Sr Manager, HR - Taste Elevation People Strategy

The Sr. Manager, HR - Taste Elevation People Strategy will shape the Taste Elevation BU'speopleagenda and influence the decisions that enable future growth. Partnering with HR and BU leaders, this role will build alignment and drive action around the 1-year priority roadmap and 3-year talent and workforce plan. As a trusted advisor, this leader will use data, business insight, and persuasive storytelling to champion bold solutions, mobilize stakeholders, and turnpeoplestrategy into measurable business impact. This role is excellent for the strategic HR partner who wants to strengthen their exposure& impact, or for someone with strong professional experienceseekingto break into the HR function!

Key Responsibilities:

Strategy & Planning: 

• Build andmaintaintheBU 3-year workforce and talent strategy aligned to business strategy (growth, cost, productivity, operating model).

• Lead annual people planning& cycle process–identifypriority problems to solve, define initiatives, sequence work, and secure executive alignment– and translate strategy into a 1-year roadmap with clear outcomes, owners, and milestones.

Organizational Effectiveness& People Analytics:

• Develop and implement organizational design strategies that align with businessobjectives, including talent management, change management, and culture development

• Lead strategic initiativesin partnership with HRBPsacrossthe BUtoenhance organizational effectiveness

• Produce decision-grade insightson:attrition/retention, hiring capacity, internal mobility, skills gaps, performance, engagement, span/layer, productivity, and workforce cost.

• Build business cases (ROI, scenario modeling) for interventions and investments.

Program leadership & COEorchestration

• Act as the BUliaisonfor COEprograms: ensure solutions fit BU context and are deployed effectively.

• Drive cross-functional execution: operating cadence, risk management, dependency tracking, stakeholder management.

• Identifyand close gaps between COE guidelinesand BU needs (e.g., tailored talent programs, critical role actions).

HR Strategic Initiatives:

• Develop and implement HR strategies that drive business outcomes, including talent and performance management,maintaininga single sourceof truth

• Provide strategic guidance and consultationto the BUon talent management, and develop strategies to attract,retain, and develop top marketing talent

• Set up& own thedashboards& rituals (monthly, quarterly,etc)for talent health and initiative progresswith both business & people leaders.

Expected Experience & Required Skills:

• 8+years ofprovenexperience in marketing, finance,HRor a related field, with a focus onCommercial orHRoperations

• Proventrack recordof developing and implementing strategies that drive business outcomes

• Excellent communication, collaboration, and project management skills

• Ability to analyze complex data andprovideactionable insights, including experience withWorkday,PowerBIand/or Tableau, Nielson/IRI, etc. 

• Proven ability to influence senior leaders without direct authority

• Program management and change leadershipexpertise

• Strong business acumen and understanding of the company’s business objectives