Human Resources Specialist in Augsburg

Reporting directly to the Site and Admin Manager, the HR Specialist is responsible for supporting the full spectrum of Human Resources activities for Nanofilm AM Germany across all operating units – Augsburg Hohenlockstedt and Zittau, including recruitment, payroll administration, HR operations, employee relations, compliance, and HR projects.

The role acts as a key HR contact for employees and managers, ensuring efficient HR processes, compliance with German labor regulations, and alignment with Corporate HR policies and practices.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-to-end recruitment activities, including job posting, candidate sourcing, interview coordination, offer preparation, onboarding, and recruitment administration.
• Coordinate monthly payroll processing with external payroll providers to ensure accurate and timely payroll administration, statutory compliance, and proper record maintenance.
• Administer employee lifecycle processes, including onboarding, probation confirmation, employment contract preparation, employee transfers, employee changes, and offboarding activities.
• Maintain employee records, HR documentation, and HR data, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality, and compliance with company policies and local statutory requirements.
• Prepare and submit accurate and timely monthly HR reports and updates to Corporate HR in accordance with established reporting requirements.
• Administer compensation and benefits programs, leave management, attendance tracking, insurance administration, and other HR operational activities.
• Support employee relations matters by responding to employee and manager enquiries, providing HR guidance, and assisting in the resolution of workplace issues.
• Support performance management processes, including goal setting, annual performance reviews, talent discussions, and employee development initiatives.
• Coordinate training and development activities, employee engagement initiatives, and onboarding programs to support employee growth and organizational effectiveness.
• Support local and regional HR projects and initiatives, including HR process improvement, policy implementation, system enhancements, organizational changes, employee engagement programs, and continuous improvement activities to enhance HR effectiveness and employee experience.
• Develop, review, and update HR policies, procedures, employee handbooks, guidelines, and related documents to ensure alignment with business requirements and applicable local employment laws and regulations.
• Monitor changes in local labour laws, statutory requirements, and HR regulations, and assess their impact on the organisation.

Recommend and implement necessary changes to HR policies and practices accordingly.

• Ensure compliance with internal HR policies, local legislation, statutory requirements, and company standards, and proactively identify and mitigate HR-related risks.
• Works Council / Employee Representative Interface - Support consultation, communication, and administrative activities involving employee representative bodies, works councils, or equivalent employee forums where applicable.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Minimum 10 years of progressive HR experience, preferably in an HR Generalist or HR Operations role.
• Experience working in a multinational and/or manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Hands-on experience in recruitment, payroll administration, employee relations, and HR operations.
• Strong knowledge of German labor laws and employment regulations.
• Good understanding of HR policies, employment lifecycle processes, and HR best practices.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work independently.
• Strong organizational and problem-solving abilities.
• High level of integrity and ability to handle confidential information.
• Fluent in German and English, both written and spoken.
• Experience supporting HR activities across multiple sites or entities, participating in HR projects, process improvement initiatives or system implementations, and working within manufacturing, engineering environments.
• Willing and able to undertake business travel to Hohenlockstedt and Zittau, up to 25% of working time.
• Working Location
• Nanofilm AM Germany Gmb H
• D-86167 Augsburg

Founded in 1999 and headquartered in Singapore, NTI Nanofilm is a global nanotechnology solutions company integrating advanced thin-film coatings, turnkey vacuum coating equipment, micro-optics nanofabrication, and hydrogen fuel-cell surface technologies.

With proprietary deposition sources—including Magnetron Sputtering, Arc Evaporation, Filtered Cathodic Vacuum Arc (FCVA), Closed Space Sublimation (CSS), and Plasma-Enhanced CVD (PECVD), we help electronics, automotive, medical and industrial customers improve performance, durability and sustainability, from R&D through high-volume production.

NTI Nanofilm operates across Singapore, China, Germany, Japan, India and Vietnam, and has been listed on the Singapore Exchange since 2020.

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