Head of HR Leonberg & Düsseldorf (m/f/d)
At a glance
Director-level HR Business Partner & Generalist role at Knorr-Bremse. Leonberg.
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What you'll do
- Lead HR across the Leonberg and Düsseldorf sites, including developing the team and handling its professional and disciplinary management
- Advise site leaders on strategic and day-to-day people matters, and help shape national HR priorities and change work
- Build plans for staffing, talent, leadership growth, succession and employee engagement, then put them into practice
- Guide managers on employment matters and maintain compliance with labor rules, agreements and company policies
- Work with employee representatives on workplace agreements and lead HR change, restructuring and improvement projects
What you bring
- A completed degree in business administration, business psychology, law or a comparable HR-focused field
- Several years leading HR as a generalist, with experience developing teams and advising managers at different levels
- Strong knowledge of individual and collective labor law, including practical work with works councils or employee representatives
- Very good SAP HCM or SAP HR and SuccessFactors knowledge, plus fluent written and spoken German and English
Who this fits
This director-level leadership role suits an experienced HR generalist who can balance strategic planning with hands-on delivery and lead a team. You’ll be based in Leonberg, support both Leonberg and Düsseldorf, and travel between the sites regularly, at approximately twenty percent. The role is hybrid and includes leadership of the HR team.
From the employer
Head of HR Leonberg & Düsseldorf (m/f/d)
LOCATION: Leonberg / Germany | COMPANY: Knorr-Bremse Systeme für Nutzfahrzeuge GmbH | DEPARTMENT: T/HR Human Resources Leonberg | REQUISITION ID: 11099 | Full-time | Regular | ON-SITE/REMOTE: Hybrid
YOUR TASKS
- Full responsibility for HR support at the Leonberg and Düsseldorf locations, based in Leonberg, including regular travel between sites (approximately 20%)
- Overall responsibility for the HR function at the Leonberg and Düsseldorf sites, including the professional and disciplinary leadership of the HR team and its continuous development
- Trusted sparring partner for site management and business leaders on all strategic and operational HR matters
- Member of the German HR Leadership Team, actively contributing to the national HR strategy as well as relevant transformation and change initiatives
- Development and implementation of forward-looking HR strategies in the areas of workforce planning, talent management, leadership development, succession planning, and employee engagement
- Advising and supporting managers on employment law, organizational, and HR-related matters
- Ensuring compliance with labor law, collective bargaining agreements, and company regulations, as well as efficient and legally compliant HR administration
- Building and maintaining constructive and trust-based relationships with local employee representative bodies, including negotiating and implementing workplace agreements
- Leading and supporting organizational changes as well as HR-related transformation and restructuring initiatives
- Participating in and, where appropriate, leading cross-site and international HR projects to continuously improve HR processes, policies, and tools
- Promoting a performance-driven, inclusive, and values-based corporate culture
YOUR PROFILE
- Successfully completed degree in Business Administration, Business Psychology, Law, or a comparable field of study with a focus on Human Resources
- Several years of professional experience in a generalist HR leadership role, ideally within a manufacturing environment or an internationally operating industrial company
- Proven experience in leading and developing HR teams as well as successfully partnering with managers at various organizational levels
- In-depth knowledge of individual and collective labor law, including practical experience working with works councils and employee representative bodies
- Strong ability to combine strategic HR thinking with operational execution excellence
- Experience in project management and supporting change and transformation processes
- High level of initiative, excellent communication and consulting skills, and a confident professional presence
- Analytical, structured, and solution-oriented working style combined with a pragmatic hands-on mentality
- Very good knowledge of SAP HCM/SAP HR and SuccessFactors
- Fluent German and English language skills, both written and spoken
Come and join our team in Leonberg!
Who are we? Some 32,000 team players around the world, hard at work in over 100 locations across more than 30 countries. As a force for progress on road and rail, we prioritize technical excellence, sustainable business practices and social responsibility. At the last count, our global revenues totaled EUR 7.9 billion. Responsibility and variety are hallmarks of the work you’ll be doing in an international environment with attractive working conditions – including flexible working hours, sabbaticals and remote work. In addition, you can work up to twenty days a year from abroad in the EU. A broad selection of continuing education programs offers you plenty of opportunities to develop both professionally and personally. And you can look forward to many other benefits, such as paid vacations and end-of-year bonuses, an in-house cafeteria, sports and healthcare programs, corporate volunteering, BusinessBike bicycle leasing and so much more. Come and experience the inspiring team spirit that energizes our international development network.
Let’s shape the future of mobility together!