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About the job

As our new HR Partner, you will be a part of our HR Shared Service Center. In this role, you will manage Employee Relations in Denmark primarily in Søborg and Nakskov. This involves close collaboration with union representatives, management, and HR partners to ensure effective employee relations and compliance with internal and external guidelines. Your key tasks will include:

• Day-to-day sparring with HR Business Partners, managers, and union representatives within Employee Relations areas such as performance, terminations, sick leave, terms & conditions, warnings, compensation packages, recruitment, and contracts related to blue-collars.

• Guide HR- and Talent Acquisition Partners on drafting contracts, addendums, etc.

• Ensure compliance with internal guidelines, legislation, and collective agreements.

• Sparring partner and first point of contact in HR for the managing director in Søborg and Nakskov.

• Engage in informal discussions with union representatives - negotiating performance-based pay and engaging in annual salary review negotiations for blue-collar and ensuring collaboration with the management team to align with the progress and outcomes of the salary review.

• Prepare and update local Share-pages (policies, procedures, etc.) and maintain the pages within the Employee Relations area.

• Actively participate in Work council (SU) in Nakskov, HSE-organization, site management, local crisis management team, and work environment organization (AMO), and collaborating with AMR-reps and union reps respectively.

• Participate in keeping the intranet up to date within the Employee Relations area.

Who are you

As a person you are empathetic, and you are known to be structured and process savvy in your daily work. Known for your ability to facilitate collaboration, you are a strong team player who excels in fostering effective working relationships.

What you know

We prefer you have a legal education, but this is not mandatory. To succeed in this position, you must have:

• Proficient within employment and labour law areas.

• Experience with negotiations and interaction with blue collars.

• Stakeholder management skills.

• At least 3-5 years of work experience within the Employee Relations area – able to front union reps and conflict situations both in relation to negotiations with unions, but also defending HR standpoint, and internal guidelines to managers.

The position is based in Søborg, with a requirement to visit Nakskov twice a week. The role offers flexibility, allowing to work from home sometimes.

For more information, please contact

HR Shared Service Center Manager Sweden and Denmark, Bernard Oghene at +46 730532245 or Bernard.Oghene@alfalaval.com or Talent Acquisition Partner, Regitze Stenholt Skytte Jørgensen at +45 22829008 or regitzestenholtskytte.jorgensen@alfalavl.com.

Please send your application no later than 13.01.2025

At Alfa Laval, we pride ourselves on creating an inclusive and dynamic workplace that values diverse perspectives and experiences. While we typically welcome applicants from all locations, for this particular role, we are prioritizing candidates who are currently residing in Søborg / Nakskov or have an established presence in the area.

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

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.

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