Location
Freiburg

The HR Business Partner DACH role entails partnering with multiple stakeholders, focusing on the DACH market within a matrix organization. It ensures compliance with local labour regulations while balancing workforce needs and global business priorities. The role requires both strategic thinking and hands-on involvement to manage competing demands and HR key processes pragmatically and constructively.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Proactive advice and support for management and executives in all personnel-related and labour law issues
  • Support the implementation of organisational development activities and the according workforce plan
  • Proactively manage people practices and related business needs in the applicable portfolio
  • Ensuring the relevant processes in the employee lifecycle from an HR perspective as recruitment, onboarding, talent & succession management, offboarding, etc. as well as key initiatives as Org, Talent and Merit Planning, performance management/goals, Employee Engagement Surveys and associated Action Planning
  • Establish solid and trustful business partnership with managers and stakeholders in the area of response
  • Establish a trustful relationship with the works councils, successfully balancing global and local requirements in negotiations of agreements
  • Ensure local compliance requirements to be met including labour laws, codetermination and processes
  • Support the Regional HR Director in the further development of the regional HR operating model, post merger activities such as harmonization of people practices
  • Participate and take carriage of people initiatives and projects as may be required from time to time
  • Partner within the International HR team and global HR Centres of Excellence (COEs) on C&B, talent development etc. and building the interface to the managers
  • This role requires travel readiness mainly within the DACH Region

Qualifications:

  • Minimum 5 years’ HR experience, and experience in a HRBP role partnering with employees and management. Preference would be someone who has been working within a global matrix organisation
  • Employee Relations Experience and solid knowledge of German labour law
  • Experience negotiating with the works council is mandatory
  • Strong business acumen, analytical skills and curiosity
  • Ability to translate business needs into relevant HR actions
  • Medical Device experience of advantage
  • Able to comfortably move between more strategic issues and day-to-day HR operations in different business areas
  • Experience in direct recruitment and talent sourcing
  • Talent Planning & Development
  • Excellent English, French would be advantageous

Travel Requirements:

  • This role requires regular travel within the DACH region as well as some international travel.