HR Specialist, Italy

**City**:Milano

**State**:
**Country**:Spain

**Business Area**:Human Resources

**Department**:HR, ST South

**Employment Type**:Full-time

**Human Resources Specialist - Italy**

**Join our team as a Human Resources Specialist - Italy**

Are you passionate about people and processes? We’re looking for a Human Resources Specialist to join our team in Agrate Brianza (MI), supporting the Southern Europe HR function (Spain & Italy). In this role, you'll contribute to a variety of HR initiatives, from onboarding and compliance to employee engagement, and operational HR support.

You'll play a key part in implementing local HR projects, ensuring compliance with Italian labor laws, and enhancing the employee experience in a dynamic, international work environment. This is a great opportunity for someone with strong organizational skills, a collaborative mindset, and a hands-on approach to HR operations.

As a Human Resources Specialist, you will support a wide range of HR functions, ensuring smooth operations and contributing to a positive employee experience within an international environment. Reporting to the HR Manager for Southern Europe (Iberia & Italy), you will play a key role in both day-to-day HR operations and key initiatives.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Assist in the development and implementation of HR policies, procedures and best practices
- Maintain and update employee records in the HRIS in compliance with legal and internal standards
- Manage the working-time tracking tool and promote best practices for leave and absence management
- Provide guidance on Italian labor law compliance and HR best practices
- Respond to employee inquiries and resolve HR-related issues in a timely and professional manner
- Support performance management, employee engagement, and internal communication initiatives
- Collaborate with payroll and benefits teams to ensure accurate and timely processing
- Contribute to employer branding, talent attraction efforts, and cross-functional HR projects
- Prepare HR data reports and maintain records for transversal systems and e-learning platforms
- Provide operational HR support, including onboarding processes, contracts and documentation

Skills and experiences can be gained in many different ways, and we understand that the best fit for the role cannot be prescribed on paper. You are however likely to succeed in this position if you have:

- 1 to 3 years of experience in a similar HR role, preferably within an international setting
- Background or interest in the medical devices or technology sector is a plus
- Strong knowledge of Italian labor laws, preferable contratto di commercio regulations, and key HR practices such as employee relations, benefits, and welfare
- Awareness and support of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels
- Skilled at managing multiple priorities in a dynamic, fast-paced environment and thrives in a team-oriented setting
- Bachelor's degree in law, Labor Relations, Economics, or related fields
- Fluency in English is essential; Spanish language skills are an asset

**Ambu - a visionary and international workplace where your efforts matter**

Ambu is a company that expands rapidly and has ambitious growth targets. We meet these targets through interdisciplinary teamwork between motivated and highly skilled employees. Your contributions and efforts are crucial to our success and by joining us you will get the opportunity to work in an international head office with an informal working environment.

We offer great opportunities for personal development. Furthermore, we offer a wide range of professional, social and financial employee benefits in addition to exciting job challenges and continuous professional and personal development.

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About Ambu

Ambu has been bringing the solutions of the future to life since 1937. Today, millions of patients and healthcare professionals worldwide depend on the efficiency, safety and performance of our single-use endoscopy, anaesthesia, and patient monitoring solutions. We continuously look to the future with a commitment to deliver innovative quality products that have a positive impact on patient care and the work of healthcare professionals. Headquartered near Copenhagen in Denmark, Ambu employs approximately 4,500 people in Europe, North America and the Asia Pacific.