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Job Description

About the role:

Join us as our new HR Business Partner, and contribute to a dynamic, agile, and matrix-based HR organization.

How you will contribute :

Reporting to the HR Site Lead, you will:

• Deliver on specialized HR support to leaders around employee relations, talent and performance management, talent acquisition, employee engagement, time management and compliance with local labor law.

• Partner with leaders to determine key people priorities and deliver solutions to ensure the organization capability, structure and culture are in place to drive the achievement of business goals.

• Provide expert and well-reasoned HR advice and ensure that all people activities are managed in line with Takeda Culture and Values, policy and local regulations and standards.

• Collaborate with our Talent Acquisition Team to enable recruitment of talents aligned with site capabilities needs, ensure timely hiring against vacancies as well as pay equity.

• Coach and advise leaders on all aspects of people management, including employee relations, change management and people development in line with Takeda philosophy and policy.

• Help leaders drive talents reviews and build robust succession planning for key positions.

• Help leaders look around corners with data-driven recommendations that improve performance, retention and overall employee experience.

• Enable the implementation of rewards and benefits strategies aligned with the organization expectations working closely with our Compensation and Benefits team.

• Foster diversity and inclusion and contribute to rolling out global initiatives at site level

• Be accountable for HR compliance in line with labor and employment regulations and to manage business risk arising from employment liability, work closely with the Swiss SECO and local authorities for the issue of relevant permits.

• Participate or lead HR projects aligned, among others, with our objectives of digitalization and simplification.

• Collaborate with regional CoE’s and relevant Global / BU HR colleagues to design and deliver best practice HR solutions in line with global standards.

• Collaborate with HR Services to ensure effective delivery of HR operations.

What you bring to Takeda:

• Bachelor’s degree minimum. Master’s degree preferred.

• Minimum of 10 years of experience within HR.

• Previous experience as HRBP in an industrial environment.

• Industry and HR Knowledge – understands the pharmaceutical industry and business. Curious and up to date on current and possible future trends related to a broad spectrum of HR practices.

• Previous experience in managing difficult situations and leading complex investigations with diplomacy and discretion modeling ethical behavior and taking necessary disciplinary actions as needed.

• Strong knowledge of Swiss Labor Law and implementation with pragmatism in a manufacturing environment

• Experience in Time management systems (good understanding of employees scheduling linked to manufacturing requirements and tracking through HRIS tool)s.

• Strong proficiency with business scorecards and metrics (PowerBI) and motivated to embark in Takeda’s journey around digitalization.

• Ability to focus on the few priorities that matter most. Track record of implementing programs that reduce complexity and measurably improve business performance.

• Good Analytical Skills (ability to identify the root cause of problems/opportunities and determine possible solutions).

What Takeda can offer you:

We want our employees to succeed in everything they do – at work, at home, and in the community. This is why we offer world-class benefits and access to resources that can support people.

Our sector and the needs of our patients are constantly changing, which is why we emphasize continuous training. We actively support and invest in the development of our employees through a 50/40/10 training model.

We offer a comprehensive benefits package, prioritizing wellbeing, career growth, and work-life balance:

• Generous Time Off: 28 days of paid.

• Health & Wellbeing: Sport/Fitness abonnement contribution, on site cafeteria, medical annual check-ups starting at age 50, financial support and preventive health care insurance

• support for preventive healthcare.

• Family Support: Paid leave for maternity, paternity, and adoption, along with dedicated spaces for nursing mothers.

• Career Development: Access to a Learning Catalog, language courses, and opportunities for internal and international mobility.

• Transportation & Eco-Benefits: Contributions for public transport, incentives for e-biking, and on-site charging stations for electric vehicles. Regular on-site gardening and massages activities.

More About Us:

With over 650 employees, Takeda Neuchâtel is one of the ten largest employers in the Canton of Neuchâtel, and one of the leading biopharmaceutical production sites in Switzerland. Operating 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, the site employs a wide range of professionals trained in biotechnologies and their application to industrial production. With over twenty nationalities, Takeda Neuchâtel offers an international, diverse and innovative working environment within a company that is firmly rooted in and committed to its local ecosystem.

Takeda Neuchâtel is certified as a Training Company by the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs. We train young apprentices in a variety of fields, including laboratory quality control, logistics, IT and biopharmaceutical production.

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

Certified as a Global Top Employer, Takeda offers stimulating careers, encourages innovation, and strives for excellence in everything we do. We foster an inclusive, collaborative workplace, in which our teams are united by an unwavering commitment to deliver Better Health and a Brighter Future to people around the world.

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