Labour Relations Manager
Amazon
Labour Relations Manager
Amazon
Sells products online and rents cloud computing
(!) This is a 7-month fixed term contract position.
(!!) The role will require a level of geographical flexibility in base location within Spain.
(!!!) This role can be based in either Madrid or Barcelona, Spain.
We are looking to hire a talented and committed Employee Relations Manager to play a critical role the development of the employee relations agenda in Spain.
We are seeking a progressive, hands-on, customer-obsessed individual who will help to develop our employee relations agenda of creating a positive employee relations climate that supports employee safety, capability, engagement and a high performance customer obsessed culture.
The ER Manager will report to the Head of ER, Spain
As EXR Manager, you'll operate across two dimensions:
- Participating in EU projects on different projects.
- On Es field, equipping business leaders and the HR organization with the expertise, frameworks, and counsel needed to navigate day-to-day labor relations matters and employee experience.
This role requires the ability to operate at both strategic and tactical levels — translating regional direction into local deployment while identifying risks and opportunities that inform broader strategy.
Key job responsibilities
Strategic LR Partnership & Country Expertise:
- Act as the go-to LR strategic partner for your sites in Spain, equipping HR and business leaders with the knowledge, tools, and frameworks to navigate collective environments confidently
- Drive proactive risk identification and advise stakeholders on mitigation approaches in your assigned markets
- Provide expert counsel on collective requirements
- Build LR capability within the broader HR community through coaching, knowledge sharing, and framework development
- Participate in cross-regional projects to build broader EU LR knowledge and capability
About the team
Team of 8 individuals with different background and expertise, regionally distributed
- Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree, law degree, or other specialized training in employee relations.
- Experience in employee relations, labor relations, or labor/employment law.
- Experience dealing with Works council and Unions.
- Experience and solid understanding of ESP employment and labor laws
- Negotiation experience
- Strong interpersonal and persuasion skills, enabling individual to establish partnerships and work collaboratively across management levels and personalities to influence senior leadership, stakeholders, peers and employees at all levels across a large, dispersed and culturally diverse organization.
- Proven problem solving and analytical skills in an ambiguous environment with the capacity to work autonomously to manage competing priorities simultaneously while driving projects to closure.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully scale labour relations frameworks in new business lines
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