Sigrid Heinzle is the New Vice President of People & Culture at Greiner

• Sigrid Heinzle took on Group-wide responsibility for Human Resources at Greiner as of May 1, 2024 
• With this newly created position, Greiner is emphasizing the importance of Human Resources across the Group 
• The company is aiming to strengthen Group-wide cooperation in HR, for example by creating cross-divisional HR centers of competence

Vienna/Kremsmünster, May 22, 2024 – Sigrid Heinzle, who has been working at Greiner AG since April 2023, took on Group-wide responsibility for Human Resources (HR) at plastics company Greiner on May 1, 2024. With this newly created position of Vice President of People & Culture, Greiner is reaffirming how important employees are to the company. 

Sigrid Heinzle will report directly to Greiner CEO Saori Dubourg and has already been involved in the Group-wide HR strategy of Greiner in recent months in her previous position as Head of Strategic People & Culture. Operational HR topics remain the responsibility of the three divisional companies Greiner Packaging, NEVEON, and Greiner Bio-One. Group-wide cooperation is to be strengthened in the future, for example by creating cross-divisional HR competence centers. 

"I am extremely committed to focusing more on our employees – after all, they are the driving force behind the future success of Greiner. With this newly created position, we intend to consolidate our Group-wide HR expertise and talent development even more effectively. I am delighted that we have been able to staff this strategically important role internally with Sigrid Heinzle. She is an accomplished expert with many years of experience – including internationally – in a wide range of HR functions," said Saori Dubourg, Greiner CEO, about the appointment. 

"I am grateful for the trust placed in me and look forward to the challenges ahead. The HR teams at all locations are already doing a fantastic job every day, as is evident from the many successful initiatives. Bringing together our expertise in this area is crucial for the future success of Greiner," said Sigrid Heinzle, Vice President People & Culture at Greiner. 

Sigrid Heinzle studied Business Process and Project Management at Vorarlberg University of Applied Sciences in Dornbirn, Austria. She started her career at Kraft Foods (now Mondelez) in Austria and France. The next steps in her career took her to HR consultancy Iventa, Coca-Cola HBC, and later to the industrial company RHI Magnesita, before she moved to Greiner in April 2023 to become Strategic Head of People & Culture. Over the past 20 years, Sigrid Heinzle has gained comprehensive national and international experience in a wide range of HR expert and management roles. She is now contributing these diverse perspectives on HR to the implementation and further development of the new Group-wide HR strategy and new HR initiatives for Greiner.

Sigrid Heinzle comes from Vorarlberg in Austria and has lived with her partner and her son in Strebersdorf (Vienna) for many years. In her role, she will be splitting her time between the Greiner Campus in Kremsmünster and the Greiner office in Vienna.