HR Director
Pubblicato il 17-09-2026 - Praxi in Pavia
Overview
You will lead HR strategy and operations in a highly automated, unionized automotive plant, partnering with the Plant Director to align people plans with business goals. You'll drive workforce design, productivity, and change initiatives while managing industrial relations and bargaining with trade unions. Your leadership will shape talent development, safety governance, and a culture of accountability in a demanding production environment. This role offers impact across labor cost management, organizational transformation, and sustainable social outcomes within a structured manufacturing setting.
Responsabilità
- Advise Plant Leadership on people strategies aligned with business objectives
- Support workforce planning, organizational design, productivity initiatives, and change management
- Drive efficiency, quality, and cost control in a highly automated production context
- Lead interactions and collective bargaining with trade unions and works councils
- Manage industrial relations risks and ensure business continuity
- Ensure compliance with labor laws,
collective agreements, and regulatory requirements
- Oversee full lifecycle of workforce adjustments (collective dismissals, solidarity agreements, temporary layoff schemes, restructuring) and negotiate workforce reduction measures
- Develop sustainable labor cost management strategies
- Lead talent development, succession planning, and leadership capability building
- Promote employee engagement and a culture of accountability and continuous improvement
- Align workforce skills with evolving automation technologies
- Oversee Health & Safety governance and promote a strong safety culture
- Support sustainability initiatives with focus on social sustainability and workforce impact
- Promote transparent internal communication during transformation
- Lead, develop, and coordinate a multidisciplinary HR team and ensure service delivery to plant operations
- Foster a high-performance HR culture
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