Senior Divisional HR Director

The Division HR Director serves as a strategic and forward-thinking HR partner responsible for shaping and executing people strategies across the organisation's European companies. This is a transformation heavy role requiring a leader who can balance global consistency with regional cultural nuance, creating integration and alignment without losing what makes each country team successful. As Senior Divisional HR Director, you will: Act as the strategic HR partner to European business leaders, setting and executing the divisional people strategy. Lead the transformation and integration agenda across multiple countries, ensuring alignment with global HR priorities while adapting to local requirements. Drive organisational design, workforce planning, leadership development, and succession planning across European sites. Strengthen cross border talent management, mobility, and capability development in close partnership with Global Talent Management. Provide data driven insight on regional workforce trends, labour markets, and talent risks. Partner with Centres of Excellence to enhance recruiting, retention, HR operations, and leadership pipeline development. Lead and develop HR teams in multiple countries, raising capability and building a cohesive, high performing European HR community. Ensure HR processes and programs are consistent across the Division while remaining compliant with local employment legislation and sensitive to cultural context. Support M&A integration, workforce transitions, and organisation wide transformation initiatives. The Successful Applicant A successful Senior Divisional HR Director should have:   Significant senior HR leadership experience across multiple European countries. Fluency in English and at least one additional European language-ideally French, German, or Dutch. A strong track record in transformation, integration, and complex organisational change. Experience delivering digital HR transformation; Workday exposure advantageous. Background in manufacturing, industrial, engineering or similarly complex operational environments strongly preferred. Expert knowledge of European employment law; familiarity with US/Canada/LATAM advantageous but not essential. Demonstrable experience leading and developing HR teams across regions. Executive presence, resilience, and an inclusive leadership style that brings people with you. Ability to operate predominantly on‑site across Europe and at our Evesham HQ. Alamo will support relocation and sponsorship for EU nationals looking to relocate to the UK Demonstrated and effective experience leading HR functions through M&A integration, regional restructuring, and workforce transitions.