HR Generalist

The HR Generalist will serve as a trusted partner to employees and managers across a broad range of HR activities, including employee relations, talent acquisition, compensation and benefits administration, and HR compliance. The role requires a proactive, customer-oriented HR professional who thrives in a dynamic manufacturing environment and is committed to delivering excellent HR services.
This position is temporary for 2 years due to parental leave replacement.

Key Responsibilities:

- Providing support to our employees on general HR-related matters

- Supporting and advising managers on operational HR issues

- Drafting employment contracts, contract amendments, performance reviews, and other HR documents

- Managing HR administration from hire to termination

- Assistance with performance reviews and labor law issues

- Collaboration with the works council

- Preparation of payroll

- Coordination of the recruiting process, from posting job openings to conducting interviews

- Contributing to the optimization and further development of our HR processes

Qualifications:

- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related field or completed business appreniceship.

- Minimum 3 years of professional HR experience in a generalist role.

- Solid knowledge of German labor law and HR best practices.

- Strong organizational and administrative skills with attention to detail.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office applications and HR systems.

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.

- Fluent German and good English language skills, both written and spoken.

- Demonstrated ability and willingness to use AI tools to improve productivity, decision-making, work quality, and to reduce costs. The successful candidate must be able to identify appropriate AI use cases and critically evaluate AI-generated outputs.