Senior HR Generalist

Deugro (Scandinavia) Oy; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 402,000 - 536,000; Full time

Job summary

Deugro Shipping LLC in Abu Dhabi seeks a Senior HR Generalist to lead HR administration, payroll coordination, recruitment and employee engagement. You will partner with local leadership to drive HR processes and compliance in a multinational, multicultural setting.

You will oversee benefits, visas, HR data quality, and HRIS usage while supporting Emiratisation goals and global HR projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field.
• Minimum of 8 years’ of experience in human resources.
• Be the point of contact for all local payroll topics.
• Detailed understanding of HR operations processes and record of implementation of process improvement.
• Demonstrated knowledge in recruiting topics, HR marketing, proactive research, interview methods, candidate management.
• Expertise in employee development, project management, and HR strategy aligned with business goals.
• Strong ability to respond to quickly changing demands and priorities.
• Hands-on experience with global HRIS systems and HR operations in international environments.
• Broad understanding of local employment laws, regulations, and contract requirements.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills.
• Strong analytical, organizational, and business process-driven mindset.
• Proven people management and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to build effective relationships at all levels.
• Flexible, committed, and a strong team player in every aspect.
• Strong proficiency in MS Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel).
• Ability to read, understand, and analyze contract requirements.
• Proficient in English and the local language, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Must have advanced knowledge of HR administration principles and practices.
• Responsible for maintaining relationships with management and leadership including relationship management, communication, staff direction and motivation.
• Build collaborative teams and strong relationships across all levels of employees.
• Plan and execute team building activities and employee engagement initiatives.
• Coach managers and employees through complex issues.
• Manage changing priorities with calm and control.
• Coordinate payroll data entry with Accounting and monthly payroll practices.
• Monitor absence management system and update leave entitlements.
• Oversee employee benefits and immigration processes for visas.
• Support recruitment processes including research, interviews, and onboarding.
• Utilize internet sourcing strategies and direct sourcing techniques.
• Develop relationships with local recruitment firms and headhunters.
• Align HR strategies with Emiratisation goals.
• Ensure knowledge of local labour laws.
• Maintain HR master data quality.
• Analyze HR processes and drive digitalization projects.
• Serve as regional/local HR contact for interviews, onboarding and offboarding topics.
• Collaborate on global HR projects with Legal, Compliance and Sustainability teams.
• Promote mental wellbeing resources via internal channels.
• Champion OpenUp tool locally and organize engagement campaigns.
• Encourage managers to discuss wellbeing in check-ins.
• Support sustainability initiatives around mental health.

Skills

8+ years HR experience

HR strategy

People management

Stakeholder relationship building

Recruiting & talent sourcing

HR analytics

Payroll coordination

English & local language

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HR or related field

Tools

MS Office

HRIS systems

Job description

Senior HR Generalist Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

deugrowas founded in Frankfurt am Main and is the first company of the deugro group,where is has its focus on global project freight forwarding. Every day theindustry and deugro face the challenges of the logistics industry and ouremployees use their expertise to ensure large cargo is transported safely,effectively, and efficiently, through innovative and creative logisticalsolutions.

Become a part of our talented deugro team, as we look for a Senior HR Generalist inAbu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.

KeyResponsibilities:

• Must have advanced knowledge of the principles and practices of human resources administration, knowledge of sound techniques in all aspects of human resources management
• Responsible for maintaining the business relationship with management and leadership including relationship management, communication, staff direction and motivation
• Ability to create and maintain a collaborative team and work environment; to build relationships and effectively work with all levels of employees
• Plan and execute team building activities and employee engagement initiatives
• Responsible for coaching managers and employees through complex, difficult, and emotional issues
• Demonstrates the capacity to manage changing priorities while remaining calm and controlled
• Works in partnership with Accounting for all HR systems data entry and monthly payroll practices
• Monitor the absence management system (edays) and keep information up to date, including leave entitlements. Follow up with Line Managers on long-overdue approvals. Review regional Public Holiday dates when announcements are made and update the system accordingly
• Plan administrator for all employee benefits and manages the immigration process for all types of visas
• Supporting in the recruitment process of new employees (research, interviews, offer letter, employment contracts, and onboarding)
• Must have good knowledge of internet sourcing strategies and direct sourcing techniques
• Develop and maintain sound relationship with local recruitment firms/ head hunters to source the right talent
• Establish strategies to align with Emiratisation goals
• Good knowledge of local labour law
• Ensuring data quality regarding our HR master data strategy
• Analyzing existing HR processes, optimizing them if necessary and helping to drive the HR digitalization strategy
• Serving as the regional/local contact person for our employees on all HR-relevant topics, such as employee interviews of any kind, recruiting topics, or onboarding and offboarding of employees
• Contributing to global HR projects as well as maintaining close cooperation with other departments, such as Legal and Compliance, deugro group ACADEMY and Sustainability
• Promote the mental wellbeing tool in our viva engage channel by sharing specific resources, personal experiences or (anonymous) success stories/testimonials
• Promote the tool (currently OpenUp) in local branches by sharing upcoming events, creating engagement of the OpenUp viva engage channel or organizing mini campaigns highlighting the platform
• Encourage colleagues to use OpenUp / team managers to remind their team about the resources during check-ins or team meetings
• Support the sustainability team in any initiatives around mental health and wellbeing, such as actively promoting surveys to collect feedback

Skills,knowledge, and expertise:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field
• Minimum of 8 years’ of experience in human resources
• Be the point of contact for all local payroll topics
• Detailed understanding of HR operations processes and record of implementation of process improvement
• Demonstrated knowledge in recruiting related topics, like HR marketing, proactive research, interview methods, candidate management etc.
• Expertise in employee development, project management, and HR strategy aligned with business goals
• Strong ability to respond to quickly changing demands and priorities
• Hands-on experience with global HRIS systems and HR operations in international, multicultural environments
• Broad understanding of local employment laws, regulations, and contract requirements
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
• Strong analytical, organizational, and business process-driven mindset
• Proven people management and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build effective relationships at all levels
• Flexible, committed, and a strong team player in every aspect
• Strong proficiency in MS Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Ability to read, understand, and analyze contract requirements
• Proficient in English and the local language, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills

Skills,knowledge, and expertise:

• A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in human resources, business administration, or related field
• Minimum of 8 years’ of experience in human resources
• Be the point of contact for all local payroll topics
• Detailed understanding of HR operations processes and record of implementation of process improvement
• Demonstrated knowledge in recruiting related topics, like HR marketing, proactive research, interview methods, candidate management etc.
• Expertise in employee development, project management, and HR strategy aligned with business goals
• Strong ability to respond to quickly changing demands and priorities
• Hands-on experience with global HRIS systems and HR operations in international, multicultural environments
• Broad understanding of local employment laws, regulations, and contract requirements
• Excellent communication, presentation, and writing skills
• Strong analytical, organizational, and business process-driven mindset
• Proven people management and interpersonal skills
• Ability to build effective relationships at all levels
• Flexible, committed, and a strong team player in every aspect
• Strong proficiency in MS Office tools (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
• Ability to read, understand, and analyze contract requirements
• Proficient in English and the local language, with exceptional written and verbal communication skills

What makes us the ideal choice?

A family-owned company established in 1924, has evolved into a leading globalspecialist in project freight forwarding. Our expertise spans various cargotypes including break bulk, out of gauge, dangerous goods, and oversizedshipments. Complementing our core services are affiliated entities specializingin transport engineering solutions, global ocean transportation, andspecialized transportation assets.

Wetake pride in our commitment to employees, offering opportunities for long-termcareer growth, hybrid work arrangements, and flexible scheduling options.

Weeagerly seek candidates who possess enthusiasm, passion, and innovativethinking, valuing their ability to translate ideas into action throughdedication rather than solely relying on their resume or career history.

We value diversity and welcome all applications - regardless ofgender, nationality, ethnic or social origin, religion, disability, age andsexual orientation.

deugro Shipping LLC

Denise Förter

Workstation No. 244D, 245D, 246D, Building 280, Ta, Abu Dhabi, Taweelah ARE

www.deugro.com