(Junior) HR Business Partner

Country

Germany

Job Family

Human Resources

We show the world what people want.

Join GfK and help us shape tomorrow. As an NIQ company, we are the world's leading consumer intelligence firm, delivering the Full View on consumer behavior. We work to enable manufacturers and retailers better understand what consumers really want. Our name has inspired trust for over 89 years because we take pride in discovering new pathways to sustainable growth for our clients, our people, and our planet.

We are always looking for open-minded people who will grow with us, push boundaries, and pioneer disruptive methods in market research, data science, technology, and AI. If you share this passion to drive things forward and the integrity to insist on doing things the right way, we'll equip you to take your future into your own hands and play a leading role in our story.

**Job Description**:
In your role as an (Junior) HR Business Partner (M/F/d) located in Nuremberg or Frankfurt, you will act as the competent first point of contact for the business managers and employees in all relevant HR topics. You will also support and advise when it comes to planning, implementation and follow-up of people and organizational development measures.

Reporting to our HR Lead Germany/Austria, you will be supported by a great team, end-to-end processes and modern HR tools such as Workday.

Your tasks:

- Establish a very close and trustful relationship with the departments in order to drive topics such as employee retention, feedback cycles and career development
- Take responsibility for the employee lifecycle from onboarding to offboarding in order to ensure a great employee experience
- Steward all HR processes such as talent and performance management, leadership and employee coaching and development, as well as recruitment in close collaboration with line managers and our Recruiting HUB
- Jointly ensure and maintain data accuracy in Workday and generate meaningful insights from as well as enable data-driven decisions based on data and reports available.
- Work together with a functional team of HR professionals in our COEs (e.g. recruiters, HR Operations, global mobility and people development experts) to deliver excellence in HR execution
- Working closely with the local works council to ensure labor law compliance in close cooperation with the HR Lead Germany/Austria

Your skills and experiences:

- Minimum of 2-3 years of relevant HR work experience and hands-on experience in an international environment
- Profound knowledge in German labor law
- People oriented team player with empathy
- Interest in a career in an international group and able to think global whilst acting local
- Change-driven and open for thinking out of the box
- Experience of working with a works council
- Proactive and solution-oriented personality with confidence and skills to communicate with different stakeholders, being assertive and trustworthy
- Can-do mentality - highly organized with a structured way of working
- Ability to translate your profound theoretical HR knowledge into actionable measures
- Data savvy, strong experience working with reports and dashboards
- Fluent in German and English and confident using MS-Office
- Experience with Workday is a plus

We are an ethical and honest company that is wholly committed to its clients and employees. We are proud to be an inclusive workplace for all and are committed to equal employment opportunity, focusing on all of our employees reaching their full potential.

We respect and value every employee regardless of race, ethnicity, gender, sex, sexual orientation, age, personality, experience, culture, faith, socio-economic status, or physical or mental disabilities.

We endorse the core principles and rights set forth in the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights and the Social Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union, promoting the universal values of human dignity, freedom, equality, and solidarity.

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At GfK we work collaboratively with our colleagues but offer a flexible working approach, including dividing our time between office & remote working as well as the opportunity to flex our working hours around team core hours.

We offer an exciting work environment that brings people together. We encourage an entrepreneurial and innovative spirit and make use of the latest digital technologies. We are looking for self-starters, who accept challenges and create solutions.

Can there be a better place to take center stage in the digital revolution? We are excited to get to know you