International Interim HR Director: the case of an industrial subsidiary in Italy

Managing a crisis, facing recruitment difficulties, replacing an absent HR director… Many situations may require the intervention of an interim manager specialized in the HR function. When to contact this professional? What are the advantages of calling on such an expert? Focus on the international interim HR Director through the example of a mission with an industrial subsidiary in Italy.

 

The interim HR director: definition, role and missions

The international interim HR Director (Human Resources Director) is a manager with more than 20 years of experience, in France and abroad, to top-tier HR functions. He is able to intervene in companies of all sizes and in all sectors, to respond to a wide variety of HR issues.

Here are some examples of cases of intervention by an international interim HR director:

• Managing an HR crisis (employee disengagement, health crisis, job protection plan, site closure, cash flow difficulties, etc.);
• Replace an HR Director who is absent at short notice;
• Respond to recruitment issues (strengthen the employer brand, adapt recruitment processes, attract talent, reduce absenteeism and turnover);
• Improving the quality of life at work;
• Lead the digital transformation of the HR function;
• Implement teleworking in companies ;
• Carry out a delicate recruitment operation (shortage of talent, sectors in tension, search for a rare skill, etc.);
• Lead change management with important HR issues (mergers and acquisitions, organizational change, restructuring, etc.);
• Leading, managing and federating multicultural teams ;
• …

 

Calling on an international interim HR director: what are the advantages?

Calling on an international interim HR director is particularly wise to secure a delicate HR operation abroad, to deal with a managerial emergency and to replace an absent HR manager.

Thanks to his experience in various international contexts, this high-ranking leader is endowed with strong language skills, strong adaptability and an external perspective that offers a very beneficial perspective internally. In particular, he is able to lead and federate multicultural teams in very diverse environments.

The interim HR Director is also endowed with valuable managerial, human and interpersonal qualities that promote team commitment: emotional intelligence, leadership skills, listening, empathy, dynamism, audacity, etc.

Highly mobile, he can intervene within the company in France or abroad in a very short time. Operational immediately, it carries out a complete inventory, deploys a calibrated action plan and ensures the achievement of tangible, measurable and sustainable results.

 

Interim HR Director: the example of a mission with an industrial subsidiary in Italy

The interim management company WAYDEN has a network of more than 8,000 interim managers with extremely varied expertise. Among these professionals, we are able to mobilize, as quickly as possible, an international interim HR director able to intervene within your company in France or Europe. We have supported many international players in their HR issues.

For example, we carried out an assignment for a leading company in electronics manufacturing with several subsidiaries around the world. As part of the reorganisation of its business into Italy, build a new factory in the Milan area. This project involved managing the mobility of half of the employees.

We then mobilized a Franco-Italian interim HR director, a specialist in complex HR operations (restructuring, mergers and acquisitions, carve outs)., PES…). A former international lawyer, he has a perfect knowledge of Italian labour law. This dual expertise, his bilingual skills and his interpersonal skills enabled him to anticipate all the legal aspects, to secure the operation and to manage the social relations with the greatest excellence.