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Judith M Markgraf-Bye

Oslo

Summary

Tri-lingual international experienced Strategic People Director/Labour Lawyer and passionate People Leader and enthusiastic Reward, Labour Law/Employee Relations & Compliance as well as ESG Specialist with strong business acumen and business development & negotiation experience with experience of multinational 500 fortune matrix organisations in oil & gas, mining and chemical industry. Extensive M&A and project leadership experience. Collaborative leader with dedication to partnering with coworkers to promote engaged, empowering and fostering a positive work culture. Documented strengths in building and maintaining relationships with diverse range of stakeholders in dynamic, fast-paced settings.

Overview

25
25
years of professional experience
1
1
Certification

Work History

Director People & Culture

KPMG AS
05.2023
  • Executive HRBP for KPMG LAW AS and all of support functions in KPMG AS
  • Head of Compensation & Benefits incl internal global mobility
  • Internal lawyer labour law & investigation
  • DEI advisor
  • Advising Nordic merger & collaboration activities
  • Advising in EU directives that are HR relevant, eg Transparency Act, Equal Pay, etc

Director People & Sustainability

Yara International ASA
05.2014 - 04.2023
  • Be part as HRBP/legal advisor and Coordinator for Supply Chain Project change process PanEuropean & worldwide
  • Representing Yara at EWC and on local union level
  • Organizational design & change management.
  • Advisor for the Mining Project, commuting to Ethiopia for half a year
  • Leading the Yara integration from an HR perspective
  • Participate in Management team of Tove Andersen in Supply Chain, support all other senior managers in Supply Chain
  • BU HR Manager and part of Mgt team of ANU and Nitrates globally
  • Participating in strategy setting of the BU’s
  • Top talent recruitment
  • Drive necessary changes through organizational restructuring
  • Merger & Acquisition activities, integrating business into Yara Value culture
  • Project Leadership Holly
  • Work stream lead of divestment project globally
  • Coaching training/ Coaching activities
  • Competence modelling and implementation
  • Investigation of Ethics & Compliance cases, representing Yara in Arbitration court
  • Positioning BU’s/Yara on social media platforms such as LinkedIn/dedicated news channels as well as actively at fairs
  • Work stream lead people processes in IPO Project
  • Co share BU Head Animal Nutrition South Africa
  • Representing Yara at Arbitration court in Malaysia
  • Heading AAA1000 certification from HR perspective for ANU Durban
  • Building and heading as CHRO German legal entity Yara Industrial Solutions GmbH
  • Advising labour law on setting up start up company Agoro panEuropean, in the US and Brazil

HR Manager Labour Law

Aftenposten AS
10.2013 - 04.2014
  • Legal responsible and process owner on labour law/employee relations & HSE for Schibsted Norge group
  • Project lead for legal with the outsourcing process of Schibsted IT, RFI/RFP, project planning, negotiation, works council dialogue
  • Running whistle-blower process and establishing guidelines for Aftenposten
  • Data protection advise
  • Advising on bonus structure in Aftenposten

Leading Business Developer Negotiations

Statoil ASA
02.2013 - 09.2013
  • Legal advice on product sharing contracts
  • Leading project on negotiating secondment contracts designing negotiation strategy commercial lead in projects

Leader Reward and Employee Relations

Statoil group
08.2008 - 01.2013
  • Leadership responsibility for payroll team heading up seniorforum to introduce viable senior policy heading up global mobility services and designing & implementing new policy, coordination in 8 European countries legal advice on global mobility in cross-functional position project lead on global reward setting up new standard contracts, implementing new “Arbeidsreglement” main legal advice and HRBP role on change management, closing down the site at Fagerstrand legal advise and heading up on tariff negations
  • AMU/BU + EWC secretary
  • Reward system responsible, design of total compensation packages for inside and outside Norway, eg Tanzania, Mozambique
  • Coordination and advice on use for global employment company legal advise and support to line management training

Personnel Lawyer

G4S Security Services AS
04.2008 - 07.2008
  • Implement a new HR standard: contracts, HR manual, “Arbeidsreglement” etc legal advise on Labour Law and Procurement Law to line manangement contact person for “IA” heading tariff negotiations
  • AMU/BU representative

HR Consultant/Legal Advisor

Hydro Aluminium AS, Metal
02.2007 - 03.2008
  • Legal and procedural management legal consultancy on Norwegian/German Labour Law with special focus on the StatoilHydro merger
  • Compensation & Benefits
  • Consultancy on “IA” agreement
  • Part of negotiation team for tariff negotiations
  • Legal advising on questions related to pension and social security
  • Legal advising on expatriation contracts
  • Coaching leaders on special legal issues/requirements

HR Trainee

Hydro Aluminium, Metal Products HR
08.2005 - 01.2007
  • Legal consultancy on German/Norwegian Labour Law recruitment process
  • Human Resources consultancy for business lines
  • Stationed in Germany for three month heading introduction of bonus system in Germany
  • PRP (grading system) focal point for Germany
  • Focal point for Hydro Monitor (=Yara Voice) in Germany
  • IPE improvement development
  • Legal advising on questions related to pension and social security
  • Legal advising on expatriation contracts
  • Legal coordination of major merger process
  • Stade project, communicating to Norway the legal needs and developments for closing of the site
  • Appointed into negotiation team for major negotiation on “særavtalene”

HR Coordinator/legal advisor

Roxar AS, oil service company, Stavanger
01.2005 - 05.2005
  • Legal consultancy on Norwegian Labour Law recruitment process/personnel development
  • Human Resources consultancy for business lines/corporation negotiating with Works Council (tillitsvalgte)
  • HR administration development of new HR tools (e.g
  • Summer intern)

Vitenskapelig Assistent [Research Assistant]

Law Faculty, University of Bergen
09.2004 - 11.2004
  • Legal research (in English and Norwegian) lecturing writing article about ILO Convention 94 corporation with “Arbeidstilsynet”

Co-Mediation, Mediation

Relationships Australia, Gold Coast, AUS
09.2003 - 12.2003
  • Facilitating negotiation process dividing up financial property and custody

Internship

Human Resources Development Department Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
02.2002 - 07.2002
  • Legal consultant of the project “Prater” dealing with merging the Transaction Banking Department, Payment Transaction Service of Dresdner Bank with “etb” of Deutsche Bank change management in connection with project “Prater” management and recruitment of trainees negotiation with Works Council conducted regular seminars for work colleagues and clients

Legal Assistant

Georg Mahr & Partner, Rüdesheim, Germany
03.1998 - 04.1998
  • Filing coordinated and ensured deadlines were met answered client’s queries on the phone office organisation assistance at court

Education

Social Security Law (in Norwegian), Alien Law (in Norwegian), Intensive Norwegian Language (Grade: A), International Commercial Contracts (Grade: A), Social Security Law (Grade: B), Discrimination Law (Grade: B), Norwegian Labour Law (in Norwegian), Norwegian Language Perfection Class -

Nordic Institute, School of Law, University of Bergen, Norway

Master of Laws (DR) - Law

School of Law, Bond University
Gold Coast, Australia
12.2003

Combined Bachelor BA & Law - Business Administration And Management & Law

Faculty of Law And Business, University of Applied Sciences, Germany
Lüneburg, Germany
04.2003

Erasmus Program - Business And Managerial Economics

Faculty of Business, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden
Jönköping, Sweden
06.2001

Law

Faculty of Law, Phillips-University
Marburg, Germany
02.1999

High School Diploma -

St. Ursula-Schule
Geisenheim, Germany
06.1997

Skills

  • Labour Law
  • Employee Relations
  • Ethics & Compliance
  • ESG
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Total Reward
  • M&A & start up
  • Change Management
  • Corporate Social Responsibility
  • Global Mobility
  • Business Development
  • Business Planning incl workforce planning
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Project Leadership
  • People Management
  • Organizational Development
  • Strategies and Goals
  • Policy Development
  • Hiring and Retention
  • Company Guidelines
  • Contract and Vendor Management
  • Legal and Regulatory Compliance
  • Rules and Regulations
  • Strategic Planning
  • Cross-functional Team Leadership
  • Talent Acquisition
  • Human Resources Management
  • Training and Development
  • Performance Improvement
  • Employee Development
  • Cost Control
  • Windows and Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, SAP, Succesfactors, Zalaris, Degreed

Telephone Number

+47-90 24 01 43

Industry Experience

Chemical, Metal, oil & gas industry experience, downstream and upstream, scale up, start up, M&A

Personal Information

Date of Birth: 03/08/78

Certification

  • Certified MBTI I & II, FIRO-B

Languages

German
Native language
English
Proficient
C2
Norwegian
Proficient
C2
Brazilian Portugese
Beginner
A1

Timeline

Director People & Culture

KPMG AS
05.2023

Director People & Sustainability

Yara International ASA
05.2014 - 04.2023

HR Manager Labour Law

Aftenposten AS
10.2013 - 04.2014

Leading Business Developer Negotiations

Statoil ASA
02.2013 - 09.2013

Leader Reward and Employee Relations

Statoil group
08.2008 - 01.2013

Personnel Lawyer

G4S Security Services AS
04.2008 - 07.2008

HR Consultant/Legal Advisor

Hydro Aluminium AS, Metal
02.2007 - 03.2008

HR Trainee

Hydro Aluminium, Metal Products HR
08.2005 - 01.2007

HR Coordinator/legal advisor

Roxar AS, oil service company, Stavanger
01.2005 - 05.2005

Vitenskapelig Assistent [Research Assistant]

Law Faculty, University of Bergen
09.2004 - 11.2004

Co-Mediation, Mediation

Relationships Australia, Gold Coast, AUS
09.2003 - 12.2003

Internship

Human Resources Development Department Dresdner Bank AG, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
02.2002 - 07.2002

Legal Assistant

Georg Mahr & Partner, Rüdesheim, Germany
03.1998 - 04.1998

Social Security Law (in Norwegian), Alien Law (in Norwegian), Intensive Norwegian Language (Grade: A), International Commercial Contracts (Grade: A), Social Security Law (Grade: B), Discrimination Law (Grade: B), Norwegian Labour Law (in Norwegian), Norwegian Language Perfection Class -

Nordic Institute, School of Law, University of Bergen, Norway

Master of Laws (DR) - Law

School of Law, Bond University

Combined Bachelor BA & Law - Business Administration And Management & Law

Faculty of Law And Business, University of Applied Sciences, Germany

Erasmus Program - Business And Managerial Economics

Faculty of Business, Jönköping International Business School, Sweden

Law

Faculty of Law, Phillips-University

High School Diploma -

St. Ursula-Schule
Judith M Markgraf-Bye