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HR Manager

Hybrid in Barcelona·Added 5 months ago

This job was published 5 months ago

Still open when we checked on 24 Sept

ETHIKOS

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Overview

Job details

  • Hybrid

    Office and home days — the ad has the split.

Requirements

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    ETHIKOS doesn't mention sponsorship in the ad.

  • Speak native-level Spanish

    Listed as a requirement in the ad.

  • Work in English

    English is required, per the ad.

  • Be near Barcelona for hybrid days

    No relocation package mentioned.

  • Have 5+ years of experience

    Mid-level role.

  • University degree

    “Titulación universitaria (RR. HH., Psicología, ADE, Derecho o similar).” — per the ad.

Skills

This job was automatically translated to English.

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • University degree (HR, Psychology, Business Administration, Law, or similar).

  • Minimum 5 years as HR Manager / HRBP, ideally in a matrix organization.

  • Experience with mixed populations: commercial (Sales/Marketing) and industrial. Background in FMCG, retail, consumer goods, or productive environments will be highly valued.

  • Comfortable both in the head office and during visits to plants and operational centers.

  • Solid handling of collective labor relations (works council, negotiation with union representation).

  • Dynamic, flexible profile, with high adaptability, solution-oriented, and a true team player.

  • Capable of combining strategic thinking and operational execution: from the design of an initiative to its implementation and the details of the day-to-day.

  • Excellent communication and influence. Fine stakeholder management, capable of speaking the language of both the salesperson and the plant manager.

  • High English level essential, with fluency in international environments (oral and written).

  • Comfortable in complex and changing environments, with a certain degree of ambiguity.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Key HR Manager position for a strategic business line within the company.

  • Multinational environment with exposure to matrix structures and international teams.

  • Broad scope: from the commercial to the industrial world, with real visibility over the entire business in Iberia.

  • Real mix of strategic and operational responsibilities, with room to propose improvements and new ways of working.

  • Hybrid model: 3 days in the office (Barcelona) and 2 days of remote work.

  • Competitive compensation package, aligned with the experience provided, plus company social benefits.

One of our objectives as an organization is to ensure a selection process aligned with criteria of diversity, equity, and inclusion; therefore, we seek to create a diverse, equitable, and inclusive employee panel, where every individual is valued for their talent and potential, regardless of their ethnic origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion, or functional diversity.

We are committed to minimizing any bias or barrier that may exist in the selection process, to ensure that all candidates are evaluated fairly and objectively, where only their ability to perform the role, their potential, and their values are assessed.

The role

HR Manager - Industrial Multinational (Iberia) Barcelona · Hybrid (3 days office / 2 days remote) ·

What you'll do

You will be the HR point of reference for a mixed population that combines commercial teams (Sales and Marketing) and operational teams from the division. Your work will be twofold: supporting management in people decisions that drive the business, and at the same time ensuring that HR operations function with quality and rigor across very different realities - from the field sales force to plant and operations teams.

  • Support Sales, Marketing, and Operations managers in organization, performance, development, compensation, and talent management.

  • Adapt the HRBP role to the different business realities: commercial cycle, plant dynamics, shift calendars, prevention, and safety.

  • Drive change and growth initiatives, both commercial as well as organizational and industrial.

  • Advise with judgment: provide perspective, not just processes.

  • Manage onboarding, development, performance, and offboarding in collaboration with People Services and corporate CoEs.

  • Locally lead performance evaluation, talent calibration, and workforce planning processes, attending to both office and plant profiles.

  • Detect training needs (technical, commercial, and leadership) and work with the CoEs to implement real solutions.

  • Drive engagement, culture, and internal communication initiatives that truly connect with all groups.

  • Ensure the correct local implementation of global HR processes.

  • Promote the use of self-service tools by managers and employees, and coordinate transactional operations with People Services.

  • Guarantee compliance with labor legislation in all policies and practices, including specific regulations for the industrial environment.

  • Manage the relationship with the works council, unions, and legal worker representation in plants and work centers.

  • Participate in internal/external audits and investigations when necessary.

About ETHIKOS

Ethikos is a Spanish organizational transformation and HR consulting firm that has been operating since 2015. It offers recruitment/selection services, consulting, and training programs, and works around three pillars it calls "Sistema Humano" (talent, leadership, culture), "Herramientas" (its own methodology, including the CSM created in 2018 and six diagnostics), and "Consciencia" (applied neuroscience, purpose, and AI). The company reports more than 600 transformation projects and over 3,000 selection processes completed.

As a recruitment and HR consultancy, most vacancies published on its job board are positions with client organizations across a wide range of sectors and functions — including sales, finance, supply chain, healthcare, HSE, and technology — in locations across Spain such as Barcelona, Madrid, Girona, Granada, Murcia, and Bilbao, as well as in other countries. International professionals should be aware that applying through Ethikos typically means being recruited for a client company rather than for Ethikos itself, though the firm also hires for its own team (e.g., Recruiter Consultant roles). Its website and careers platform are available in Spanish and English.

Industry
Recruiting
Website
ethikos.es

In their own words

About the company & team

We work exclusively with a leading industrial multinational in its sector, with a strong commercial presence in Iberia and operations in more than 100 countries. One of its strategic business divisions in Spain and Portugal is looking to hire its next HR Manager based in Barcelona.

It is a matrix, international, and demanding environment: you will combine strategic vision with a very hands-on role, close to the day-to-day of the business.

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