Hays is recruiting for an established, economically successful company near Freiburg that needs an HR Specialist / HR Generalist (m/f/d), listed here as HR Business Partner. The role offers a salary of €60,000 to €75,000, flexible working hours, flat hierarchies and a secure job, with wide responsibility across the Employee Life Cycle.
About the Role & Employer
Employer: Established, economically successful company near Freiburg (name not given)
Recruiter: Hays, with access to positions not advertised on the market
Scope: Own HR support area and the full Employee Life Cycle
Setting: Industrial company with a works council
Benefits & Offer
Salary: €60,000 – €75,000, depending on experience and qualification
Hours: Flexible working hours
Culture: Pleasant working climate and flat hierarchies
Workplace: Highly modern, top-equipped workplace and a secure job
Position Overview
As HR Business Partner / HR Generalist, you run a defined support area on your own and cover every task across the Employee Life Cycle. You advise managers and employees on operational and strategic questions of employment, works constitution and collective bargaining law, support apprentices, and handle contracts, references and personnel data. You also produce HR reports and analyses, help improve digital HR processes and systems, join projects on strategic HR policy and work closely with the works council and payroll.
Why This Role Matters: A broad generalist role with real scope: you own a support area, advise leaders and shape digital HR processes, in a stable industrial company with flexible hours and a clearly stated pay band of €60,000 to €75,000.
Key Responsibilities
Employee Life Cycle
- Independently run a defined support area and carry out all tasks across the Employee Life Cycle
- Support and guide apprentices
Advice & Operations
- Advise managers and employees on operational and strategic questions of employment, works constitution and collective bargaining law
- Run operational HR processes, from contracts and references to maintaining personnel data
Projects & Digital HR
- Join projects that put strategic HR policy measures into practice
- Produce HR reports and analyses
- Help shape and develop digital HR processes, systems and interfaces
- Work constructively with the works council and closely with payroll
Qualifications
Education
- Completed degree (university, university of applied sciences or cooperative) with an HR focus, or a comparable qualification
Experience & Skills
- Solid operational HR experience in an industrial company
- Sound knowledge of employment, collective bargaining and social insurance law
- Ideally experience working with works councils
- Strong IT affinity and interest in digitising HR processes
- Analytical thinking and enjoyment of numbers and reporting
- SAP HCM or SuccessFactors is an advantage but not required
Personal
- Structured, self-reliant and service-minded way of working
About Hays
Hays recruits HR talent across areas such as recruiting, HR management, personnel development, payroll and HR controlling. It guides candidates through the recruiting process, gives timely and detailed feedback and offers access to positions that are not advertised on the open market. The employer here is an established, economically successful company in the Freiburg area; its name is not given in the posting.
How to Apply: Contact Lawrence Clesly at Hays on +49 761 38377 212 or lawrence.clesly@hays.de and quote reference number 895969/1.
Who Should Apply?
- HR Generalists: With industrial experience
- HR Specialists: Ready for a broader role
- Personnel Officers: Strong in employment law
- HR Systems Users: With SAP HCM or SuccessFactors
- Freiburg Region Talent: Seeking flexible hours
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