGN) are listed on SIX Swiss Exchange.
The Malmö site in Sweden is an important and growing manufacturing and development location within PolyPeptide’s network, with long-standing expertise in large-scale peptide production, purification and isolation. With approximately 450 employees across local site teams and global functions, Malmö offers a collaborative workplace with a strong focus on safety, quality and customers. The site is currently undergoing ongoing capacity expansion, creating opportunities to contribute to site development, operational excellence and sustainable growth.
ABOUT THE ROLE
As Head of Human Resources for the Malmö site, you play a key role in enabling a qualified, engaged and high-performing workforce that supports PolyPeptide’s business ambitions. As HR partner to the site leadership team, you help shape the site’s organizational development while ensuring professional, effective and compliant HR processes and services across the full employee lifecycle. Working in close alignment with PolyPeptide’s mission, values, business priorities and Group HR agenda, you contribute to building a strong, high-performing site organization and provide HR support to the global functions located in Malmö.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Act as HR partner to the Site Director, Site Management Team and people leaders across the Malmö site.
- Support organizational development, workforce planning, performance management and leadership effectiveness.
- Lead core HR processes across the full employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, recruitment, onboarding, learning / development / talent management, compensation and benefits, engagement and offboarding.
- Ensure efficient and compliant HR administration, including payroll, time and attendance, benefits, contracts and employee data.
- Support the site's organizational development and transformation initiatives in close alignment with the group strategy and requirements.
- Provide professional HR guidance to managers and employees, including employee and union relations.
- Provide HR support to global functions located at the Malmö site, ensuring HR processes and employment matters are handled consistently and efficiently.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies and audit requirements.
- Monitor labour market trends and workforce KPIs, taking proactive action where needed.
- Lead and develop the site HR team.
- Contribute to Group HR strategy, processes and tools and ensure implementation at site level.
What You Bring
We are looking for a seasoned HR leader with strong business partnering capabilities, broad generalist expertise and proven experience supporting complex organizations through growth and transformation. The ideal candidate combines sound HR judgment with hands-on operational excellence, strong knowledge of the Swedish labour environment and the ability to build trusted relationships with leaders, employees and unions.
- Senior HR leader with 10+ years of broad and sizeable HR management experience at national / local level, including responsibility for employee populations of at least 200 people, gained in international and complex organizations. Experience in manufacturing, preferably within life sciences or another highly regulated business environment.
- Proven senior HR business partner with strong business acumen, financial and analytical expertise, and a track record of supporting transformation, workforce planning, personnel cost management, operational excellence, continuous improvement, and organizational performance.
- Broad HR generalist expertise and track record across organizational development, recruitment, talent, learning, engagement, compensation, HR operations and employee lifecycle processes.
- Service-oriented and operationally strong, with experience in HR administration, payroll, HR process optimization and performance management of the HR function.
- Strong knowledge of Swedish labour law, social security, benefits, pensions and union relations.
- Excellent communicator and trusted advisor, with strong influencing, negotiation and stakeholder management skills. Ability to deliver talent / leadership training is a plus.
- High integrity and sound judgment, with the ability to handle sensitive people matters in a professional, ethical and compliant manner.
- Experienced people leader who role-models strong leadership behaviours and PolyPeptide’s values of Innovation, Excellence and Trust.
- Fluent in Swedish and English, with experience and confidence working in global structures.
Does this sound like an exciting challenge?
PolyPeptide offers a great work environment where our co-workers and business are allowed to grow together. We have an open and welcoming atmosphere and are proud of our workplace since we work with the purpose of making life better for patients around the world.
If you enjoy challenges and find it rewarding to influence and improve, we hope that you will find this position intriguing. If you are interested, please submit your application and your CV as soon as possible via our career portal: Grow with us - PolyPeptide Group. We will review the applications on an ongoing basis.
