Growth-Focused HR Manager (Retail) – Barcelona

LEON CYCLE; Barcelona; On-site; EUR 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Leon Cycle, an e-bike company expanding across Europe, seeks an HR Manager based in Barcelona to support HQ in recruitment, payroll, onboarding, and HR operations. You will partner with Shanghai HQ to hire across sales, warehouse, technicians, and customer service, while benchmarking compensation and maintaining employee relations.

The role requires 5–8 years in HR generalist and recruitment within retail or consumer goods, excellent communication, and strong knowledge of EU HR regulations.

Qualifications

• 5-8 years of HR generalist and recruitment experience in a retail, consumer goods, sporting goods industry
• Great people skills, interpersonal skills and communication skills
• Very hands on and can work with minimal supervision
• Understand local EU HR regulations and labor laws
• Strong flexibility and adaptability to change
• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment
• Recruitment experience in retail operations highly regarded

Responsibilities

• Assist Shanghai Headquarter to support local Sales and Marketing director with recruitment of their teams and staff, including sales, warehouse, technician and customer services
• Support in the search and recruitment of new Sales Managers in other key regions and cities in Europe, conducting initial research and screening and initial interviews
• Support payroll administration and liaise with external payroll agency on all payroll matters
• Onboarding and exit of employees, holidays and leave records and approval process, contract signing and updates
• Be the go-to person for compensation and benefits benchmarking and provide HQ HR dept with salary benchmarking and talent retention strategies
• Manage employee relations
• Provide PPT and Excel reporting to HQ on HR matters (headcount costs, forecast, planning, KPI)
• Deal with local HR issues and escalations (insurance, workers compensation, union, dismissal)
• Other HR related matters as needed by HQ

Skills

HR Generalist

Recruitment

People skills

Communication

Hands-on

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or business related field

Job description

Leon Cycle, an e-bike company expanding across Europe, seeks an HR Manager based in Barcelona to support HQ in recruitment, payroll, onboarding, and HR operations. You will partner with Shanghai HQ to hire across sales, warehouse, technicians, and customer service, while benchmarking compensation and maintaining employee relations.

The role requires 5–8 years in HR generalist and recruitment within retail or consumer goods, excellent communication, and strong knowledge of EU HR regulations.