Human Resource Manager

The name Sotera Health was inspired by Soteria, the Greek goddess of safety, and reflects the Company's unwavering commitment to its mission, Safeguarding Global Health®.

Sotera Health Company is a leading global provider of mission-critical sterilization and lab testing and advisory services for the healthcare industry. With a combined tenure across our businesses of nearly 200 years and our industry recognized scientific and technological expertise, we help to ensure the safety of millions of patients and healthcare practitioners around the world every year.

Across our 64 facilities worldwide, we have over 3,000 employees who are dedicated to safety and quality. We are a trusted partner to more than 5,800 customers in over 50 countries, including more than 40 of the top 50 medical device companies and 9 of the top 10 pharmaceutical companies.

HR Manager @ Wiesbaden (Germany)

Job Description

Job summary: The HR Manager has the responsibility for managing and overseeing all HR aspects of the employee's life cycle as well as projects at Site level, including resources utilization and day-to-day operations.

The site of Wiesbaden counts approximately 90 employees.

Prerequisite: Great communication skills both verbal and written (German (native) & English).

Essential job functions:

• Being both hands on and strategic, manage the employee's life cycle, between the opening of a vacant / new position, the recruitment, the employment contract, the payroll + time & attendance and the possible offboarding as well as the HR cycles like supporting the management for Talent Management, Performance Management and Merit increase / bonus.
• Create and execute HR (project) plans to meet company requirements and objectives in all HR fields (Social Relations, Business Partnering, Change Management, Recruitment, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management, Performance Management, Learning & Development, ...). The focus will lie on supporting the General Manager (head of the Site) and his.her Leadership Team on topics such as organizational design, change management, development of (soft) skills, projects (...).
• Update and revise HR project plans for presentations and update GM / HR Director on project status.
• Work with stakeholders to secure or schedule project resources necessary.
• Manage day-to-day operational aspects of assigned projects.
• Create and maintain HR metrics and report out.
• Hold regular status meetings.
• Manage personnel issues and provide timely feedback/reinforcement on performance.
• Ensure adequate cross-training within the department to effectively manage changes in workflow.
• Ensure personnel receive adequate communication and direction to perform their job functions.

Regulatory Compliance

• Know and follow company policies and procedures.
• Ensure personnel know and follow company policies and procedures.
• Ensure counseling and disciplinary actions are taken when appropriate.

Professional Development

• Complete required training on time.
• Ensure personnel have adequate knowledge and training to perform their job functions in a timely manner.
• Implement succession planning to ensure business continuity.

Job requirements:

• Great communication skills both verbal and written (German (native) & English).
• Good computer skills, excel, word and Microsoft project.
• Project management skills.
• Leadership skills.
• Supervisory experience.
• Team work and follow-up skills, working autonomously & in a matrix organization.

Education and experience requirements:

• At least 5 years of experience in a HR generalist position.
• Supervisory training or experience (incl. matrix organization).
• Master in Human Resources or similar

Classification & Working schedule:

Exempt

Day working schedule

Sotera Health goes to market through its three best-in-class businesses - Sterigenics®, Nordion® and Nelson Labs®. Sterigenics is a leading global provider of outsourced terminal sterilization and irradiation services for the medical device, pharmaceutical, food safety and advanced applications markets. Nordion is the leading global provider of Co-60 and gamma irradiators, which are key components to the gamma sterilization process. Nelson Labs is a global leader in outsourced microbiological and analytical chemistry testing and advisory services for the medical device and pharmaceutical industries.