Personalreferent/ Human Resources Business

Topcon Electronics is one of the global market leaders in the development and production of operator consoles for mobile machinery. From our company headquarters in Geisenheim, Rheingau (near Wiesbaden/Frankfurt), we and a team of 150 employees develop, produce and distribute our operator consoles. Topcon Electronics stands for the highest quality standards and customer-oriented product functionality. Our company is distinguished by multiple certifications with respect to quality and environmental awareness as well as high standards in occupational safety. Since the end of 2014, Topcon Electronics has been part of the Topcon Positioning Group, the world’s leading manufacturer of GNSS systems for construction, agricultural machinery and surveying. Topcon Positioning Group is headquartered in Livermore, California USA.

For our company based in Geisenheim, Rheingau (near Frankfurt), we are looking for a

HUMAN RESOURCES BUSINESS PARTNER

**Responsibilities**:
Employee Relations
- Point of contact for all employees & managers of dedicated area of responsibility.
- Support of the HR manager in all HR-relevant matters, including the preparation of promotions, job/ working hours changes, maternity leave requests etc. including related discussions with line managers and employees.
- Solve (inter)-personal work-related issues between employees incl. discussions related to warnings and terminations, also complex cases.
- Ensure, equal treatment and consistency apply.
- Employee exit, including reference letters.

Apprenticeship/ Dual Study Programme/ Working Students
- Programme coordination with Chamber of Commerce/ university and internal departments
- Point of conduct during programme
- Point of conduct for working students during their engagement with us, including coordination Bachelor-/Master degree programme engagements with related department.

Personal Development
- Coordination and point of contact for Topcon-internal development programmes.
- Coordination of the creation/ update of training plans with/by the cost centre owners, administration of obtained training certificates in Workday as a back-up for the HR-Representative

Recruiting & Employer Branding
- Creation and placement of job advertisements via Workday and job boards not included in WD-process, including applicant management in coordination with Talent Acquisition team.
- Carrying out job interviews and issuing employment contracts (from Support IC to Manager roles)
- Participation at job fairs
- Maintaining contact with universities for working students and recruitment agencies for temp staff workers

Time & Leave Management
- Creation of new employees, master data maintenance (as long as not yet taken over by payroll specialist in Finance)

HR-Roadmap
- Support of the HR-Manager in coordination and implementation of performance review, goal setting, salary review/ merit and bonus payment process, annual leave management.

HR-Documents & Statistics
- Creation, updating and publication of HR documents in TELE-document management system for auditing purposes, including job description, organization charts, HR-forms in TDP-SharePoint and TELE-Docu Manager, including Audit preparations.
- Preparation of HR data/ statistics as required, preparation of HR-PPT for work meetings.

Education and experience
- Qualifications in Human Resources, psychology, law, business or equivalent experience.
- Training in employment legislation, compensation, organizational planning, organization development, employee relations, safety, training, and/ or preventive labour relations, preferred.
- Minimum 5 years’ experience in HR business, preferably in an international, matrixed environment.
- Fluent English and German (Written and spoken) is necessary
- Deep knowledge in German local law and legislation and general knowledge of the other countries labour legislation
- Evidence of the practice of maintaining a high level of confidentiality.
- High level computer literacy (Socials/Internet/MS Office Suite/SaaS).
- Analytical mind-set with a keen eye for detail and the ability to problem solve.
- Be able to travel within the region.

Knowledge, Skills and Attributes
- Broad knowledge and experience in Human Resources, including recruitment, employment legislation, compensation, employee relations, safety, training, and employee development.
- Ability to manage multiple and sometimes competing priorities
- Ability to work independently, be self-motivated and proactive.
- Have a desire to collaborate to achieve results (both with the global HR team and local Operations).
- Contribute to a team environment through developing positive working relationships that are based on trust and integrity.