Interim HR Business Partner / Senior HR Business Partner – Commercial / International

Project overview

For our client, we are looking for an Interim HR Business Partner with international corporate and collective agreement experience.

For an internationally positioned company, we are looking for an experienced Interim HR Business Partner who will take over the independent HR support of a commercial business unit and support management in both operational day-to-day business and strategic personnel and organizational issues.

The Commercial North East Europe area of responsibility comprises around 65 employees in Germany, Austria, and the Benelux countries. The organization includes the areas of Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, and Business Finance. Collaboration will be close with the commercial management at the Solingen site, as well as with executives and the European HR team, particularly in Great Britain.

We are looking for an experienced personality who can quickly integrate into an existing organization, manage HR topics independently from start to finish, and act confidently in complex labor law issues and organizational changes.

Responsibilities

• Operational HR support and personnel measures
• Independent support of the Commercial area as HR Business Partner for around 65 employees
• Advice and support for executives on all personnel-related issues
• Holistic support of the employee lifecycle from hiring through transfers to departure, job postings and initial interviews are handled by TA
• Creation and review of employment contracts, contract amendments, and other personnel-related documents
• Preparation and execution of works council hearings and support of cooperation with the works council
• Support in recruiting processes, job requirements, and personnel selection in close coordination with the specialist departments and HR
• Ensuring structured and legally compliant personnel administration, taking into account applicable labor law and company framework conditions
• Processing of personnel-related matters and documentation, including working with paper-based personnel files
• Management consulting and organizational development
• Sparring partner for commercial management and executives in the Commercial area
• Advice on organizational changes, especially in the areas of Sales and Marketing
• Support in designing organizational structures, roles, responsibilities, and reporting lines
• Assessment of personnel economic impacts of change initiatives and development of suitable HR measures
• Support for the leadership team in evaluating the annual employee survey and in deriving and implementing suitable measures
• Close coordination with the European HR team and international stakeholders
• Ensuring consistent HR support, taking into account local labor law requirements and international corporate processes
• Creation and preparation of presentations and management documents, especially in PowerPoint

Requirements

The position requires a high degree of independence and a strong hands-on mentality. In addition to conceptual and strategic issues, the concrete processing of personnel-related matters is also part of the daily business. Due to paper-based personnel files, a fully remote activity is not possible.

• Several years of experience as HR Business Partner, Senior HR Business Partner, or in a comparable generalist HR function
• Very good knowledge of German labor law and confident experience with works council hearings
• Experience in creating and processing employment contract documents and in cooperating with the works council
• Very good English skills for daily collaboration with international executives and the European HR team
• Hands-on mentality, structured way of working, and quick integration into existing processes
• Experience in companies bound by collective agreements, ideally with the collective agreement for the metal and electrical industry in North Rhine-Westphalia
• Experience in international corporate structures and matrix organizations
• Knowledge of organizational development, reorganization, and restructuring
• Experience in collaborating with European HR teams and international executives
• Experience with employee surveys, results analysis, and deriving measures for management teams

Project details

By arrangement

3 months

Solingen, on-site at least 2 days per week

Remote share: Hybrid model

Languages: German and English

Contract type: Freelance / Interim Management

• Start: ab sofort
• Duration: 3 Monate
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Solingen, Deutschland, DE
• Languages: German