HR Business Partner

**HR Business Partner**

**Job description**

Our ING Think Forward Strategy is all about empowering people to stay a step ahead in life and business. And it’s important that our Human Resources team can help ING to deliver the strategy. In order to do so, our Human Resources team has a purpose - to build the craftsmanship and engagement of everyone at ING for them to deliver on the strategy of our bank. We do this by creating greater leaders and better managers and by offering people services that create a differentiating employee experience.

Within the Human Resources organization, the role of a HR Business Partner (HRBP) is to enable the delivery of our purpose, by partnering with the business through closely collaborating and working with the HR Communities of Expertise (CoEs) and People Services.

The purpose of the HRBP role is to work with leaders to shape and implement the people agenda within the business through enhancing their leadership capabilities and driving their strategic people decisions, such as talent and succession planning, people development and team performance.

The HRBP position is based in Luxembourg and reports to the HR Director.

The HRBP works closely with business leaders and their management teams in shaping and implementing the people agenda. Responsible for building a strong relationship within a business line or function, the HRBP brings in-depth specialist knowledge in multiple HR areas of expertise. Equally, the HRBP has strong business acumen and affinity with the business line or function they are responsible for.

The HRBP coaches and builds the capabilities of business leaders and their management teams on the people strategy.

The HRBP plays a strategic role in implementing global people solutions within their business line or function, developed by the HR experts.

Key activities include, amongst others:

- developing the capabilities of leaders within their scope
- supporting and coaching leaders to help them grow the engagement of our people;
- acting as a change agent and applies relevant organization design expertise during business transformations.
- partnering with business leaders in building strategic workforce plans;
- leading and supporting annual people processes; performance review, succession planning, talent review
- acting as an ambassador of the diversity & inclusion-strategy;
The HRBP also feeds back the business needs and context to the HR experts, so they can create new or change existing people solutions.

In summary, the areas where you make impact are as follows:

- Shaping the People and Business Agenda - partner with business leaders and their management teams to ensure that the right core people capabilities are available to allow for current and future business success.
- Building a Performance Culture - coach business leaders and their management teams in using performance and talent management solutions to drive individual and team performance.

Collaborating to successfully convey the HR service delivery model - bring feedback on the business needs and context to the Community of Expertise and People Services to improve the people solutions.

**Your profile**
- Competencies / Behaviour:_
- Strong business acumen.
- A strong strategic focus and an ability to translate the people vision into increased business performance.
- Affinity with numbers and data and a good understanding on how data analysis and reporting support building the people agenda.
- Demonstrated consultation skills to help the business in understanding their people needs and propose the right global solution to fit that need.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with a clear demonstration of influencing business leaders.
- Practical experience of implementing significant change initiatives successfully.
- Sensitivity to local/regional employment legislation and regulations.
- Deep understanding of the HR service delivery model (Ulrich model) and how collaboration across functions is key in delivering value to the business.
- You are proficient in Microsoft (Word, Excel, and PowerPoint).
- You will hold a Master’s degree, preferably in Human Resources or Business. Next to that work experience in an international setting is required.
- Languages:_

You are a strong communicator at all levels of the organization (excellent written and verbal English language skills and story-telling abilities. French speaking would be a plus).

**Your working environment**

With over 1000 employees in the Grand Duchy and thanks to the combination of our local presence and the strength of a robust multinational like ING, we offer our personal and business customers a wide range of solutions through the channel of their choice.

ING is a global bank with a strong European base. 53,000 employees serve around 38.4 million customers, corporate clients and financial institutions in over 40 countries. Operating in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg since 1960 as a universal and accessible bank, our