HR Generalist (Maternity leave)

General description:

Requires in-depth knowledge and experience. Uses best practices and knowledge of internal or external business issues to improve products or services. Solves complex problems; takes a new perspective using existing solutions. Works independently, receives minimal guidance. Supports colleagues to grow and to increase their capability to deliver.

Main responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Develop, manage and/or administer the organization’s compensation and benefit, recruitment, training, organization development, and employee relations programs.
• Will operate in and be responsible for more than one of these areas and perform many of the same activities as professionals that specialize in these individual HR functions.
• HR Program advocacy, communicating the business values of HR initiatives and managing HR program roll out to minimize business disruption.
• Partnering with the business and talent management/staffing and recruiting colleagues on key initiatives (e.g. workforce planning, high potential employee development, succession planning etc.)
• Handle people relations and possible employee’s issues. Support the staff with their day-to-day requirements.
• Secure the respect and implementation of Sandvik’s core values.
• Build the HR agenda following Sandvik’s People strategy (based on four strategic areas: a great place to work, competence for the future, operational excellence a value creating HR organization)
  
  

Required Competencies:

Competencies are a group of behaviors that encompass knowledge, skills, abilities and Individual’s characteristics that, together, drive performance. As HR Generalist the core competencies and behaviors required are:

• Business knowledge: understands key business drivers; uses this understanding to accomplish own work.
• Functional knowledge: requires diverse knowledge and experience in own disciplinan and broadens capacity.
• Impact: operational. Work is done within own team. Work within guideline and policies.
• Leadership: no supervisory responsibilities but provides informal guidance to new team members.
• Problem solving: solves problems in simple situations; analyzes possible solutions using technical experience and judgment and precedents.
• Communication: explains complex information to others in simple situations.
• Continuous improvement: evaluate and use suitable methods, tools and processes.
• Contribute to sharing of best practice within own area.
• English level: fluent
• Relevant IT skills (WorkDay is a plus) and knowledge of Office (Highly skilled at Office).
• Follow-up
• Planning
• Relational work skills
• Negotiation skills