Wärtsilä is an innovative technology company known for being a forerunner in the Marine and Energy markets. Every day, we – Wärtsilians - put our hearts and minds into turning Wärtsilä's purpose of enabling sustainable societies with smart technology, and our Smart Marine and Energy visions into reality. Our ultimate aim is to provide increased value to both our customers and society. New, game-changing ideas and continuous improvement have been part of our DNA since 1834. Together, we can create new business opportunities and more sustainable future that we can all be proud of. 

We want to transition the world towards a cleaner future. By pushing the boundaries of engineering and technology, we can make it work. We are always on the lookout for future-oriented talent – want to join the ride?

 

People Services organisation is supporting all Wärtsilians by delivering every day HR services in a consistent & easy way. This is done by working as one community, a seamless team and enhanced by smart technologies. People Services consist out of HR Local Professionals, Subject Matter Specialists and People Support Specialists. 

People Services is the face of HR, working in the frontline, supporting our people and delivering services and expertise globally across the whole HR spectrum, bringing a world-class employee experience to life for Wärtsilä. We offer our services from every region in the world with a hybrid and interactive set up so that we can ensure that no matter where you are, you will get the support you need. 

People Services. People First.

About the Positions

In this role, you will work in a team of passionate HR experts in the field of Learning and Talent Development. You will be a close counterpart to the Marine business units:  Marine Power, Marine Systems or Marine Voyage. You will be strongly supporting and driving the implementation and continuous improvement of Learning & Talent Development services in a business-driven and people-centric manner, helping form a direct link between individual, team and business performance. Touchpoints outside your team will be with the CoE’s, Business HR, Business Talent Development Leads and other applicable levels of our organization and company – cooperation and collaboration are the essential key. Hence you will work with Wärtsilä colleagues globally and highly contribute to the quality of services delivered by HR.

As Learning & Talent Development Partner, you will be focusing on:
• Ensuring and executing high quality services delivered across the Learning & Talent Development Services Portfolio
• Continuously optimizing Learning & Talent Development services and making sure that all end-to-end processes are efficient and compliant, exploring global synergies and improvement opportunities on an ongoing basis
• Supporting the development of L&TD strategies, including short-term and long-term design, as well as driving their implementation and review, in line with market best practices and business needs
• Act as L&TD partner across our organization, focusing on supporting complex projects or topics
• Being part of new development pilots of L&TD services and ensuring completion of pilot-to-portfolio phase
• Evaluating and understanding the impact of L&TD Services and supporting data-driven development, turning data into actionable insight
• Teaming internally, acting as a mentor and coach around your expertise areas and foster an environment of strengths-based development

About You

People Services community is a group of professionals who are solution-oriented collaborators, fostering a culture of people-centricity, operational excellence and focus on making an impact to the business.

To succeed in this role, we are looking for someone with:
• Ability to understand business strategies and translate these into actionable, compelling and agile services in line with our delivery model within the L&TD domain
• Have a wide-ranging experience in Learning & Talent Development practices and methods, preferably both in-house and in an external consultancy
• Knowledge and experience of delivering customer and end user-centric Learning & Talent Development Services and Programs
• Highly resourceful, self-driven with the ability to partner, execute and lead through influence and collaboration – across the organization
• Demonstrated curiosity and capacity for learning
• Innovate thinking applied to further improving service delivery
• Engagement, flexibility and a sense of responsibility
• Comfortable and proficient in collaborating and engaging with various stakeholders across all levels in the organization
• Solution oriented, pragmatic and innovative working style
• Know-how in change management
• Agile working and excellent prioritization skills
• Ability to use data and insight in development
• Effective project management skills, driving closure on key milestones and overseeing timely delivery

To be successful in this role, we expect you to:
• Inspire the desired Company values in others by leading with your own example
• Demonstrate a genuine desire to make an impact on Wartsila people
• Find the “positives" in the negatives, search for the solutions to the challenges,
• Proactively look for opportunities to partner and cooperate with your HR colleagues and business
• Avoid getting stuck with the “past” and adopt a fresh approach to the present 
• Take on things you have never done before
• Put yourself in the shoes of our Wärtsilä colleagues to think what would serve best the whole company
• Be service-minded. If you don’t know something, you will for sure find it out!
• Be passionate about improving the imperfect – we are constantly looking for ways to work smarter!

People Services is a place where you can have an impact on Wärtsilians day to day, helping us to deliver on our strategic goals while growing as a people pro and staying relevant for the future!

Career, job, calling, future – whatever you call it, only you can define it!

Please apply by 6 October, 2020.

Person to give further information:
Sanna Rosendahl
sanna.rosendahl@wartsila.com
+358 50 4487888 (calling times: 29 September during 16:00-17:00 EET or 2 October during 14:30-16 EET, 5 October during 10:00-11:00 EET)
 

This is Wärtsilä

Wärtsilä is a global leader in smart technologies and complete lifecycle solutions for the marine and energy markets. By emphasising sustainable innovation, total efficiency and data analytics, Wärtsilä maximises the environmental and economic performance of the vessels and power plants of its customers. In 2019, Wärtsilä’s net sales totalled EUR 5.2 billion with approximately 19,000 employees. The company has operations in over 200 locations in more than 80 countries around the world. Wärtsilä is listed on Nasdaq Helsinki. Find out more at www.wartsila.com