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Barilla is an Italian family-owned food company. Established in 1877, it’s now an international Group present in more than 100 countries.
A world leader in the markets of pasta and ready–to–use sauces and Pesti in continental Europe, bakery products in Italy, and crispbread in Scandinavia, the Barilla Group is recognized worldwide as a symbol of Italian know–how.
In the United States we are known as a company that primarily sells delicious pasta. We are thrilled to be expanding our portfolio, leveraging on our 145 years of Italian know-how in bakery expertise in leading categories such as Cookies and Crackers. With the acquisition of Back to Nature, Barilla is extending our ambitions in the U.S. to expand and build a portfolio of brands in these categories with a clear focus on quality and sustainability of our planet.
“The Joy of Food for a Better Life” is Barilla’s purpose to bring people closer to the joy of good food and making quality the choice for a better life. It’s a commitment from field to fork, to bring to the world tasty, joyful and wholesome products, made with selected raw materials from responsible supply chains. Because what we eat today can change our tomorrow. Because good food is a joy for the present and a choice for a better future. We will operate this new bakery business independently out of Minneapolis and are building a small “insurgent brand” culture with financial backing and resources of Barilla.
Job Purpose
Responsible for setting the Human Resources (HR) strategy and leading the technical activities required to create an engaged and high performing workforce. Partner with the business to enable capabilities, unleash the necessary skills and resources to support and grow the bakery business in the US. This position carries with it the responsibility to recruit, hire, retain, develop and mentor team members in order to grow their capabilities. You’ll also leverage organizational design principles and develop our structure, process, culture, and ways of working to be efficient, fun, and results-oriented.
You will collaborate with the global team in Italy and the Americas Pasta team in Chicago. You’ll influence across the organization to help our team achieve business goals. You will also coordinate with Italy on any global reporting as needed. This position will be responsible for all talent attraction, performance management, labor costing and budgeting, learning culture with inclusion, and HR data.
How the Role Will Measure Success
Proven leader who can help drive strategy, partner with cross functional leaders while leading the technical know-how of all HR activities.
Leads learning culture to attract, develop and retain top talent.
Act with a start-up mentality being agile with people processes, while willing to do the tactical work necessary to support the team.
Coaches the high-performance team to be agile across multiple functional areas to accomplish business goals.
Creates a start-up environment by collaborating with and leveraging external and internal partners in managing the group with passion, intellectual curiosity, integrity and trust.
Savvy Communicator with local, global, and external partners to build trust, be a change agent, take decisions, and resolve conflict as it arises.
What You Will Bring to the Table
Bachelor’s Degree Required: Human Resources or Business related field.
7-10 years of Generalist experience across leadership roles in human resources. May include rotational roles as a specialist (i.e. payroll, benefits, learning & development) in the consumer packaged goods manufacturing industry. Start-up experience a plus
Excellent communication skills and ability to effectively work, influence, problem solve and communicate at all levels of the organization
Proven track record in people management with demonstrative teambuilding and collaboration skills
Strong business acumen with an ability to mesh business needs with technical competencies
Ability to travel up to 15% (domestic and international)
Barilla is an equal opportunity employer. It is the policy of Barilla to prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type and to afford equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state and local laws and ordinances, nationally and internationally. Other classifications include, but are not limited to, family status, health status, multicultural differences, political ideas, and sexual orientation.
