Senior HR Business Partner

SmartRecruiters, Inc.; Katowice; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Eurofins seeks an experienced Senior HR Business Partner to drive people strategies that support business growth and organizational success. You will partner with leaders, champion employee engagement, and provide strategic HR support across the full employee lifecycle.

The role covers talent acquisition, performance management, succession planning, compensation and benefits, and compliance. A hands-on, business-minded partner is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Minimum 5-10 years of progressive HR experience including business partnering.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, HR best practices, and talent management.
• Experience supporting senior leaders and influencing business decisions through people strategies.
• Experience in recruitment, employee relations, performance management, learning & development, compensation & benefits, and organizational development.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance employee and business needs.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Analytical and problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented mindset.
• Initiative, resilience, and adaptability in a dynamic environment.
• Creative thinker capable of scaling HR processes and programs.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to develop and implement HR strategies aligned with objectives and workforce plans.
• Provide guidance on employee relations, performance mgmt, talent development, organizational design, and employment law.
• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition and strategic workforce planning.
• Drive engagement, retention, and talent management initiatives.
• Develop succession planning and career development programs.
• Manage performance, identify gaps, and create development plans.
• Review and implement HR policies and best practices.
• Lead compensation and benefits initiatives, ensuring equity and competitiveness.
• Support learning and development strategies and training delivery.
• Collaborate on payroll processes and payroll accuracy.
• Use HR metrics and analytics for data-driven decisions.
• Support employer branding initiatives.

Skills

HR Business Partner

Employee Relations

Talent Acquisition

Performance Management

Organizational Development

Leadership Stakeholders

Business Acumen

Communication Skills

English Proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Related field

Job description

Eurofins is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across its companies around the world.

Job Description

We are seeking an experienced and proactive Senior HR Business Partner to drive people strategies that support business growth and organizational success. This role requires a commercially minded HR professional with strong business partnering capabilities, a hands-on approach, and the ability to influence stakeholders across all levels of the organization.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to leaders, champion employee engagement initiatives, and provide strategic and operational HR support across the full employee lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to develop and implement HR strategies aligned with business objectives and workforce plans.
• Provide expert guidance on all HR-related matters, including employee relations, performance management, talent development, organizational design, and employment legislation.
• Lead end-to-end talent acquisition activities and strategic workforce planning to ensure current and future business needs are met.
• Drive employee engagement, retention, and talent management initiatives to strengthen organizational culture and performance.
• Develop and implement succession planning and career development programs to build leadership pipelines and support employee growth.
• Partner with leaders to manage performance, identify capability gaps, and create targeted development plans.
• Review, update, and ensure consistent implementation of HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Lead compensation and benefits initiatives, ensuring competitiveness, internal equity, and alignment with business objectives.
• Support learning and development strategies that enhance employee capabilities and organizational effectiveness.
• Deliver HR-related training, workshops, and employee orientation programs.
• Utilize HR metrics and workforce analytics to provide insights and support data-driven decision-making.
• Collaborate with payroll and relevant stakeholders to ensure accurate and timely payroll execution.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with government authorities, regulatory agencies, and statutory bodies to ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations.
• Contribute to employer branding initiatives to attract and retain top talent.

Qualifications

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field.
• Minimum 5-10 years of progressive HR experience, including experience in a business partnering role.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, HR best practices, and talent management principles.
• Demonstrated experience supporting senior leaders and influencing business decisions through people strategies.
• Experience in recruitment, employee relations, performance management, learning and development, compensation and benefits, and organizational development.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to balance employee and business needs.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills.
• Fluent in English, both written and spoken.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a solution-oriented mindset.
• High level of initiative, resilience, and adaptability in a dynamic environment.
• Creative thinker with the ability to build, improve, and scale HR processes and programs.

What We Are Looking For

• Strategic and commercially minded HR professional.
• Trusted advisor with strong influencing and coaching skills.
• Passionate about people and organizational development.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with a proactive, hands-on approach.
• Driven, resilient, and comfortable navigating change.
• Strong focus on delivering practical business solutions and measurable results.

Additional Information

We support your development! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

Weembracediversity!As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Company description:Eurofins Scientific is an international network of independent life sciences companies, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate.

The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products.

In under 40 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 employees across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of over 950 laboratories in over 1,000 independent companies across 57 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products.

The Eurofins network generated EUR 7.296 billion revenues in FY 2025, and has been one of the fastest growing listed European companies for almost three decades.