.HR Continuous Improvement Lead About Astellas: At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people. We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make. Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn't a buzzword - it's a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division. We have developed ground-breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology. Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked. We take a patient-focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients' lives. From lab to clinic to patient, we focus on the most promising science, empower the best talent to pursue it, and develop life-changing solutions alongside the best partners. The Opportunity: As the People Operations Partner, you will provide multi-country policy expertise and HR generalist knowledge, having a local but also global remit. As the 'go to' HR professional in Portugal, you will act as the SME, supporting and educating leaders, managers, and associates on all People topics. This opportunity therefore comes with a high degree of responsibility, regionally and internationally which will require the successful candidate to work closely with other HR Operations teams, across the broader HR function and directly with the business. Hybrid Working: At Astellas we recognize the importance of balancing your work and home life. This role offers a remote working solution so you can optimize the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver. Key Responsibilities: Providing sound advice and guidance to managers and employees on a variety of employee relations issues (multi-country). Implementing decisions of Business change at country level in collaboration with HRBPs. Acting as a change agent and champion for the Global HR Operations Model, whilst supporting with any restructuring or re-orgs. Providing support to HR Business Partners and Centres of Excellence to execute the delivery of cyclical HR processes such as Performance Management and Talent Planning. Accountability for all employee relations Case Management (to include underperformance, disciplinary, grievance and sickness absence). Delivering a country-specific, legally compliant HR service in line with identified needs
