HR Manager NPAG / HR Country Coordinator Germany

HR Manager NPAG / HR Country Coordinator Germany

Posting Start Date: 10/27/25

Human Resources

Germany

Full Time

Experienced - over 5 years

ID: 78535

Responsibilities

• Contributes to Business Strategy of the site and deploys the HR Strategy & HR Annual Plan
• Designs and implements site HR Organization, act as a leader/manager for the HR department
• Develops, coordinates, implements and ensures annual Site HR Roadmap
• Communicates and leads the change management’s actions to support the Site Vision
• Follows the HR KPIs (absenteeism, overtime, total cost of employment…) and ensures the right level of performance
• Coordinates the people matters during business transformation (financial, organizational, social and legal, people impact analysis), defines action plan and acts as facilitator / communicate

Talent Supply / Staffing

• Develop, adapt and implement sourcing strategy and practices in line with Group Policies and Group decisions.
• Manage job descriptions and support managers in developing them
• Lead the yearly recruitment plan
• Launch the required staffing needs
• Coordinate validation of open position requests
• Lead candidate interviews, propose short list and support site managers in the final selection
• Define & negotiate the pay package for new hires, and coordinate contract management
• Develop and implement induction process and ensure the follow up

Performance Management and Compensation & Benefits

• Translate, and deploy the performance management process in line with Group Policies (performance appraisal, mid-year review,…) and coach Managers accordingly
• Coordinate and follow up the objectives setting and cascading process, ensuring they are aligned
• Coordinate and follow up the yearly salary reviews in line with performance
• Ensure the yearly C&B budget is respected.
• Implement the (Group) job grading for all positions (Group and sector compliance).
• Define Comp & Ben structure according to Group policy & market

Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead local SPID-process
• Deploy competence models, coordinate and follow up the competencies/skills gap analysis for the site (competence management)
• Define and implement the training & development process, organize trainings
• Support managers in the individual development interview process, ensure that all employees have an appropriate development plan and follow their realization
• Coach/support the managers in people management and advise them in all people related matters

Work Environment, Employment Relationship & Social Relations

• Follows the Health and Safety results and ensures the deployment of the right actions to improve it
• Contributes with local management to labour relations approach
• Ensures the compliance of social and legal rules
• Responsible for individual and collective works agreements
• Manage complaints, discipline matters and conflict management
• Acts as a relay and is responsible for internal communication and deployment
• Performs complaint, discipline and conflict management
• Acts as a relay and is responsible for internal communication with employees (Vision, Business events, Group programs & initiatives, ..)
• Deploys the employee survey and analyses and communicates the results and define the action plan for the site together with the local management committee

HR Administration Efficiency & Payroll

• Ensure the compliance with social and legal legislation
• Develop & ensure standards and guidelines for personnel administration, time Management & Payroll
• Give technical advice to complex payroll issues and execute complex payroll issues & calculations
• Develop, implement the benefits & Pension Administration approach & guidelines in line with Group Policies
• Deploy HRIS within the plant

Comply with Group and legal Rules and procedures

• Respect and implement Group rules and procedures regarding Ethics, antitrust, and internal control procedures; related to the perimeter. Respect the action plan and timeline concerning the ethics program of the Group and take the lead in organizing and following up the trainings and certificates
• Respect the rules regarding Health, Safety & environment. Lead the wellbeing-program of the company together with the H&S Manager

HR Country Coordination responsibilities

HR Policies and local legislation

• Ensure that Nexans HR policies, standards, governance and control processes are implemented in the country
• Ensure compliance with country legislation for HR topics
• Maintain, update and ensure visibility of HR policies, practice and relevant legislation
• Ensure that country specific actions are implemented and followed up for leave and time management, absence management, payroll transition, internal policies, training policies, thank you awards etc.
• Follow up on social climate on the sites within the country and ensure that actions are in compliance with social and legal legislation
• Handling grievance procedures for the county
• Ensures that the business conduct guidelines are implemented in the country (Competition Law Compliance, Code of Ethics and Business Conduct, any other relevant guideline)

Compensation and Benefits includes, but are not limited to the following

• Oversee implementation of reward strategy, including: salary benchmarking, pension arrangements, benefits management and annual compensation events such as bonus and salary review
• Oversee and ensure implementation and follow up of all matters relating to internal mobility. This will include knowledge of immigration, expatriate taxation and mobility practices
• Implementing relevant and intuitive compensation schemes

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in economics, psychology, law, preferably with extra degree in HRM or comparable qualification
• Knowledge of German labour law and social legislation
• Knowledge software package: MS-Office, Infoniqa or other payrolling system, GFOS or other time accounting
• Fluent written and spoken skills in German and English
• At least 7 years of experience in HR (industrial company)
• Business oriented
• Coaching skills
• Exposure within an International business
• Ability to drive projects and achieve results in a matric organisation
• Ability to assess/develop people
• Good listener, analyses mindset to translate a need in a solution
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

We offer

Attractive long-term prospects with a lot of personal responsibility and room for your own ideas in a global, continuously developing company. The working style at Nexans is characterized by short information paths and uncomplicated, cooperative interaction. Further training and opportunities for advancement are just as much a matter of course for us as an attractive salary and a pleasant working atmosphere.

At Nexans, purpose, excellence and people drive us. We electrify the future responsibly, with strong commitments to sustainability, innovation and inclusion. Empowering every employee to grow, contribute and create lasting impact worldwide. Join us in shaping a better tomorrow.

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