HR Generalist (m/f/d) – Personnel Administration, Recruiting & Digitization

You understand HR – and want to do more than just administer?

You won't find a large HR department with many specialists here. You will take responsibility for our operational HR department with around 85 employees – independently, close to the people, and in close cooperation with management and team leaders.

We are looking for someone who reliably organizes personnel administration, recruits suitable new colleagues, and modernizes our processes step by step.

Tasks

Personnel Administration and Employee Support

• Manage the operational HR department largely independently.

• Prepare and manage employment contracts, contract amendments, certificates, and other personnel documents.

• Keep personnel data and digital personnel files up-to-date and track administrative deadlines.

• Support employees and managers with everyday HR questions – clearly, pragmatically, and with clear communication even with differing language skills.

• Assess labor law issues and independently prepare personnel measures and documents, coordinating them with management.

• Collaborate with accounting and team leaders; operational absence management remains with the team leaders.

Recruiting – Regional and with a Focus on Sustainable Hires

• Recruit suitable employees, especially for commercial and operational roles at the Heiligenhaus site and in the surrounding area.

• Organize and optimize recruiting via JOIN, Indeed, StepStone, and our "Employee Referrals" program.

• Review applications, pre-qualify candidates, and conduct interviews together with the team leaders.

• Do not just fill open positions quickly, but select carefully so that people fit us both professionally and personally in the long term.

• Develop requirements and selection criteria further with management and executives.

Digitization and AI

• Critically question existing processes and continue the initiated professionalization of our HR work.

• Utilize our web-based HR management system and initiate improvements; pragmatically consider older systems and media breaks.

• Co-develop digital workflows and sensible automation for administration and recruiting.

Experiment openly with AI-supported tools, for example, in the structured preparation of applications – with data protection, transparent criteria, and human decision-making about candidates.

What you bring

• A commercial apprenticeship, ideally with an HR focus, or a comparable qualification.

• Practical experience in operational HR and recruiting; two to three years may suffice if you have already held independent responsibility.

• In-depth knowledge of labor law and confidence in preparing and assessing labor law matters.

• Ideally, experience with personnel structures of medium-sized companies and/or commercial employees.

• Good understanding of people, careful candidate selection, and clear, comprehensible communication.

• Independence, organizational talent, discretion, and the ability to maintain an overview even in a turbulent daily routine.

• Interest in digital tools, process improvement, and AI.

You don't have to have managed a complete HR department alone yet. It's more important that you have already taken on responsibility and are ready to lead the department independently with us.

What we offer you

• Permanent employment contract with a six-month probationary period.

• 30 to 40 hours per week; full-time is welcome.

• Work primarily in Heiligenhaus; home office possible by arrangement after onboarding.

• Independent responsibility for your area and direct collaboration with management and our team leaders.

• Short communication channels, straightforward interaction, and the opportunity to actively improve existing processes.

• Room for modern HR practices, digital processes, automation, and AI.

• A long-term perspective in a company that wants to change.

We are not looking for someone who merely processes HR transactions. We are looking for someone who has a grip on daily operations and develops better solutions with us.

Interested?

Then we look forward to your application via JOIN. Feel free to tell us what responsibility you have taken on so far and what ideas you bring for modern, pragmatic HR work.

By the way, in line with our company culture, we have switched directly to using "Du" (informal "you"). So you are welcome to use "Du" with all contact persons in our company. It's up to you : )

We look forward to getting to know you!

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