Senior HR Advisor

Sherwin-Williams; Märsta; On-site; SEK 435,000 - 558,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fixed-term contract (18 months)

International company

Job summary

Sherwin-Williams is seeking a Senior HR Advisor to provide essential operational and administrative support across the employee lifecycle in Sweden. You will partner with HRBPs and Employee Relations Managers to ensure compliant HR services and accurate records.

The role involves onboarding/offboarding coordination, HR transactions, and maintaining HR analytics while upholding confidentiality. Fluency in Swedish and English is required, with travel about 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Admin or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of HR experience in multi-site or regional environment.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, administration, and data confidentiality.
• Experience with HRIS systems and employee record management.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills across locations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication with managers and employees.
• Ability to work independently and manage day-to-day HR administration.
• Experience supporting organizational change and process improvements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Excel, PowerPoint, Word).

Responsibilities

• Partner with managers on HR policies, employment legislation, people practices, and organizational change.
• Coach managers to ensure compliant HR practices across the business.
• Provide administrative support to HRBPs and Employee Relations Managers, including ER activities.
• Prepare and maintain employee records with accuracy and confidentiality.
• Coordinate onboarding, offboarding, recruitment, and training administration.
• Support HR transactions such as promotions, transfers, contract changes, and terminations.
• Maintain HR reports, dashboards, and KPIs (turnover, absenteeism, training, recruitment).
• Coordinate time and attendance and relay information to payroll teams.
• Support performance, talent reviews, succession planning, and development cycles.
• Act as liaison among employees, managers, HRSS, HRBPs and other HR teams.

Skills

HR policies

Employment legislation

People practices

HRIS systems

Document management

Data confidentiality

Stakeholder management

Communication

Time management

Independent working

Organizational change

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

Tools

Excel

PowerPoint

Word

HRIS systems

Job description

The Senior HR Advisor provides essential operational and administrative support across all facets of the employee lifecycle, ensuring compliance with legal requirements and internal policies while collaborating closely with HR Business Partners, Employee Relations Managers and HR Shared Services to deliver consistent and effective HR services.

Responsibilities

• Partner with managers on HR policies, employment legislation, people practices, and organizational change.
• Coach managers and support consistent, compliant HR practices across the business.
• Provide administrative and coordination support to HRBPs and Employee Relations Managers, including ER and union-related activities.
• Prepare and maintain HR documentation and employee records, ensuring accuracy and confidentiality.
• Coordinate onboarding, offboarding, recruitment, and training administration.
• Support HR transactions, including promotions, transfers, contract changes, and terminations.
• Maintain HR reports, dashboards, and KPIs, including turnover, absenteeism, training, and recruitment data.
• Coordinate time and attendance and provide required information to payroll teams.
• Support performance, talent review, succession planning, and development cycles.
• Act as a liaison between employees, managers, HRSS, HRBPs, and other HR teams to ensure effective HR service delivery.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, or equivalent relevant experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in a similar HR role, ideally within a multi-site or regional environment.
• Strong understanding of HR processes, administration, documentation standards, and data confidentiality.
• Experience with HRIS systems, document management tools, and employee record management.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities across different locations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to build credibility and work effectively with managers and employees.
• Ability to work independently, manage day-to-day HR administration, and appropriately ... .
• Experience supporting organizational change, process improvements, and consistent ways of working.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel, PowerPoint, and Word, with strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Fluent Swedish and English
• Ability to travel approximately 10% of the time.

What we Offer:

• The established salary range for this position is SEK 39,000 - 50,000 gross/month
• Type of contract: 18 months fixed term (maternity cover)
• Work-Life Balance: We value your personal time and well-being.
• Career Opportunities: Grow within a truly international business.
• Ongoing Training and Support: Continuous learning and development opportunities.

Pay Transparency

The salary range shown refers to base salary only. In addition to this, we offer a broader total reward package which may include bonus or incentive pay, relevant allowances, and a range of competitive benefits. We encourage candidates to consider the full package when evaluating an offer.

Salary is determined using a structured and objective framework, taking into account the role's responsibilities, required skills and experience, market benchmarks, and internal equity. This ensures pay decisions are fair, consistent, and aligned with our commitment to equal pay and legal compliance.

About Us

At Sherwin-Williams, our purpose is to inspire and improve the world by coloring and protecting what matters. Our paints, coatings and innovative solutions make the places and spaces in our world brighter and stronger. Your skills, talent and passion make it possible to live this purpose, and for customers and our business to achieve great results. Sherwin-Williams is a place that takes its stability, growth and momentum and translates it to possibility for our people. Our people are behind the strength of our success, and we invest and support you in:

Life ... with rewards, benefits and the flexibility to enhance your health and well-being

Career ... with opportunities to learn, develop new skills and grow your contribution

Connection ... with an inclusive team and commitment to our own and broader communities

It's all here for you... let's Create Your Possible

Eligibility to Work

You will need to provide proof of right to work. It is a condition of any offer of employment we make to you that you have the permission to work in the country for the role for which you are applying for.

Equal Opportunity Employer

An equal opportunity employer, all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against based on race, colour, religion or belief, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, ethnic or national origin, disability, age pregnancy or maternity, marital or civil partner status, or any other protected characteristic prohibited by law.

Please be aware, Sherwin-Williams recruiting team members will never request a candidate to provide a payment, ask for financial information, or sensitive personal information like national identification numbers, date of birth, or bank account numbers during the application process.