Cluster HR Manager – DACH Region

Working Model

On-site with significant regional travel

Region Covered

Germany, Switzerland, and Austria

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the HR function across the DACH cluster, covering Germany, Switzerland, and Austria.
• Act as a strategic HR Business Partner to the Cluster CEO, Country Managers, Plant Managers, and other senior business leaders.
• Develop and implement the regional HR strategy in alignment with business priorities and Group HR policies.
• Manage the full HR lifecycle across commercial, corporate, operational, and manufacturing populations.
• Lead organizational design, workforce planning, job architecture, and organizational development initiatives.
• Manage recruitment and onboarding activities across blue-collar, white-collar, commercial, and leadership populations.
• Oversee performance management, talent management, succession planning, learning, and employee development processes.
• Manage industrial relations and maintain constructive relationships with trade unions and employee representatives.
• Ensure compliance with German labour law, local employment regulations, internal policies, and Group standards.
• Support managers in employee relations, conflict resolution, performance issues, and complex people-management matters.
• Lead change management initiatives related to organizational transformation, restructuring, integration, business growth, and operational improvement.
• Coordinate compensation and benefits activities and support the implementation and development of structured compensation practices across the region.
• Oversee HR administration and payroll-related processes, ensuring the accuracy of employee, contractual, and payroll data.
• Monitor and analyze HR KPIs, including turnover, absenteeism, personnel costs, productivity, and employee engagement.
• Prepare accurate HR reports, presentations, documentation, and Excel-based analyses for regional management and headquarters.
• Ensure high standards of HR data quality, documentation, and reporting accuracy.
• Coordinate and support local HR resources and ensure effective collaboration across the different locations and legal entities.
• Promote integration between different national cultures and strengthen collaboration between the DACH organization and the Italian headquarters.
• Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will bring solid HR leadership experience gained within an international industrial or manufacturing environment.

They should have

• Approximately

7–10 years of experience in HR management, HR Business Partner, or comparable HR leadership positions.

• Experience working within structured, international, and matrix organizations.
• Strong exposure to manufacturing environments and significant blue-collar employee populations .
• Proven experience managing industrial relations, trade unions, works councils, or employee representative bodies .
• Strong knowledge of

German labour law and employment practices .

• Experience supporting multiple locations, business units, or legal entities.
• Experience managing both strategic and operational HR responsibilities.
• Strong capabilities in change management, organizational transformation, and workforce planning.
• Experience with compensation and benefits processes.
• Good knowledge of HR administration and payroll-related processes.
• Strong analytical skills and confidence working with HR reporting, KPIs, presentations, and Excel.
• A high level of accuracy and attention to detail, particularly regarding HR documentation and employee data.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
• Cross-cultural sensitivity and the ability to work effectively between local organizations and international headquarters.
• A pragmatic, flexible, hands-on, and results-oriented approach.
• Willingness and ability to travel regularly across Germany and the wider DACH region
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