HR Manager

Company Description

Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate.

Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies.

Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is a global, award-winning insourcing solution. We place our skilled team directly at the client site, managing operations seamlessly and eliminating complexities. We ensure a strategic, long-term service commitment that delivers value directly at the client’ site, utilising their facilities, equipment, and methodologies, while maintaining the same service, expertise, and cGMP compliance available at the Eurofins facility. If you're an employee seeking an exceptional career journey, Eurofins PSS Insourcing Solutions® is your gateway to a future where innovation, collaboration, and success converge. Join us in a world where excellence knows no boundaries!

For more information about Eurofins PSS® please visit our website and watch a message from our Global Head, Beth Di Paolo.

Job Description

Working hours are Monday - Friday, 39 hours per week.

This is a hybrid working role, with regular travel required across our PSS Ireland sites.

As a HR Manager, you will manage the Human Resources function and activities across the PSS business in Ireland and support off-site Professional Scientific Services (PSS) teams and their leaders based at multiple client sites (throughout Ireland). You will be the key point of contact from an HR management point of view as per business requirements.

Main Duties

• Responsible for the day to day management of the HR team.
• Manage and oversee our HR systems and lead / support on any new functionality or system development
• Ensure that employee life cycle service routines are managed well and in the most efficient way possible, and ensure regular quality checks are in place on key workflows
• Work closely with PSS Managers to improve HR process efficiency, taking into account feedback from employees and key stakeholders
• Own and oversee the HR inbox to ensure that all queries and requests are dealt with in a timely manner or appropriately escalated
• Provide guidance and support to management and employees on employee relations matters.
• Attend grievance, investigation and disciplinary hearings advising all parties in line with current legislation and policy.
• Support the team with payroll queries and issue resolution as needed
• Create and provide reports for senior managers, to develop the reporting functionality of the local HR systems.
• Coordinate and run HR training for Managers and Employees and create bespoke training as needed, alongside associated manuals / guides
• Assist in developing and delivering training programmes in HR areas.
• Responsible for ensuring that offer letters, contracts, and company handbook are up to date and relevant to Irish legislation and employment law at all times.
• Own the HR policies and key documents relevant to your area updating as necessary, and consider any future policy development needed
• Monitor employment legislation development, assess the impact and develop processes, policies and communication as needed to maintain compliance
• Implement a step change in improving internal communication to employees and key stakeholders through centrally coordinated activities planned and coordinated within your team. 
• Lead on developing our reward and benchmarking programmes
• Participate in or lead various projects, including pay & progression, market reviews, performance reviews, talent management, mentoring and development.
• Oversee the annual pay review process for your sites, with HR shared service team support
• Generate management reports that provide insight to management in relation to their teams
• Actively participate in team and company meetings
• Manage accurate and fast turnaround of KEL (key employee / key leader) offers for senior level recruitment and lead annual management of KEL group process for Ireland
• Work with MD and PSS Managers on employee engagement annual plan.
• Ensure compliance with right to work checks through well maintained trackers and provide support and guidance of appropriate immigration advice and legislation. 
• Responsible for maintaining HR data quality and ensuring compliance with GDPR
• Support HR Recruiters as necessary.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level or equivalent within Human Resources
• Extensive proven experience within a Human Resources Management role, preferably within a multi-national environment.
• Proven experience leading HR teams across multiple countries or business units.
• Ability to quickly learn new processes.
• Ability to communicate clearly and to form strong working relationships with colleagues.
• Ability to work on own initiative and be capable of developing solutions to problems as part of a team.
• Willing to operate in a flexible manner and be able to switch priorities at short notice.
• Good team player, organised, accurate, have strong documentation skills.
• Computer literate.
• Strong understanding of Irish Employment Law and Legislation
• Strong understanding of Irish Right to Work, specifically visas and immigration.

Additional Information

What Happens Next

Our people are the backbone of what we do, so it's incredibly important we find the right individuals to join us. As a potential new recruit you'll be invited to meet the team in the form of an assessment centre or a staged interview process dependent on the role and it's requirements, this will give you the opportunity to see what working for Eurofins is really like and enable us to get you know your key skills and strengths. 

Your data 
As part of any recruitment process, the company collects and processes personal data relating to job applicants. The company is committed to being transparent about how it collects and uses that data and to meeting its data protection obligations.
 
Closing Date
We reserve the right to close or extend this position depending on application numbers. Therefore we would urge candidates to submit an application as early as possible.
 
Due to the high volume of applications we receive please be aware that if you do not receive a response within 4 weeks of the vacancy expiry date unfortunately, on this occasion your application has been unsuccessful. 

We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development.

We embrace diversity! Eurofins network of companies believe in strength and innovation through diversity, being an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique.

Sustainability matters to us!  We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we also count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal!

Find out more in our career page: https://careers.eurofins.com/