HR Manager NPAG / HR Country Coordinator Germany

HR Manager NPAG / HR Country Coordinator Germany

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Position: HR Site Manager Hof and HR Country Coordinator Germany (M/F/D).

Responsibilities

Strategy & Management

• Contributes to Business Strategy of the site and deploys the HR Strategy & HR Annual Plan
• Designs and implements site HR Organization, acting as a leader/manager for the HR department
• Develops, coordinates, implements and ensures annual Site HR Roadmap
• Communicates and leads change‑management actions to support the Site Vision
• Follows the HR KPIs (absenteeism, overtime, total cost of employment…) and ensures the right level of performance
• Coordinates the people matters during business transformation (financial, organisational, social and legal, people impact analysis), defines action plan and acts as facilitator / communicator

Talent Supply / Staffing

• Develop, adapt and implement sourcing strategy and practices in line with Group Policies and Group decisions.
• Manage job descriptions and support managers in developing them
• Lead the yearly recruitment plan
• Launch the required staffing needs
• Coordinate validation of open position requests
• Lead candidate interviews, propose short list and support site managers in the final selection
• Define & negotiate the pay package for new hires, and coordinate contract management
• Develop and implement induction process and ensure the follow up

Performance Management and Compensation & Benefits

• Translate, and deploy the performance management process in line with Group Policies (performance appraisal, mid‑year review,…) and coach Managers accordingly
• Coordinate and follow up the objectives setting and cascading process, ensuring they are aligned
• Coordinate and follow up the yearly salary reviews in line with performance
• Ensure the yearly C&B budget is respected.
• Implement the (Group) job grading for all positions (Group and sector compliance).
• Define Comp & Ben structure according to Group policy & market

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead local SPID‑process
• Deploy competence models, coordinate and follow up the competencies/skills gap analysis for the site (competence management)
• Define and implement the training & development process, organise trainings
• Support managers in the individual development interview process, ensure that all employees have an appropriate development plan and follow their realization
• Coach/support the managers in people management and advise them in all people‑related matters

Work Environment, Employment Relationship & Social Relations

• Follows the Health and Safety results and ensures the deployment of the right actions to improve it
• Contributes with local management to labour relations approach
• Ensures the compliance of social and legal rules
• Responsible for individual and collective works agreements
• Manage complaints, discipline matters and conflict management
• Acts as a relay and is responsible for internal communication and deployment
• Perform complaint, discipline and conflict management
• Deploys the employee survey and analyses and communicates the results and defines the action plan for the site together with the local management committee

HR Administration Efficiency & Payroll

• Ensure compliance with social and legal legislation
• Develop & ensure standards and guidelines for personnel administration, time management & payroll
• Give technical advice to complex payroll issues and execute complex payroll issues & calculations
• Develop, implement the benefits & pension administration approach & guidelines in line with Group Policies
• Deploy HRIS within the plant

Comply with Group and Legal Rules and Procedures

• Respect and implement Group rules and procedures regarding Ethics, antitrust, and internal control procedures; related to the perimeter. Respect the action plan and timeline concerning the ethics program of the Group and take the lead in organising and following up the trainings and certificates
• Respect the rules regarding Health, Safety & environment. Lead the wellbeing‑program of the company together with the H&S Manager

HR Country Coordination Responsibilities

• Ensure that Nexans HR policies, standards, governance and control processes are implemented in the country
• Ensure compliance with country legislation for HR topics
• Maintain, update and ensure visibility of HR policies, practice and relevant legislation
• Ensure that country‑specific actions are implemented and followed up for leave and time management, absence management, payroll transition, internal policies, training policies, thank you awards etc.
• Follow up on social climate on the sites within the country and ensure that actions are in compliance with social and legal legislation
• Handling grievance procedures for the county
• Ensures that the business conduct guidelines are implemented in the country (Competition Law Compliance, Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, any other relevant guideline)

Compensation and Benefits

• Oversee implementation of reward strategy, including salary benchmarking, pension arrangements, benefits management and annual compensation events such as bonus and salary review
• Oversee and ensure implementation and follow up of all matters relating to internal mobility. This will include knowledge of immigration, expatriate taxation and mobility practices
• Implement relevant and intuitive compensation schemes

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics, psychology, law, preferably with extra degree in HRM or comparable qualification
• Knowledge of German labour law and social legislation
• Knowledge of software package: MS‑Office, Infoniqa or other payrolling system, GFOS or other time accounting
• Fluent written and spoken skills in German and English
• At least 7 years of experience in HR (industrial company)
• Business oriented
• Strong negotiation skills
• Coaching skills
• Exposure within an international business
• Managerial skills
• Ability to drive projects and achieve results in a matric organisation
• Ability to assess/develop people
• Strong communication & animation capabilities
• Good listener, analyses mindset to translate a need in a solution
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

We Offer

Attractive long‑term prospects with a lot of personal responsibility and room for your own ideas in a global, continuously developing company. The working style at Nexans is characterised by short information paths and uncomplicated, cooperative interaction. Further training and opportunities for advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as an attractive salary and a pleasant working atmosphere.