Sr. Manager

Bring more to life.

Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology?

At SCIEX, one of Danaher’s 15+ operating companies, our work saves lives—and we’re all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact.

You’ll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danaher’s system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact – innovating at the speed of life.

As part of SCIEX, you will help to influence life changing research and outcomes, while accelerating your potential. For more than 50 years, we have been empowering our customers to solve the most impactful analytical challenges in quantitation and characterization through ground-breaking innovation and outstanding reliability and support. You will be part of a winning team, enabled by DBS, that is passionate about helping life science experts around the world get to answers they can trust.

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The Labor & Employee Relations Leader (m/f/d) is responsible for establishing and implementing best practices to all aspects of employee relations across the business and partnering with our expert Human Resources team and business leaders across SCIEX in Europe.

This position is part of the Human Resources department and will be a hybrid position located in Darmstadt.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to: 

• Lead the Labor & Employee Relations (L&ER) strategy and execution for SCIEX in Euroope to ensure we have an aligned strategy between employee needs and business outcomes and partner with a team of Subject Matter Experts.

• Embed and localize best in class approaches to employee relations, delivering consistency and effectiveness of process and employee experience and partner with relevant business partners on ground-breaking change implementations including process, systems, and governance, including supporting major projects like restructuring and mergers and acquisitions.

• Ensure inclusion, equity, and diversity is at the forefront of everything we do and engrained in our employee life cycle (including engagement/culture etc.) and act as the key contact for managing relationships with our employee representatives across the business.

• Support the triage for investigations across SCIEX in partnership with the Compliance Leader and Human Resources to determine the appropriate investigation protocol based on the nature of the concerns being raised.

• Create and manage global labor and employe relations dashboard to provide meaningful insights and market data/trends that support business growth and decision making and provide oversight and management of outside counsel spend/budget.

The essential requirements of the job include:  

• Experienced lawyer with multiple years of business experience in an industrial global enterprise with extensive & demonstrated L&ER expertise and leadership experience.

• Broad strategic view of labor issues throughout EMEA with strong business acumen and an ability to understand all SCIEX business strategies and plans.

• Proactive collaborative approach to Works Councils and employee representation bodies to be ahead of issues and most importantly knows how to support the business through strong relationships.

• Amnesty to country borders to ensure collaborative spirit and engagement of all Country and HRBPs equally with ability to build strong relationships and drive trust across a diverse organization.

• Ability to drive clear communication and engagement at all levels including C-Suite, and present data in a clear and concise manner with ability to influence change - well developed influencing and negotiation skills.

• Ability to travel – 10% in Europe

It would be a plus if you also possess previous experience in: 

• Ability to manage complex employee relations cases within a fast-paced environment.

• Effective consultant with demonstrable global project/program management ability.

• Experience of due diligence and acquisition integration strongly preferred.

SCIEX, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether it’s a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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