As our primary point of contact, project manager, and coordinator across Germany, you will build constructive relationships between management, Human Resources, and our works councils to enable our business to grow while ensuring compliance with Germany labor and works council laws.
With the pace of change in technology, you will have ownership of facilitating highly effective and efficient processes across IT, HR, Legal and our works councils to deliver fast and thorough consultation and codetermination of new IT systems, software, and other process changes.
Beyond Germany, you will support the ongoing work with our Europe Works Council and efforts from our Global Employment Law team.
This new and exciting role for a well-experienced HR or labor relations professional will be a critical member of the HR organization, will report directly to the VP HR Germany and dotted line report into the VP Global Labor and Employment Law. The role can be based in any of our major Germany locations with a preference for Langenfeld, near Duesseldorf.
**In This Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:**
o For Germany:
o Support the VP HR Germany to shape our relationships and collaborative work with Emerson’s German works councils, management, Human Resources, IT and Legal.
o Build and stabilize highly effective and efficient processes for codetermination, with particular focus on new IT systems, software, and related processes.
o Develop and implement labor relations policies and procedures for Germany.
o Support management’s negotiations with our German works councils including specifics related to IT, AI, etc.
o Manage coordination, administration, and follow up of company agreements with our German works councils.
o Manage and coordinate grievance procedures and dispute resolution processes.
o Ensure compliance with labor laws, regulations, and contractual obligations for German legal entities.
o Work the HR leaders across Germany to identify and execute on productivity and efficiency opportunities.
o Support the HR teams across the region on business-relevant projects and initiatives
**For Europe**:
o Work alongside the VP Global Labor and Employment Law in leading the Europe Works Council processes.
o Work with the enterprise data privacy team and the local German Data Protection Officer on privacy related issues.
**Who You Are:**
You are an experienced professional in Human Resources or Labor Relations, with demonstrated abilities to successfully manage stakeholders and lead projects. You are tech savvy with an understanding of the changing landscape of software, systems, and artificial intelligence. You can put in place and take ownership of processes that deliver results from a wide range of stakeholders. You are able have broad perspective on building effective relationships across management, functions and works councils while also being able to dive into the details as needed. You are comfortable doing work yourself to get the best results. You are collaborative and can turn business insight, labor relations, and project leadership into an organization-wide capability.
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**For This Role, You Will Need:**
- Bachelors degree in related field
- 5+ years of experience in human resources, labor relations or related field
- 3 - 6 years post-qualification experience in an international or multinational company
- Experience in collective bargaining, grievance procedures, and dispute resolution
- Experience working with works councils and labor unions
- Experience working and succeeding in a large, multinational, matrixed organization
- Fluent in German and English
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