HR Business Partner in Munich

HR Transformation, Global Mobility & HR Innovation:

• Led the Global Mobility workstream for an International Assignment Host Payroll implementation, designing and executing 70+ UAT scenarios and validating cross-country payroll integrations to support a controlled and accurate global rollout.
• Developed a multi-country immigration cost-modelling framework spanning 14 countries and 2,000+ employees during the DXC–Luxoft integration, providing leadership with workforce transition cost visibility to support integration planning and decision-making.
• Established the first Global Mobility SOP framework, mapping and documenting 40+ processes to standardize workflows, strengthen governance, reduce dependency on individual knowledge and enable scalable knowledge transfer across global teams.
• Automated and standardized Global Mobility cost-estimation models using Excel macros, reducing manual effort and improving consistency and accuracy in international assignment financial modelling.
• Assessed processes across 15 HR Operations teams, establishing KPIs and acceptance criteria with stakeholders and developing a Process Health Dashboard for leadership to provide visibility into process performance and proactively identify operational risks.
• Evaluated 200+ HR processes and designed a Maker–Checker governance framework to strengthen process adherence, clarify accountability and mitigate operational and financial risk across HR Operations.
• Conceptualized and led the inaugural season of Eurekathon, a global HR idea-crowdsourcing and innovation initiative engaging ~1,000 employees to identify AI, automation and digital solutions to HR and workplace challenges; subsequently selected as an AI Champion and core team member for Season 2, contributing to program strategy and stakeholder engagement.
• Used two years of global employee-support data to redesign staffing around a newly introduced chatbot, identifying peak query periods and reallocating resources to a focused 4 hour coverage window, creating capacity for cross-skilling and improving workforce utilization.

HR Business Partnering, Talent Management & Employee Relations – Insurance Vertical:

• Partnered with business and functional leaders across India, APAC and EMEA to understand workforce priorities, employee concerns and organizational needs, translating business requirements into targeted people strategies and HR interventions.
• Partnered with HR leadership and global business stakeholders on succession planning and talent pipeline development for critical roles, strengthening visibility of key talent and supporting leadership continuity across multiple locations.
• Led quarterly talent and promotion cycles supporting ~40 promotions per quarter, partnering with business leaders on talent identification, calibration, eligibility and compensation validation, followed by employee communication and end-to-end implementation with HR Operations.
• Owned mid-year and annual performance management cycles for 3,000+ employees, partnering with managers on guidelines, timelines, goal setting, calibration, rating decisions, employee discussions and escalations; achieved 100% cycle completion.
• Delivered quarterly workforce, attrition and span of control analysis for HR and business leadership, combining turnover trends, performance insights, employee relations cases and top-talent data to identify workforce risks and inform targeted retention and talent strategies.
• Designed and launched a New Manager Development Program in partnership with Learning & Development, supporting the transition from individual contributor to people manager through structured learning.
• Advised managers on performance and employee relations matters, coaching leaders through performance concerns, Performance Improvement Plans and sensitive employee conversations.
• Partnered with Legal team to navigate complex cases and ensure consistent, compliant and well-informed decisions.
• Coached and guided new HR team members through HR processes, employee relations matters and day-to-day case management, sharing knowledge, providing hands-on support and fostering a collaborative team environment.
• Designed and executed monthly employee engagement initiatives across the business unit, partnering with business and HR stakeholders on needs identification, program ideation, communications and end-to-end execution to strengthen employee connection and engagement.
• Led the HR onboarding program for graduate hires, partnering with business and HR stakeholders to provide structured orientation on organizational culture, policies, training expectations and development, supported by a formal mentoring framework.
• Facilitated pre-joining engagement for lateral hires, maintaining candidate connection between offer acceptance and joining, addressing queries and facilitating introductions to business leaders and HR stakeholders to strengthen the candidate-to-employee transition.
• Managed sensitive employee lifecycle and separation matters, including voluntary and involuntary terminations and bereavement cases, coordinating with relevant stakeholders and supporting employees and families with empathy, discretion and compliance.
• Partnered with Global Mobility, HR leadership and business stakeholders on international workforce requirements across International Assignments, Transfers and Short-Term Commutes, coordinating HR inputs across multiple jurisdictions.
• Launched the Women in Insurance (WIN) diversity program, developing initiatives to recognize, engage and support the development of women leaders within the business.

• HR consulting for the 'Digitization of the German Federal Financial Administration' project
• Conducting a project-based personnel requirements analysis
• Designing the introduction of agile project management & SCRUM in HR
• Recruiting for required positions

• Advising on and handling questions related to payroll, the EU Pay Transparency Directive, terminations, warnings, maternity protection, parental leave, staff scheduling, and process improvements.

• Supporting and advising employees and managers.

• Preparing employment contracts, warnings, terminations, employee agreements, and certificates.

• Managing company pension schemes and workplace integration management.

• Creating HR reports, including recommendations.

• Developing presentations on core working hours, smart working, and commission proposals.

• Supporting the implementation of Kronos, including deriving and implementing improvements.

• Preparing and finalizing payroll for about 200 employees in cooperation with external payroll service providers.

• Maintaining data in Oracle HCM and Kronos.

• Ensuring timely and smooth payroll processing.

• Implementing process improvements such as time tracking via Kronos and reducing system errors.

• Head of HR department
• Advising and supporting managers and employees on all HR-related topics
• Optimizing processes and the HR software Personio
• Developing and implementing a new compensation system for working students
• Recruiting specialists, interns, and working students from Germany and abroad
• Processing and ensuring all relevant documents for employees from third countries
• Supporting and managing company pension schemes
• Preparing and following up payroll for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, England, France, and Spain
• Ensuring smooth execution of all administrative processes

• Advising companies and individuals throughout the entire people lifecycle

• Org design & HR transformation project.
• OKRs development.

• Lead and develop a team of 3 employees across Talent Acquisition, Employer Branding, and HR Operations
• Manage an annual budget of approx. €95K and advise the Logistics Director on salary budget allocation for 400 employees (20% team growth in a year)
• Act as strategic sparring partner to management and leadership teams on people-related topics like talent development, organizational change, comp&ben and HR policies
• Set up all people processes around Talent Management, Employer Branding and Operations
• Support leadership on people development and talent management
• Implement & conduct training programmes (positive leadership, change management, intercultural communications)
• Drive cultural transformation initiatives in alignment with JYSK values and organizational goals
• Lead the annual HR strategy process, defining local priorities and setting measurable goals
• Lead the event team for the organization of employee events
• Drive change communications

• HR advisory support for animal clinics and veterinary practices
• Ensuring (labor law) compliant implementation of measures in cooperation with the sites
• Clarifying labor law questions for managers and employees
• Reviewing and updating existing blank contract templates and general agreements
• Implementing HR measures (working hours changes, salary changes, recruitments, etc.) for the group's locations
• Developing a professional recruiting handbook (MS OneNote)
• Temporary management of the recruiting department
• Preparing the handover of know-how to new employees
• Providing further support in recruiting

• complete support of defined employee areas
• managing employees from onboarding to offboarding (union and non-union employees)
• constructive cooperation with the works council
• preparing payroll for all employees
• recruiting for various positions