HR Country Manager Denmark

Alfa Laval Technologies; København; On-site; DKK 1,000,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

Alfa Laval Technologies in Denmark seeks an experienced HR Country Manager to align five Danish entities with Danish legislation, collective agreements and corporate policies. You will partner with country leaders to harmonize people practices and drive organizational development across the Danish footprint.

You will travel to sites in Denmark and Europe, act as HR partner to site management, unions, and councils, and report to Danish leadership while collaborating with HR Shared Services on

Qualifications

• Experience in a similar role within a large international matrix organization.
• In-depth knowledge of Danish labour law and collective agreements.
• Experience leading and coordinating change in HR processes, routines and guidelines.
• Excellent Danish and English communication; ability to draft clear routines and strategic documents.
• University-level HR education (180 ECTS) is required.

Responsibilities

• Plan and drive national HR focus areas for the five Danish entities.
• Develop and implement people policies, processes, routines, guidelines, tools and analytics.
• Ensure country-wide consistency for benefits frameworks and policies.
• Coordinate the salary budget and review process with HR Shared Services.
• Drive organizational, leadership and competence development.
• Coordinate local HR activities at Søborg site with employee representatives.

Skills

HR governance

Change management

Stakeholder communication

Leadership

Education

HR degree (180 ECTS)

Tools

HRIS

Job description

Every day, we get opportunities to make a positive impact - on our colleagues, partners, customers, and society. Together, we're pioneering the solutions of the future and unlocking the full potential of precious resources. Trusted to act on initiative, we challenge conventional thinking to develop world-leading technologies that inspire progress in vital areas, including energy, food, water, and shipping.

As we push forward, the innovative, open spirit that fuels our 140-year-old start-up culture and rapid growth also drives our personal growth. So, as we shape a more resourceful, less wasteful world, we build our careers too.

About the job

Ready to create real value and make an impact?

As HR Country Manager, you will be supporting Alfa Laval's Scaling for Future direction, with a focus on Denmark, with 2000 employees and five Danish legal entities. The role in this form is newly established, giving you a fantastic opportunity to influence the position and make it your own!

The position supports several types of organizations in Denmark and Scandinavia, such as sales companies, factories, shared services, business units, and product groups. The key priority will be to ensure HR alignment across the legal entities and compliance with Danish legislation and collective agreements. You will contribute to harmonizing people policies and practices and as a trusted partner, you will support and inspire management by proactively driving organizational, leadership, and competence development.

Your expertise and dedication will help Alfa Laval remain competitive and attractive as an employer while creating value for our customers and the business - Pioneering positive impact!

The scope is broad as you will act as:

• HR Country Manager for Denmark, ensuring alignment, compliance, and consistent HR practices across all five legal entities across four sites - Søborg, Kolding, Aalborg and Nakskov.
• HR Representative in the Danish Country Council, coordinating national HR topics and providing a consolidated HR view to business leaders in the country council
• HR Business Partner for Søborg Site Services and the HR Shared Services Scandinavia organization.
• Local HR responsibility for the Søborg site, including Site Management, the Works Council, the Work Environment Council, and the Crisis Management Team.
• The one responsible for overall country-level approach to unions, including ensuring alignment in union relationships, works council cooperation and collective agreement governance and also provide guidance together with HR Shared Services on employee relations areas.

Some of your operational responsibilities will be:

• Plan and drive national HR focus areas for the five Danish entities aligned with the business strategy and People Strategy.
• Develop and implement people policies, processes, routines, guidelines, tools and analytics.
• Ensure country-wide consistency for benefits frameworks, allowances, principles, policies.
• Coordinate the salary budget and review process in Denmark together with the Employee Relations team in HR Shared Services
• Drive, support and inspire management in organizational, leadership, and competence development.
• Coordinate local HR activities at the Søborg site, including collaboration with employee representatives and relevant councils.

Travel is part of the job, mainly to our various sites in Denmark, but you will also have a few travel days a year within Europe. You will be part of the Danish Country Council management team as well as part of the Søborg Site Management team. You report to Per Lund Hansen, a manager who will give you freedom and mandate to perform at your best. You will also have a dotted line to our VP Total Rewards and HR Shared Services, Gabriella Nagy Olofsson.

Who you are

With the broad scope of the role, we believe you are an experienced and confident HR professional, who is ready to take on the role as a trusted sparring partner for managers and leaders.

You bring a genuine interest in understanding the business and getting to know our people. To succeed we see you as a strong communicator able to create engagement, participation, and clarity. You are people-oriented and build good solid relationships and have the know-how in leading through others. You make decisions with overall perspective and consider the needs of the entire organization.

Requirements:

• Solid experience from a similar role within a larger international matrix organization and a strong background in country-level HR governance.
• In-depth knowledge of Danish labour law, industrial relations, negotiations and collective agreements.
• Experience in leading and coordinating change work, developing and implementing HR processes, routines, and guidelines.
• Good ability to work in HR systems
• Excellent communication skills in Danish and English and the ability to formulate clear and well-structured routines, guidelines, and strategic documents.
• Completed university education in HR of at least 180 ECTS credit