Executive Vice President, People - Platform

EVP, People

Barry-Wehmiller is a diversified global supplier of engineering consulting and manufacturing technology for the packaging, corrugating, sheeting and paper-converting industries. By blending people-centric leadership with disciplined operational strategies and purpose-driven growth, Barry-Wehmiller has become a $3 billion organization with nearly 12,000 team members united by a common belief : to use the power of business to build a better world.

The EVP, People, serves as both architect and steward of the overall people and culture strategy. This role sets long-term direction, represents the president's perspective internally and externally, and integrates talent, structure, and culture across a $700M global business with 1,800+ hearts in manufacturing sites, engineering and sales offices in the Americas, EMEA and Asia. The EVP People drives enterprise alignment, leads major transformations, and positions the Platform as a talent incubator for the broader BW Group.

The right leader can contribute meaningfully to high-level strategic discussions, will bring a sharp analytical lens, challenge assumptions constructively, and collaborate effectively with the executive leadership team to shape and drive the Platform's vision. The ideal candidate combines critical thinking with emotional intelligence, demonstrating the courage to speak up when needed and the humility to listen and adapt, and is a high-potential with the capability to grow beyond the EVP role.

This role is responsible for delivering business results through people and organizational design, ensuring that our Platform delivers on the BW cultural commitment to care for people while performing with excellence.

Key Responsibilities :

• Lead the design and execution of a People strategy, designed to deliver on Platform's strategic operational, commercial, and product priorities and performance metrics.
• Drive alignment of organizational design to deliver on strategic and business objectives.
• Lead Talent processes to ensure the platform has a pipeline of talent to fill current and future organizational needs through recruiting, staffing, retention, talent review, talent development, and succession planning- partnering with central teams as appropriate.
• Oversee talent performance processes that drive continuous feedback, growth and alignment to a culture of care and accountability.
• Develop and champion workforce strategies that position the Platform to anticipate and adapt to evolving business needs leveraging People systems to align staffing, role design, and resource allocation to build a more resilient, nimble workforce.
• Partner with BW Director of Compensation in the design and delivery of internally equitable, externally competitive compensation practices across the organization, identifying and addressing gaps in pay structures as well as strategies to bridge gaps through organizational transition.
• Provide coaching and guidance to peers on the Senior Leadership team on people matters.
• Lead change management efforts during periods of growth, restructuring, or M&A, ensuring adherence to BW playbooks.
• Stay attuned to organizational dynamics across the Platform and BW, bringing forward insights and recommendations that support a strong executive cadence and a cohesive leadership team.
• Align the Platform People organization and develop capabilities to advance and support business priorities.
• Actively listen and monitor the culture through various assessment tools, deploy cultural initiatives and hold leaders accountable to creating a differentiated culture of People and Performance in Harmony. Ensure culture is embedded into daily actions.
• Leverage systems, ensure global data quality and deploy data-driven tools to provide actionable insights to enhance decision-making.
• Partner with BW Central team to ensure compliance across international, national, and local regulations, advising leaders on policies and practices that balance risk, equity, and operational needs.
• Partner with BW Chief People Officer, Platform People Peers and Central Team, representing the Group President, Platform leadership, and needs of the Platform with integrity and authority across a range of engagements and decisions including Enterprise people team initiatives :
• Determining long term goals and metrics for People Excellence
• Evolving the organizational structure to optimize the investment in the People Organization, including supporting initiatives to leverage scale where appropriate
• Setting annual organization-wide People Annual Improvement Priorities and Targets to Improve, establishing Platform Commitments, and ensuring accountability to delivering those Commitments.

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Barry-Wehmiller is an equal opportunity employer. M / F / D / V This organization uses E-Verify. Applicants may be subject to pre-employment screening which may include drug screening, reference checks, employment verifications, background screening and / or skills assessments.