HR Specialist

About us

International Paper and DS Smith, two of the leading manufacturers of sustainable fiber-based packaging materials and products, joined forces in January 2025 to create a true global leader in sustainable packaging solutions. Together with International Paper, we are a global leader in sustainable packaging. Headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, USA, and London, England, we have over 65,000 colleagues with manufacturing operations in North America and Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Together with our customers, we make the world safer and more productive with every sustainable packaging solution.

IP + DS Smith offers a wide variety of career opportunities. We aim to attract, retain, and motivate good people, empowering them to realize their potential. We build a culture of ambition and responsibility and give everyone the chance to feel fully aligned with our core values—to be caring, reliable, responsive, persistent, and challenging. These values guide our decision-making and shape the Company's policies and practices, influencing both individual behavior and the culture of the entire organization.

We are different because we understand the potential for packaging to play an important role in a changing world. Our goal is to help our customers respond to changing shopping habits with the sustainable packaging solutions that society needs.

If you want to learn new things, become part of an ambitious and motivated team, and invest part of yourself in your dream of being successful, don't hesitate to apply for the advertised vacancy.

About the role  

DS Smith Bulgaria is looking for a HR Recruitment and L&D Specialist to join our experienced team to provide expert support in current ongoing projects and initiatives as well as delivering HR strategy across the business.

The successful candidate will be part of the HR team and will be entirely responsible for the processes Recruitment and L&D as main focus. Key to this appointment is both attitude and experience; someone who is approachable and positive and can see opportunity in challenges.

Key responsibilities will include (but not limited to):

• Working with colleagues across all departments to develop strategies for recruitment and retention in Bulgaria
• Understand external factors and its implications on the business and people strategy
• Driving engagement and providing support, to constantly improve employee retention and employee wellbeing.
• Supporting Onboarding project for all new hires and all related activities
• Performance management
• Experience of driving inclusion and diversity initiatives and positively impacting employee engagement
• Experience of developing and supporting line managers through change is essential
• Assist in the review and implementation of robust policies, procedures and systems to ensure that high standards are maintained
• Provide support across all HR function, including administration, labor law, giving support on any HR issue across the Foundation and working as part of the team

About you:

• Positive can-do approach
• Excellent command of written and spoken English
• Highly competent in MS Excel, PowerPoint and other analytical tools
• Workday and/or HeRMeS experience would be an advantage
• The ideal candidate has worked in a fast-paced organization and had minimum of 1-2 years of experience in Recruitment and including implementing organizational change, complex case management and supporting HR projects
• Ability to establish positive and effective working relationships with all stakeholders
• Composed under pressure and deadlines
• Strong organizational skills with excellent attention to detail

Benefits  

• Competitive salary 
• Attractive package of social benefits – meal vouchers 200 BGN, additional health care policy and additional pension policy both paid by the company
• Provided free transport to/from Pazardzhik and Plovdiv

If you are interested and confident that YOU are our new colleague, please, apply directly through our career website! We are looking forward to meeting YOU!