As a Senior People Relations Specialist, you work closely with the Regional People Relations Manager to help build and deliver strategy across the region. You play a hands-on role in managing employee and industrial relations activities, supporting the organisation to operate compliantly, thoughtfully, and with a long-term perspective.

You bring solid expertise in Employee Relations and Industrial Relations, combined with the ability to manage processes and collaborate with multiple partners. You act as a trusted point of contact for sophisticated people relations matters and help build capability across HR and the wider business.

Employee & Industrial Relations

• Support the execution of the regional ER/IR strategy.

• Independently manage employee and industrial relations cases, including grievances, disciplinary processes, and consultation matters, in close collaboration with the central ER Advisory team in Budapest.

• Advise HR Business Partners and business leaders on complex employee relations topics.

• Prepare insights, risk assessments, and scenarios for critical issues.

• Prepare and support negotiations with employee representative bodies and trade unions, including collective labour agreements and social plans.

• Provide content and process support for consultation and negotiation processes, such as documentation, Q&A materials, and communication support.

• Coordinate works council consultation processes, ensuring the right partners are involved at the right time.

Works council & partner management

• Support the People Relations Manager in handling works council processes across the countries in scope.

• Collaborate with HR, Legal, Reward, and business partners to meet consultation obligations accurately and on time.

• Contribute to improving consultation and employee participation practices, including during group policy rollouts.

• Support organisational changes such as reorganisations, harmonisation initiatives, acquisitions, and divestments.

• Identify employee risks related to change initiatives and advise on mitigation measures.

• Contribute to workforce analyses and insights related to employee relations trends and issue risks.

• Create and implement practical tools, policies, and training for HR leaders.

• Support knowledge sharing and capability building within People Relations and HR Business Partner teams.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and ways of working.

• Keep internal policy documentation accurate and up to date.