HR Team Lead with German

Working at Freudenberg: "We will wow your world!" This is our promise. As a global technology group, we not only make the world cleaner, healthier and more comfortable, but also offer our 52,000 employees a networked and diverse environment where everyone can thrive individually. Be surprised and experience your own wow moments. Together with our partners, customers and the world of science, we develop leading-edge technologies, and excellent products and services for about 40 markets and for thousands of applications: seals, vibration control components, batteries and fuel cells, technical textiles, filters, cleaning technologies and products, specialty chemicals and medical products.

You support our team as HR Team Lead with German

Responsibilities

• Disciplinary Leadership and Talent Management:
• Disciplinary leadership of the HR Admin, LMS and Payroll teams (12 employees in total);
• Ensuring clear responsibilities, effective team structures and reliable day-to-day operations across all assigned teams;
• Fostering employee development, engagement and collaboration within the team;
• Providing support in operational day-to-day HR activities where required to ensure continuity and reliable service delivery.
• Process Harmonization and Operational Excellence:
• Identifying optimization potential and implementing sustainable process improvements in close alignment with key stakeholders;
• Driving standardization, efficiency and transparency of administrative HR processes across relevant service areas.
• Stakeholder Management:
• Close collaboration with internal service units, HR interfaces and management to ensure smooth and consistent service delivery;
• Acting as a reliable interface between local teams, central HR functions and business stakeholders.
• Change Management:
• Supporting and guiding the team through changes related to process harmonization, standardization and service model development;
• Promoting a culture of continuous improvement, accountability and service orientation.

Qualifications

• Experience in Leadership, ideally in a disciplinary leadership role within an HR or shared services environment;
• Successful track record in operational HR work or experience in successfully completed HR projects;
• Strong understanding of HR processes, preferably in HR administration;
• Ability to drive process harmonization, standardization and continuous improvement in an international environment;
• Strong communication skills, stakeholder orientation and a collaborative leadership style;
• Very good German and English language skills are mandatory.

If you like to make a difference and if you would like to be a part of a growing, successful company, then this is the moment to join Freudenberg and become part of a great team!