Axel Menzel-Managing Director

“International HR Management”

Managing Director HR Logistics Operations Austria (from 04.2024)

Restructuring, Site Closure & Liquidation

• Strategic Wind-down: Overall responsibility for the planning and operational execution of the complete cessation of business operations in Austria.
• Labor Law & Social Partners: Leading negotiations with the works council and trade unions to conclude a social plan (Sozialplan).
• Business Continuity: Ensuring smooth operations as well as active retention management to retain employees.
• Exit Management: Coordination of the mass-redundancy procedure and close collaboration with liquidators and legal advisors.

HR Lead Logistics Austria & Switzerland (from 04.2020; from 03.2024 Switzerland only, responsibility Logistics Austria as MD)

Greenfield Build-up of HR Operations, Transformation & Scale-up

• Greenfield HR Operations Build-up: Designed and built the HR operations function for the Austrian and Swiss logistics business from the ground up — establishing the team, operating model, roles and governance for a blue- and white-collar workforce scaling to 3,000 employees. Disciplinary responsibility for up to 20 employees across the AT and CH HR departments.
• People Operations Infrastructure: Set up the operational backbone from zero — end-to-end HR processes, policies, HR systems and payroll interfaces — and implemented a shared service center structure within the HR function and adjacent departments.
• Employee Lifecycle: Responsibility for the end-to-end employee lifecycle and all labor-law matters for salaried employees and blue-collar workers (bicycle couriers).
• Change Management: Steering of multiple reorganizations within large-scale international transformation processes.

Project management for a local job evaluation of the Serbian production and sales company according to the HAY Job Mapping methodology.

Junior management program with project assignments in recruitment and organization, HR development, customer retention, IT and services procurement. Final project on “Digitalization at Dr. Oetker”.

Planning and implementation of marketing measures. Participation in internal and external trade fairs. Organization and execution of assessment centers for pupils and students.

Applicant management and conceptual tasks in HR development. Support of HR officers in project work.