Alfa Laval is on a transformative HR journey, developing a local HR Service Center in Krakow to streamline processes, deliver efficient HR operations, and provide best-in-class employee support with a focus on self-service and automation.

Our HR team in Krakow is well-established with future plans for development. We are looking for a new team member to join us for a period of 18 months. If you are available to start in March or April and eager to make a difference in HR operations, this opportunity is for you!

About the Role:
As an HR Partner, you will be responsible for managing Employee Lifecycle activities and continuously improving HR processes, systems, and employee experience. You will be part of the local HR team, reporting to the Regional HR Shared Service Center Manager in Krakow.

We seek candidates who are passionate about excellence, eager to learn and share knowledge, and have a relentless drive for improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide operational HR support to Alfa Laval employees across Europe

• Resolve employee HR queries directly, via phone, or through HR case management (ServiceNow ticketing system)

• Organize, manage, and execute New Hire On-boarding activities

• Support, coordinate, and deliver online and offline Time & Absence, Benefits, Pension, and Separation processes

• Ensure and execute effective HR vendor relationship management

• Execute transactional Employee Lifecycle activities in Workday and Vendor’s Payroll System

• Prepare various organizational and HR reports

• Conduct audits and checks on data changes to ensure compliance

• Manage full preparation and processing of employee documents (employment contracts, contract annexes, certificates) and personal files (paper and online)

• Ensure HR process alignment with local labor law

• Continuously improve HR processes, systems, and overall service in cooperation with HR Business Partners and global HR teams

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree and relevant experience required

• Minimum 2 years of HR operational process knowledge and experience

• Experience in HR administration (personal files management, benefits administration)

• Fluent spoken and written Polish & English

• Fluent spoken and written Dutch is nice to have

• Experience in providing HR support in Poland (must) and Netherlands (is a plus)

• HR system knowledge (Workday is a must)

• HR case management system knowledge (ServiceNow is a plus)

• Knowledge of employment/labor law in Poland and Netherlands (is a plus)

• Open and communicative team player, focused on employee experience and HR process improvement

What We Offer:

• Fixed term employment agreement for a period of 18 months

• Benefits package including lunch card, private medical care for you and your family, sports card, life insurance, access to MyBenefit platform)

• Flexible working hours and hybrid work (3 days at the office, 2 days from home)

• An open environment with independence and influence over your work content

• Global contacts with HR colleagues worldwide

We care about diversity, inclusion and equity in our recruitment processes. We also believe behavioral traits can provide important insights into a candidate's fit to a role. To help us achieve this we apply Pymetrics assessments, and upon application you will be invited to play the assessment games.

We are conducting a continuous review of the applications received. We do not accept applications via email, due to General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). 

Ready to join our journey? Apply now and become part of a dynamic HR team!

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