HR Business Partner

HR Business Partner / HR Generalist

Do you have a passion for HR and enjoy developing, supporting and guiding managers in all aspects of HR?

Do you thrive in a fast-paced business and enjoy the autonomy that a hands-on, standalone HR role brings?

Why This Company?

This global manufacturer with a strong international presence and an expanding workforce has seen a 20% growth in the past 12 months.

While deeply rooted in Europe their operations extend further afield. Their cutting-edge solutions support key industries and their blend of tradition with forward-thinking strategies has allowed them to stay ahead of competition.

As they continue to grow, they are investing in talent across the globe, offering exciting opportunities in HR, engineering, and project management. With structured recruitment processes and a commitment to professional development, they provide an excellent environment for individuals looking to advance in a dynamic and internationally connected business.

Rewards & Benefits

• €40K - €50K Basic
• Bonus
• WFH: 2-3 day per week, following successful completion of your training
• Under local employment contract with all local benefits given

About The Role

As a standalone HR Business Partner, you will report to a local Director and with the support of their International HR team, you will personally operate in a hands-on HR Generalist capacity, providing day-to-day frontline HR support to 55 local employees, growing to 70 employees by the end of 2026.

Other duties will include:

• Developing a culture change within the local business in relation to HR.
• Understanding some managers may have limited knowledge and training in HR, whilst others may be resistant to change.
• Supporting and coaching the leadership team with employee challenges to ensure the best outcome.
• Assisting managers with the recruitment process from onsite candidate interviews to issuing contract paperwork.
• Planning and delivering new starter inductions and onboarding as necessary.
• Managing employee records and systems.
• Absence management including monitoring sickness and conducting return to work interviews.
• Driving employee relations and staff engagement and retention.
• Conducting investigations and disciplinaries alongside the management team.
• Employee management, including maintaining new starters, leavers, salary and ad-hoc changes on SAP and other business systems.
• Conducting exit interviews and ensuring that all leaver paperwork is completed and company property returned.
• Completing any necessary HR reports for the senior leadership team.
• First point of contact for auditors, employee reference requests etc.
• Supporting with local in country HR projects (digitisation etc).

About You

The successful candidate will possess a minimum of 4+ years of HR experience working within a unionised environment and have a knowledge of Italian legislation. This will ideally be gained in a production, manufacturing or similar business with blue-collar employees. My client isn't interested in HR professionals who have only overseen white-collar employees or only gained experience in the public sector.

You must be comfortable operating in a standalone hands-on generalist HR role.

Other key skills include:

• Diplomatic in your approach to ensure employees and leaders don't feel alienated.
• Ability to take ownership of issues and handle them to a satisfactory outcome.
• Natural ability to influence, demonstrating advantages and benefits of doing things in a certain way.
• Gaining buy in to ideas and proposed solutions.
• Strong ability to organise and prioritise workload.
• Methodical approach to problem-solving.
• Fantastic skills in coaching, mentoring and guiding a leadership team in all areas of HR.
• Ability to work independently on multiple projects.
• An enthusiastic and professional communicator.
• Self-motivated and approachable personality with the ability to take ownership of site HR.
• Comfortable evolving and modernising local HR structure.
• Able to see things from both an employee and also business perspective, ensuring solutions satisfy employees but also ensures the business remains functional.

Interested in this role? Here's what happens next…

Click the apply button to send us your CV. If we think you're a great fit for this role, we'll be in touch in the next couple of days.

Thank you for taking the time to read about this opportunity. We look forward to hearing from you,

Team Mase.

Job Ref: LI

HR Business Partner / Human Resources Generalist

Location: Bologna, Italy

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