HR Operations Manager, Nordics

Tesla; Kokstad; On-site; ZAR 700 000 - 900 000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainable energy company is seeking an HR Operations Manager to oversee a team in Kokstad, South Africa. The role focuses on managing Core HR processes, reporting on metrics, and improving the overall employee experience while ensuring compliance with employment laws. Candidates should have solid HR experience, people management skills, and fluency in English and a Nordic language.

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in Human Resources with a solid understanding of Nordics employment law.
• People management experience, preferably in an HR Shared Service/Operations organization.
• Strong knowledge of HR processes and systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team supporting Core HR employee lifecycle processes.
• Monitor and report on key SLAs, metrics, and KPIs.
• Collaborate with wider HR teams to ensure process efficiency.
• Drive operational HR strategy and promote best employee experience.
• Communicate HR strategy to business leaders and stakeholders.

Skills

Human Resources experience

People management

Knowledge of HR processes

Microsoft Office Suite

Compliance auditing

Business fluency in English

Fluency in a Nordic language

Job description

What To Expect

Tesla is seeking an HR Operations Manager to join our growing HR Operations team in the Northern Europe Region. The role will have a strong focus on both operational delivery and effective team management, ensuring outstanding levels of service to our internal customers and supporting the ongoing development of our services.

Our HR Operations team is an integral function that provides support to our employee population across the Nordic countries.

Join us in accelerating the world’s transition to sustainable energy whilst giving a Best-in-Class experience to our Employees.

Please note that we are looking for 1 HR Operations Manager in the Nordics. The role can be based in Oslo, Bergen, Stockholm or Copenhagen.

What You'll Do

• Manage a team working on both Core HR employee lifecycle processes and Payroll input. Team tasks include supporting the process of new joiners, absence management, leavers, and general HR-ticket enquiries as well as monthly payroll input, processing and compliance checks.
• Monitor and report upon key SLAs, metrics and KPIs to drive the strongest possible output from the HR Operations team.
• Collaboratively work effectively with wider HR teams across Partnering, Recruitment, Payroll Finance to ensure efficiency and effectiveness in all employee processes.
• Responsible for driving operational HR strategy for the team; removing problems and adopting a proactive approach to partner with the business to provide the best possible employee experience.
• Communicate clearly with business leaders and stakeholders to inform and educate on HR strategy, promoting self‑serve opportunities, improving HR presence, empowering managers and removing obstacles.
• Carry out audits and checks on data changes to ensure ongoing accuracy and processing diligence.

What You'll Bring

• Relevant experience in Human Resources with a solid understanding of Nordics employment law.
• People management experience, preferably in an HR Shared Service/Operations organisation.
• Strong knowledge of HR processes and systems.
• Excellent Microsoft Office Suite knowledge (Excel, Outlook, Word).
• Experience owning compliance related topics and performing necessary audits.
• Business fluency in English required and one of the other Nordic languages.

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