People & Communications Business Partner, Norway, Denmark and Iceland

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KONE is a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry: our job is to make the world's cities better places to live. At KONE, our mission is to improve the flow of urban life. As a global leader in the elevator and escalator industry, KONE provides elevators, escalators, and automatic building doors, as well as solutions for maintenance and modernization, which add value to the life cycle of any building.
The People & Communications team enables business performance and competitiveness through engaged and capable people, strong reputation management, impactful internal and external communications and great employee experiences. We bring KONE's strategy to life, supporting competence, capability and culture development as well as strengthening the KONE purpose and company story for all our stakeholders. By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to work across a diverse range of topics, while also working closely with our businesses, to help drive the People and Communications agenda.
People & Communications Business Partner, Norway, Denmark & Iceland
KONE is seeking a dynamic and strategic-minded People & Communications Business Partner to join our team.
In this role, you will work closely with business stakeholders to drive people and communications strategies that align with KONE's business objectives. This role will be responsible for Norway, Denmark & Iceland and report to the Director, People & Communications, Nordics. The successful candidate will contribute to the ongoing development of the business and support the creation of a great workplace environment.
The preferred location of the position is Oslo, Norway, as this position focuses mainly on Norwegian employment and HR matters.
Responsibilities:

• Business partnering: understand and translate business objectives into people and communications priorities. Advise and coach business leaders and actively contribute to leadership team discussions.
• Strategy deployment: drive the people and communications agenda aligning with KONE's strategic direction and fostering a great workplace culture.
• Local people operations: collaborate with the People Operations team to meet local requirements.
• Union and labor relations: collaborate on labor relations topics and ensure compliance and conflict resolution.
• Engagement: own the unit's engagement agenda, manage engagement surveys, and support managers in enhancing employee engagement.
• Culture, Diversity, Inclusion, and Equity: Develop and execute initiatives to promote KONE's culture and advance diversity, inclusion, and equity.
• Change management: Support business transformations and provide coaching, training, and hands-on support.
• Internal and external communications: Ensure effective representation of internal and external communications in the people and communications agenda.
• Workforce planning: Analyze and forecast workforce needs, develop approaches to meet them, and support related actions.
• Mergers and acquisitions: Provide active support in people-related aspects of M&A efforts.
• Organization development and capability building: Support strategic direction through organization design and consult on organizational changes.
• Employment lifecycle consultation: Guide the business in employment and labor law matters and ensure compliance.
• Health and wellbeing: Advise on health and wellbeing strategies and drive improvement initiatives.
• Business partnering for annual People and Communications processes: Collaborate with teams to ensure smooth delivery of processes and focus on outcomes.

Are you the one?

• Proven experience as People Business Partner in a multicultural and multinational business environment
• Matrix working experience in cross-border organization
• People & Communications process and project management experience
• In-depth understanding of trade unions, industrial relations, collective labor law and principals of the collective bargaining in Norway
• Diverse experience in coaching and developing talent, teams, and business leaders
• Transformation and Change Management experience
• Exceptional stakeholder management, excellent influencing and communication skills
• Business acumen and a commercial mindset
• Knowledge of People & Communications and safety-related regulations and legislation
• Ability to support business in budgeting
• Fluency in English & Norwegian
• Flexibility to travel.

What We Offer:

• A purpose-driven organization
• A change journey and a best practice HR environment
• Dynamic and collaborative work environment
• Comprehensive learning and development programs
• Opportunities for individual development
• Mentoring and coaching programs
• Flexibility, trust, and respect
• Value-based culture, behaviors, and ethics
• Sustainability and innovation
• Working for a successful organization.

Don't miss out on this unique opportunity to shape the future of our organization and join us on our journey to improve urban life!
At KONE, one of our strategic targets is to make KONE a great place to work. We strive to foster a collaborative culture where co-workers trust and respect each other and leaders inspire people to deliver the best results. Our culture builds on the values of delighting the customer, energy for renewal, passion for performance and winning together. We deliver on our promises to customers and through this, we have consistently improved our reputation as a dependable partner, able to respond to changing requirements and market conditions.
We'd love to hear from you!
Do you want to work in an international environment for a major global organization, one of the market leaders in its industry? Are you ready to take the next step in your career?
If you see this as an inspiring chance, please submit your application with your CV and cover letter already today but latestby May 11th 2025 via our Careers site.
For more information, please contact the Senior Talent Acquisition Specialist Nordics, People & Communication, Pia Igoni[email protected].
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At KONE, we are focused on creating an innovative and collaborative working culture where we value the contribution of each individual. Employee engagement is a key focus area for us and we encourage participation and the sharing of information and ideas. Sustainability is an integral part of our culture and the daily practice. We follow ethical business practices and we seek to develop a culture of working together where co-workers trust and respect each other and good performance is recognized. In being a great place to work, we are proud to offer a range of experiences and opportunities that will help you to achieve your career and personal goals and enable you to live a healthy and balanced life.
Read more on www.kone.com/careers