Senior Manager Employee Relations

Handle additional duties as assigned by Management.

• Capability requirements: Fluent English required; German strongly preferred. French, Italian, Polish, Dutch or another EMEA language is advantageous. The role requires strong judgement, pace, discretion and hands-on ER delivery across multiple jurisdictions.
• 10+ years’ HR experience, including 5+ years in ER, investigations, consultation or employment risk.
• Experience leading ER case delivery, governance, triage, escalation and reporting across multiple jurisdictions.
• Strong practical knowledge of EMEA employment law, consultation and employee representative processes.
• Able to manage investigations, grievances, disciplinaries, PIPs, absence cases, settlements and litigation support.
• Strong case documentation skills, including investigation reports, chronologies, outcome letters and evidence packs.
• Practical understanding of GDPR, confidentiality, privilege, redaction and retention.
• Confident coaching managers and senior leaders through sensitive ER matters.
• Experience building playbooks, templates, dashboards, trackers and process controls.
• Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficient in Workday or other HRIS/case management tools, plus Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
• Able to manage deadlines across countries, time zones and competing priorities.
• Willing to travel up to 15% and flex hours for global stakeholders when needed.
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop or kneel; talk and hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.