HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGER, AUTOMOTIVE
Pubblicato il 18-10-2026 - Praxi in Terni
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.
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 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 Over 10 years of HR leadership experience in automotive manufacturing or similar industrial settings Experience managing complex workforce restructuring processes Strong understanding of manufacturing operations in high-automation contexts Experience leading HR teams of comparable size and scope Fluent professional English (mandatory); French strongly preferred Strong negotiation and stakeholder management capabilities Credibility on the shop floor and ability to engage at all organizational levels negotiation stakeholder management industrial relations management