Country People Manager

Act as company representative in country or site, both towards internal stakeholders (such as the Country Management Team, senior managers, employees and employee representatives) and external entities (such as government, universities, court), in order to provide trustful guidance on people matters
- Act as a partner contributing with a country or site view, towards managers, employees and other internal HR team members, in order to promote decision making that is fair and considers the overall impact in the country or site
- Liaison with People Experience Care team to ensure coordination of HR Consultants / the HR community in the country or site and gain their support to the line managers, both according to the Nokia procedures, as well as in line with the business demands, in order to guarantee similar support and impact among all employees
- Responsible for managing industrial relationships associated with relevant site/country
- Advise stakeholders (internal or external) about the frame of local legislation, proactively raise eventual constraints and mitigation to be considered, in order to ensure compliance in the implementation of Nokia’s management decisions
- Drive local policy on disciplinary and grievance, coordinating the necessary steps of these processes in coordination with stakeholders, in order to guarantee compliant decision making
- Promote and monitor HR projects within the country or site (e.g., employees’ engagement strategy for the country, employees’ benefits package, culture and values), in order to contribute for leveraging employees’ engagement and the branding of the company within the country or site
- May serve as point of contact to labor and government regulatory agencies
- Provides advice and coaching to line managers in a Country according to established HR policies and procedures to enable people management topics
- Leading Area/BU Regional HR Team and taking care of all people leadership and management responsibilities, expressing, driving and promoting company’s culture and values
- Networking with the People organization in the Region/Global
- Bachelor’s (Master’s?) Degree or equivalent experience
- 6-8+ years Country HR / HR Business Partner or equivalent experience ideally within a fast-paced global organization
- Deep knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations, HR concepts and expertise
- Experience in works council / employee representative matters, consultations and negotiations
- Knowledge and expertise related to HR policies, processes and practices
- Business planning and management skills
- Strong business/ labor market understanding
- Assertiveness, interpersonal and communication skills with a proven ability to build positive relationships with multiple stakeholders with employees at all levels of the organization
- Credibility and recognition of ethical behaviour
- Analytical and fast decision-making skills
- Adaptation and flexibility to act in a changing and complex environment, with a multitasking mindset
- Ability to work independently with limited direction
- Willingness to work in a fast-paced, flexible environment
- Strong detail orientation, follow up and organizational skills
- Strong team player
- Strong communication skills both verbal and written; proven experience of establishing, maintaining and developing working relationships at all levels

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- One of the World’s Most Ethical Companies by Ethisphere
- Gender-Equality Index by Bloomberg Workplace Pride Global Benchmark

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