Donaldson is committed to solving the world’s most complex filtration challenges. Together, we make cool things. As an established technology and innovation leader, we are continuously evolving to meet the filtration needs of our changing world. Join a culture of collaboration and innovation that matters and a chance to learn, effect change, and make meaningful contributions at work and in communities.
Step into a pivotal HR leadership role where you will shape the people agenda of three locations (Ostiglia, Porto Mantovano, Opera) in Italy for a global organization. This is your opportunity to influence senior leadership, drive meaningful cultural change, and make a lasting impact on both people and performance.
As HR Manager, you will act as a strategic partner to the Plant Director and leadership team, while also serving as the key link to the EMEA HR leadership team and global HR Centers of Excellence. You will lead a stable and engaged HR team supporting a workforce of 280+ employees, ensuring both operational excellence and the development of a forward-looking people strategy. This role requires a balanced and confident professional who can build strong relationships, influence stakeholders, and challenge constructively when needed.
What’s in it for you
- Competitive salary
- Performance-based bonus
- Meal vouchers
- Access to extensive training and development programs
- Opportunity to work within an international, collaborative environment
Key Responsibilities
- Act as a trusted advisor and strategic partner to the Plant Director on all people-related topics
- Ensure compliance with local labor laws and employment regulations, providing expert guidance to leaders while proactively managing employee relations and mitigating legal and people-related risks
- Drive and implement HR policies, processes, and tools aligned with business goals
- Lead, coach, and develop the local HR team, fostering continuous growth and high performance
- Strengthen talent management and succession planning, introducing a more proactive development mindset within leadership
- Support organizational development, culture initiatives, and employer branding efforts
- Collaborate with regional and global HR teams to implement programs across performance management, learning, and total rewards
Travel: within country twice a month to our site in Porto Mantovano, occasionally to Opera (Italy) and within Europe for training or leadership meetings
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Social Sciences, Law, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of generalist HR management experience, ideally in an international and manufacturing environment
- Proven experience managing and developing a team
- Strong knowledge of local employment law
- Fluency in both Italian and English
Preferred Qualifications
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence and challenge senior leaders constructively
- Ability to translate business priorities into actionable people and talent strategies
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in HR, Social Sciences, Law, or equivalent experience
- Minimum 5 years of generalist HR management experience, ideally in international and manufacturing environments
- Proven experience managing and developing a team
- Strong knowledge of local employment law
- Fluency in both Italian and English
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence senior leaders
- Ability to translate business priorities into actionable people and talent strategies
Donaldson Company Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Donaldson Company and has not been reviewed or approved by Donaldson Company.
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Retirement Support — Retirement programs like a 401(k) match, profit-sharing, and an employee stock purchase plan are positioned as meaningful components of total compensation. Company materials consistently frame retirement benefits within a broader Total Rewards offering.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, vision, and a 24/7 Employee Assistance Program with mental‑health resources create a comprehensive health and wellbeing package. Healthcare is often characterized as decent and a core strength of the overall offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid time off, holidays, and paid parental leave are explicitly included, alongside other company‑paid leaves such as bereavement, jury duty, and military leave. Some locations highlight multi‑week PTO from the first year, underscoring breadth of leave options.
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What We Do
Donaldson Company helps solve some of the world's most complex filtration and contamination control challenges, and is one of the largest global providers of unique filtration technologies and high-quality filters and parts. Our filtration technologies and products are used every day, in a variety of industries and environments, including aerospace, agriculture, construction, food and beverage, manufacturing, mining, power generation, transportation and many more. Key to our success, our 14,000 employees support customers at sales, manufacturing and distribution centers from over 140 locations on six continents. The filtration market continues to grow. Customers' needs for filtration solutions continue to evolve. And the opportunities for our products and our people continue to expand.
