Senior HRBP, Food Ingredients

About the role

IFF is looking for a Senior HR Business Partner for its Food Ingredients business, based in Castelo Branco, Brazil. The role is hybrid, with a minimum of 3 to 4 days per week on site. It involves shaping workforce strategy, developing talent and advising senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, employee engagement and talent. The Food Ingredients business unit remains part of IFF until the planned sale to CVC Capital Partners in the first half of 2027.

Key responsibilities

• Partner with business and functional leaders to turn business objectives into workforce, organizational, leadership and talent strategies.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, workforce planning and business performance.
• Develop and run workforce plans that match talent capabilities to current and future business needs.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, including investigations, corrective actions, performance management discussions and employment terminations.
• Mentor HR professionals and drive organizational effectiveness, change management, organizational design and continuous improvement.
• Facilitate talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development and retention strategies.
• Work with Talent Acquisition on hiring, internal mobility and succession planning.
• Collaborate with Legal, Payroll, Total Rewards, HR Operations and HR Shared Services to deliver compliant, integrated HR solutions.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial Psychology, Industrial Social Work or a related field.
• At least ten years of progressive HR experience, including significant HRBP, HR manager or HR leadership experience.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders on workforce and talent strategies, and supporting employee relations investigations, corrective actions and performance management.
• Proven ability to lead organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, change management and business transformation.
• Experience with talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development and retention.
• Nice to have: executive support, manufacturing, food ingredients, biotechnology or specialty chemicals environments; leading change across multiple locations; experience in a multinational matrix organization.

Required skills

• Strong analytical skills, using workforce data and talent metrics for data-driven decisions.
• Change management and organizational design.