People & Organization Director, Commercial (Temporary/12 Months)

About Antech Diagnostics Smarter Diagnostics. Better Care.™ You deserve a choice when making diagnostic decisions for your patients. Antech™ is a global veterinary diagnostics company driven by innovation that helps veterinarians deliver better animal health outcomes. Our products and services span 90+ reference laboratories around the globe. We also provide in-house laboratory instruments and consumables, including digital cytology and rapid assays; local and cloud-based data services; practice information management software and support; imaging equipment; continuing education and training; and board-certified specialist support services. Together, we’re advancing veterinary care and continuing our shared mission to make a better world for pets, every day. Subject To: https://www.antechdiagnostics.com/privacy-policy & https://www.antechdiagnostics.com/terms-of-use Subject To: https://www.mars.com/privacy and https://www.antechdiagnostics.com/terms-of-use

Antech Diagnostics

The world’s most comprehensive 360° diagnostic ecosystem. The Better Petcare partner for you. Today. Tomorrow. Always.

Veterinary diagnostic servicesClinical and Antatomic PathologyPractice Enhancementand Veterinary Health Education

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antechdiagnostics.com

1,001-5,000 employees

Veterinary Services

Fountain Valley, CA

Privately Held

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• The P&O Director, Commercial (Temporary) serves as a senior strategic partner to executive, global, or regional leadership, translating business strategies into People & Organization priorities and plans. This role goes beyond execution to co-create business strategies, drive systemic organizational changes, and lead key transversal P&O activities across the broader enterprise. Acting as a trusted advisor to senior leadership, the P&O Director champions the Science & Diagnostics (SDx) Culture and Mars Five Principles, aligns organizational design with business objectives, and ensures that the Mars Five Principles and Associate Concept are deeply embedded in all leadership and people-related decisions.
• Senior Stakeholder Partnership: Partner directly with senior leaders, who can be SDx Global Leadership Team (LT) members, Global Functions Leaders, and Regional Leaders, serving as a key member of their leadership teams to influence and drive business growth through talent and organizational strategies.
• Strategic Change Leadership: Anticipate, design, and lead complex organizational design initiatives and large-scale change management plans that enable future business growth, agility, and efficiency.
• Transversal P&O Leadership: Lead high-visibility transversal P&O activities and/or communities as required across the organization, which may include things like leading Talent Management for Operations, shaping the Capabilities agenda for a function or region, steering enterprise-wide P&O projects, or establishing and fostering strategic P&O communities of practice.
• Strategic Workforce Planning: Focus on long-term workforce planning strategies (IVCP, AEP, staffing models…) to ensure the organization has the necessary staff and capabilities to meet future demands.
• COE Integration & Program Orchestration: Collaborate with global Centers of Expertise (COEs) including Talent Acquisition, Culture, Compensation & Benefits, Associate Relations, Talent, learning etc., to co-design and pilot enterprise-wide initiatives (PDP, MAS, Culture etc.). Lead the deployment of initiatives, ensure successful implementation, coach leaders and associates, follow and own success metrics.
• Data-Driven Strategic Insights: Utilize workforce analytics, external benchmarks, and internal metrics to generate insights and build compelling business cases, influence strategic priorities, and measure the ROI of people programs.
• Organizational Health & Culture Champion: Drive a high-performance culture across global and regional segments, promoting diversity, inclusion, and belonging.
• Associates Relations/Compliance: Address systemic workplace issues and provide senior-level guidance on employee relations cases in coordination with the AR team. Oversee compliance and risk mitigation at a systemic level, ensuring leadership decisions conform to employment laws, internal policies, and ethical standards, while maintaining deep alignment with the Five Principles.
• Operations: ensure all organization and talent changes are properly documented and reflected within our systems for the assigned scope (letters, workday, job descriptions etc.)
• If applicable: people Leadership: Lead, mentor, and develop direct reports (where applicable) and serve as a key mentor to T2 P&O Business Partners, cultivating a high-performing and collaborative P&O community.

• Master’s Degree.
• SPHR, SHRM-SCP, or equivalent senior-level HR certification strongly preferred.
• 10–12+ years of progressive HR/P&O business partnering experience, with at least 3 years in a senior or directing capacity.
• Proven experience successfully partnering with executive or global/regional Leaders
• Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee relations, diversity, performance management, talent management, talent acquisition etc.
• Experience working in a matrixed global environment, preferably within veterinary diagnostic solutions, healthcare, or consumer goods.
• Strategic Mindset
• Balances Stakeholders
• Situational Adaptability
• Organizational Savvy
• Courage & Command Skills
• Ensures Accountability
• Manages Complexity
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Products including Word, Excel, and PowerPoint and strong typing ability
• Antech is a leader in veterinary diagnostics, driven by our passion for innovation that delivers better animal health outcomes. Our products and services span 90+ reference laboratories around the globe; in-house diagnostic laboratory instruments and consumables, including rapid assay diagnostic products and digital cytology services; local and cloud-based data services; practice information management software and related software and support; veterinary imaging and technology; veterinary professional education and training; and board-certified specialist support services.

• Antech offers an industry competitive benefits package and continues to invest in and evolve benefits programs that meet the health, wellness and financial needs of our associates.
• Benefits eligiblity is based on employment status.
• Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Medical, Dental, Vision (Multiple Plans Available)
• Basic Life (Company Paid) & Supplemental Life
• Short and Long Term Disability (Company Paid)
• Flexible Spending Accounts/Health Savings Accounts
• Paid Parental Leave
• 401(k) with company match
• Tuition/Continuing Education Reimbursement
• Life Assistance Program
• Pet Care Discounts
• Commitment to Equal Employer Opportunities
• Antech Diagnostics, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (Antech) do not compensate search firms for unsolicited assistance unless they have a written search agreement with Antech and the requisition is position-specific. Any resumes, curriculum vitae, and other unsolicited assistance from search firms that do not have a written search agreement or position-specific requisition submitted to any Associate of Antech will be deemed the sole property of Antech and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Antech.