HR Generalist (all genders)
Your responsibilities and opportunities:
- Close collaboration and alignment within a regional HR team
- Support in the development and implementation of our global HR strategy across recruitment, employee development, organizational structure, and compensation & benefits
- End-to-end support for employees throughout the entire employee lifecycle for a defined population
- Guidance and support to managers on all HR-related topics
- HR administration (including preparation and amendment of employment contracts, handling individual HR measures, system administration, and data maintenance)
- Planning and coordination of training activities in cooperation with relevant departments
- Recruitment of blue- and white-collar employees for the assigned area
- Preparation of analyses, reports, and statistics
- Trusted collaboration with the local works council
- Participation in various HR projects and support for HR-related audits
- Support to the HR Line Manager
Why Sonoco?
- Become part of a global market leader and actively shape the future of the packaging industry
- Development opportunities: We offer a modern environment and extensive career and training opportunities to help you reach your full potential – including through Sonoco University
- Global onboarding program: From day one, you will be part of the Sonoco team
- Competitive compensation aligned with your qualifications and experience
- Attractive benefits such as Corporate Benefits discounts, bike leasing, and a company pension scheme
Health & Safety at Sonoco
Our company culture places strong emphasis on workplace safety. We expect all employees not only to follow safety protocols but to actively contribute to a strong safety culture. This includes comprehensive safety training, regular safety meetings, and open, proactive feedback to help prevent accidents.
Your profile
- Degree in business administration with a focus on HR or a comparable qualification
- Relevant professional experience in HR and solid knowledge of labor and social security law
- Reliable, independent, and self-driven working style
- Empathetic and confident personality, strong communication skills, team spirit, and a hands-on mindset
- Strong MS Office skills, fluent German and very good English (written and spoken)
- Basic experience with HR systems, ideally Workday
- Experience working with works councils is a plus
Ready for this exciting challenge?
We look forward to receiving your application!
Help shape the future of packaging technology with us – apply easily via the link below and become part of the Sonoco team.
We look forward to meeting you – welcome to Team Sonoco!
Skills Required
- Degree in business administration with a focus on HR or comparable qualification
- Relevant professional experience in HR
- Solid knowledge of labor and social security law (Germany)
- Reliable, independent, and self-driven working style
- Empathetic and confident personality with strong communication skills and a hands-on mindset
- Strong MS Office skills
- Fluent German (written and spoken)
- Very good English (written and spoken)
- Basic experience with HR systems
- Experience with Workday
- Experience working with works councils
Sonoco Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sonoco and has not been reviewed or approved by Sonoco.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with a strong employer match, including safe‑harbor and year‑end true‑up features, is highlighted in recent plan materials. This level of retirement support is presented as a competitive component of total rewards.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage, alongside disability, EAP, and FSA/HSA options, form a comprehensive core package. This breadth is characterized as competitive and adds meaningful value to overall compensation.
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Fair & Transparent Compensation — Pay is considered fair to competitive across many roles, with production and skilled trades pointing to solid hourly rates and overtime opportunities. Relative positioning against similar‑sized firms is portrayed as favorable.
Sonoco Insights
What We Do
Founded in 1899, Sonoco (NYSE: SON) is a leading manufacturer of consumer, industrial, healthcare and protective packaging. With more than 19,000 employees working in 34 countries, Sonoco serves many of the world’s best-known brands. Our integrated packaging solutions help define brand personalities, create unique customer experiences and enhance the quality of products and the quality of life for people around the world. It’s all in the service of our purpose: Better Packaging. Better Life. Sonoco is committed to creating sustainable products, services and programs for our customers, employees and communities. Sonoco was listed as one of Fortune’s World’s Most Admired Companies for 2021 as well as being included in Barron’s 100 Most Sustainable Companies for the third year in a row. Learn more at Sonoco.com
