Manager Global Industrial and Employee Relations

Stellenbeschreibung:

Your Role

You will contribute with both hands‑on and strategic support of our country managers in managing Labor Unions and Works Councils, facilitating productive social dialogue with employee representatives, and moving forward with NXP Semiconductors’ mission.

You will be part of the HR Team, and work closely with the Leadership Team, HR, Legal, to foster a harmonious and cooperative working environment, contributing to the company's success. Your main responsibility will be to ensure effective communication, collaboration, and understanding between our management and our workforce.

You have strong leadership skills, the ability to assess different types of risk, and bring creative and effective ideas and solutions to a growing organization. You lead in a constructive way with integrity, respect, high personal standards and build personal credibility.

Your Responsibilities

Manage and build NXP’s relationships with Labor Unions and Works Councils, employee reps, to meet the needs of the business providing strategic leadership in specific countries to address complex workplace issues, negotiate collective agreements, and promote a fair and respectful working relationship between management and employees, considering local legal requirements.
Create and implement the company's Industrial Relations strategy, and ensure alignment with business objectives and legal requirements, to enhance the company's reputation as an employer of choice and provide strategic Industrial Relations support, business partnership, thought partnership, and coaching to all levels of the organization.
Develop, implement and maintain Global Industrial and Employee Relations.
Lead efforts to implement organizational changes, policy rollouts and updates, and restructuring initiatives, reorganizations, M&A impacts, while effectively communicating and collaborating with employee representatives to minimize disruptions for countries with strong ER/IR ( Europe, Thailand, Brazile).
Maintain records of negotiations, regulations and collective bargaining processes.
Build processes and programs to improve workplace climate, employee relations and relationships with employee representatives.
Standardize ER processes and templates, maintain documentation and governance standards for audits, legal reviews, and internal transparency.
Support consultations, negotiations and collective processes with European works council & union interactions, ensuring compliance with EU & local labor law.
Participate and lead projects as an integral member of the extended HR community and influence others within the organization, streamlining communication, tracking milestones, risks, and decision across multiple countries and stakeholders.
Support negotiations with Labor Unions and Works Councils on various employment-related topics, changes in benefits and restructuring initiatives.
Draft and align communication material and ensure consistency of messaging, prepare consultation documents & presentations.

Your Profile

Bachelor or Master’s Degree in HR / Law or related field.
10-15 years of work experience in a fast paced, Global company with proven Industrial / Employee Relations experience and/or HR Business Partner roles.
Experience of supporting negotiations with Labor Unions and/or Works Councils, including partnering in the creation of new Works Councils.
Experience of building, development and maintaining Global Industrial Relations policies and procedures with specific adaptations to local needs.
Exposure to restructurings, transformations and cross-border HR initiatives.
Experience of standardizing processes and templates, maintaining documentation and governance standards for audits and legal reviews.
Demonstrated project management experience.
Experienced in learning and thriving in a constantly changing environment and cultivating relationships across teams.
Excellent communication, critical thinking, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills.
Fluent English; additional EU languages a plus.
Location: Europe, preferably Eindhoven, Hamburg, Munich or Toulouse.

Furthermore, You Are

Clear, consistent, and timely with communications across major HR programs with codetermination elements.
Well-structured and predictable consultation timelines and tracking.
You build strong, trust-based relationships with employee representatives.
Reduced operations risks and increased efficiency in employee relations projects.

Creating Secure Connections and Infrastructure for a Smarter World

NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) makes products and environments safer, more sustainable, and more secure with innovative connectivity and edge processing solutions for a smarter world.

We are in the business of better. Not just better technologies, but better innovations to improve society. As the world leader in secure connectivity and processing solutions for embedded applications, NXP is solving the world’s most complex technology challenges to accelerate business innovation, enhance how we work, and advance how we live.

Ready to create a smarter world? Visit our career website and follow us on social: LinkedIn, Facebook, and X.

To learn more about NXP in the Netherlands, click here.

What can you expect?

Contract: This is a full‑time position with a permanent contract.

Benefits: Besides a competitive salary, we offer great benefits as part of our CLA. A bonus plan, possibility to purchase extra holidays, an excellent pension plan, a work from home policy, and the possibility to buy company shares with a 15% discount are some examples. When applicable we also provide a relocation package and support for your move to the Netherlands.

Development opportunities: We believe that a key component to growing our business is to develop our people. To enable you to grow your career at NXP, we provide you with a mix of learning through on‑the‑job experiences, learning from industries bests, and learning through education to help you develop your core and professional skills.

Our offices: The Netherlands is home to our global headquarters (Eindhoven) along with two additional sites (Nijmegen and Delft) and includes a diverse team of over 2000 employees with 51 different nationalities focused on R&D, manufacturing, product development, business operations, legal and sales.

Hiring process: Applying only takes a minute! Fill in the online application and share your CV with us. After a positive screening based on your CV you will have an initial conversation with our Talent Acquisition Specialist followed by several business interviews. Here are some useful tips to help you prepare.

And more: Life at NXP is more than work alone. Join one of the many social activities that are organized by and for employees in the Netherlands, such as our Christmas parties and International Walking Day. We have a YOUNG community that organizes a mix of social and professional events for our young professionals and an active Women in Technology network. We also take time to give back to our communities by engaging young girls to learn about Technology during Girls Day or participating in several volunteering activities.