P&O Consultant

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This position acts as a strategic and consultative People & Organization (P&O) partner to leaders and employees across the LATAM region. The role provides consistent guidance throughout the employee lifecycle, supporting people management, organizational development, and a positive employee and leadership experience.

Working closely with business leaders and P&O specialists, the position ensures that people-related solutions are aligned with business priorities, global and local P&O policies, and applicable labor legislation.

The Role & Your Impact:

Operating in a regional and highly collaborative environment, the P&O Consultant plays an important role in connecting business needs with effective people solutions. The position supports leaders in navigating people-related challenges, strengthening organizational effectiveness, developing talent, and fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

Through sound judgment, practical guidance, and strong stakeholder relationships, the role contributes to delivering consistent P&O practices and a positive experience for leaders and employees across LATAM.

Your Key Responsibilities in this role:

• Act as a P&O consultant and primary point of contact for leaders across the LATAM region, providing guidance throughout the employee lifecycle and connecting local needs with P&O solutions and specialists;
• Plan and facilitate workshops for teams, sites, and departments, supporting alignment, collaboration, leadership development, and organizational effectiveness;
• Advise managers on performance management, feedback, coaching, career development, performance improvement plans, and disciplinary actions, in accordance with applicable policies and practices;
• Collaborate with stakeholders to anticipate P&O needs and support workforce planning, talent management, succession planning, organizational changes, and organizational development;
• Support managers in employee relations matters, including conflict resolution, workplace disputes, and employee complaints, ensuring appropriate involvement of the Core Support Employee Relations team and compliance with internal policies and applicable legislation;
• Support P&O-related compliance, internal controls, and audit activities, providing documentation, evidence, and follow-up on action plans;
• Support onboarding, integration, internal mobility, and offboarding processes, ensuring clear responsibilities and a consistent experience for leaders and employees.

What you'll need to be successful in this role:

• Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Business Administration, Law, Human Resources, or a related field;
• Postgraduate degree in People Management, Business, or a related area is a plus;
• Advanced English;
• Advanced or fluent Portuguese;
• Intermediate Spanish.
• Experience in Human Resources/P&O, preferably in a generalist or consultative role supporting business leaders;
• Knowledge of employee lifecycle processes, performance management, employee relations, organizational development, and labor legislation;
• Experience with Workday is desirable;
• Proficiency in Microsoft 365, especially Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams;
• Availability to work in a hybrid model, Monday to Friday, at our Valinhos, SP site.

Additional Skills & Interests We Value:

• Certifications or training in facilitation, coaching, conflict mediation, labor relations, or organizational development methodologies;
• Strong judgment and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess risks, evaluate impacts, and make balanced decisions aligned with business needs and company policies;
• Adaptability and effective prioritization when managing multiple demands and changing priorities;
• Agility, initiative, and a solution-oriented mindset to address complex situations with practical and sustainable solutions;
• Strong communication and influencing skills, including active listening, negotiation, facilitation, and conflict resolution;
• High ethical standards, discretion, and the ability to handle confidential and sensitive employee matters with integrity;
• A collaborative and pragmatic approach to working with diverse stakeholders across different countries and cultures.

Our purpose guides the way

In Novonesis, we know that solutions rooted in biology can help solve humanity’s biggest challenges. Since we began more than a century ago, this has been our guide. It’s how we've gotten so far. And it’s how we'll impact the future. Now, more than ever, the world needs change. And with biosolutions, the possibilities for transformation are endless. If our purpose resonates with you, we encourage you to apply.

Opportunities for everyone

We are committed to an inclusive recruitment process and equal opportunity for all applicants. Therefore we ask you to apply without a cover letter or photo and instead include a few sentences in your CV explaining your motivation for applying.

We make all employment decisions based on business needs and welcome candidates with a wide range of backgrounds, including ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, or veteran status.

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Our History

In 2024, Chr. Hansen and Novozymes joined forces to form Novonesis.

We are 10,000 people worldwide whose expertise spans more than 30 different industries. All around the world our biosolutions already create value for thousands of customers and benefit the planet. Our biosolutions enable feeding and fueling the world more sustainably, from healthy and sustainable nutrition to biofuel. Our biosolutions also reduce the use of fossil-based resources, chemicals, energy and water. And this is just the beginning.