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This position reports to:
HR Team Lead__
HR Services Specialist performs day to day HR transactions for the Service Lines: Employee Life Cycle Management, Global Mobility and Compensation & Performance for Germany & Austria, handling operations, delivering high-quality services against globally performance targets. HR Services Specialist ensures a high degree of customer experience by committing to a complete, accurate and timely completion of HR transactions. In this role you will support the globally set of standards for HR Operations and ensure that the local legal and regulatory requirements are adhered to the respective business processes in a HR Operations Front Office / Hub.
The work model for the role is: hybrid.
This role is contributing to the HR Operational Services in Krakow.
You will be mainly accountable for:
- Executing and delivering HR services in compliance with agreed business processes, Key Performance Indicators and quality targets in a timely, accurate and customer focused manner showing end-to-end responsibility
- Complying with and autonomously performs control tasks, including 4-eye-check / SOX checks, data protection and country legal / regulatory compliance tasks
- Acting as point of contact for inquiries regarding HR related topics and delivers support across several Service Lines
- Identifying deficiencies of existing business processes and proactively recommending enhancements and/or simplification based on day-to-day experience
- Effectively resolving Root Cause Analysis on time and highlighting potential process gaps. Addressing root causes to improve the efficiency of complex tasks/processes in case of issues
Qualifications for the role:
- You are highly skilled in HR Shared Services for a global company, with a minimum of 2 years of experience in roles such as Employee Life Cycle Management, Talent Acquisition, or Global Mobility and Compensation & Performance.
- You have established skills in languages, being fluent in English and German.
- You are immersed in using specialized software/platforms such as SAP and MS Office, and familiarity with SNOW would be beneficial.
- You are passionate about managing multiple demands on your time and innovative around working in cross-functional teams.
- You have a Bachelor’s degree and demonstrate a proactive way of working to serve customers with a “can-do” attitude.
- You possess strong written and spoken communication skills and a collaborative, solution-focused approach.
We also offer our employees the following benefits:
- Enjoy a stable employment in a company with a long history in innovation and technology.
- Collaborate with experienced experts in an international environment.
- Seize individual development and training opportunities, from job specific to soft skills.
- Private medical care (including offers for family members) and life insurance.
- Receive attractive remuneration based on your experience and skills, and other financial benefits, such as annual bonus and internal share purchase program.
- Choose from various benefits in kind, ranging from healthy lifestyle offerings, to knowledge sharing, to teambuilding activities.
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Skills Required
- Minimum 2 years of experience in HR Shared Services, Employee Life Cycle Management, Talent Acquisition, Global Mobility, or Compensation and Performance
- Fluency in English and German
- Experience using SAP and Microsoft Office
- Bachelor's degree
- Strong written and spoken communication skills
- Proactive, collaborative, solution-focused approach
- Ability to manage multiple demands and work cross-functionally
- Familiarity with SNOW
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ABB and has not been reviewed or approved by ABB.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
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