HR Manager

Job Description

The HR Manager – Services Brazil acts as a strategic partner to business leaders, connecting people strategy with operational and business priorities across multiple locations.

Key responsibilities include:

• Partner with business leaders on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, performance, talent and people-related decisions.

• Lead and develop the HR team, ensuring effective HR support across the Services operations.

• Oversee payroll and personnel administration processes, ensuring accuracy, compliance and timely execution.

• Lead labor relations activities and collective bargaining negotiations, maintaining constructive relationships with unions and employee representatives.

• Manage strategic employee benefits topics, including negotiations with health plan providers and other key suppliers.

• Support recruitment, retention, succession planning, leadership development and organizational changes.

• Drive HR projects and change initiatives aligned with business priorities.

• Ensure consistent application of HR policies, processes and local labor regulations.

• Monitor HR KPIs, headcount, workforce costs and other key indicators, translating data into action plans.

• Partner with Centers of Expertise, Shared Services and other HR stakeholders to ensure effective delivery of HR solutions.

• Maintain close contact with operations and leadership teams through regular site visits, understanding local needs and supporting business decisions.

• Promote continuous improvement of HR processes, systems and employee experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Human Resources, Engineering or a related field.

• Solid generalist HR experience, preferably in industrial, services or multi-site operational environments.

• Previous experience leading HR teams.

• Strong knowledge of payroll and personnel administration processes.

• Proven experience in labor relations and collective bargaining negotiations.

• Experience managing and negotiating employee benefits, especially health plans.

• Strong knowledge of Brazilian labor legislation.

• Advanced or fluent English is mandatory, with the ability to conduct meetings and interact with international stakeholders.

• Strong business acumen, autonomy, proactivity and ability to influence leaders in a matrix organization.

• Experience with workforce planning, HR KPIs, budget and cost management.

• SAP knowledge is considered a plus.

• Availability to travel regularly to operational locations.

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