Country People & Culture Manager Bulgaria & Ukraine - Sofia, Bulgaria

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The Country P&C manager for Bulgaria & Ukraine is an operational manager that is end-to-end responsible for all P&C related matters in Bulgaria & Ukraine through their local people & culture team. They are accountable and responsible for managing all P&C related suppliers and ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.

The Country P&C manager drives, with support of the team, the implementation of the People & Culture calendar and ensures alignment with global P&C strategy while adapting to local needs and regulations. This involves overseeing end-to-end P&C processes, supporting team leaders, facilitating recruitment, and coaching and supporting the local P&C team as needed,  to provide effective services and solutions to the business.

More specifically, you will:

  • Lead and coach the local P&C Team: Manage and develop the local people & culture team ensuring high-quality P&C support and service to the organization.
  • Manage together with your team the entire employee lifecycle.
  • Accountable for payroll accuracy and data accuracy of all people related data.
  • Ensures all P&C practices are managed with respect of local laws and regulations, and with respect of highest ethical standards. Offer expert labour law expertise as required to the team and business.
  • Drives Implementation of the global P&C Calendar within the country: Oversee execution of all P&C processes, including performance management, remuneration reviews, and talent programs, ensuring alignment with global policies and local regulations, and ensuring cross country equity for the different functions (ex. remuneration). Liaises with the Global P&C business partners as required to ensure functional alignment across these processes and partners with the 3 Centre of Excellence leads (Reward, P&C Automation & Data, and Talent & Talent acquisition) as required.
  • Flags country/site specific P&C needs or regulations to the Regional P&C leader for Europe and North America, so these can be taken into account (if required) at global level.
  • Work with the local P&C team so all Team Leaders and employees within the country are guided and supported on any People related questions.
  • Facilitate Recruitment: ensures the local Talent acquisition specialist collaborates with the Talent Acquisition COE to execute functional recruitment plans (as defined by the Global HRBP's) and ensure timely fulfillment of staffing needs.
  • Manage Organizational Communication: Collaborates with the Global Brand and Comms team, the Site Leader for Bulgaria and Ukraine, and the Global P&C team to communicate organizational changes and updates to employees, ensuring transparency and clarity.
  • Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration with the global P&C community.
  • Manages all local P&C suppliers.
  • Upholds positive working relations with the Facility colleagues, to enable a safe and comfortable working environment for the people.

Your profile

  • Ideally Masters degree with minimum 10 years of working experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to lead teams with a servant leadership approach and coaching mindset.
  • In-depth labour law knowledge for Bulgaria.
  • Great communication skills across all levels of stakeholders.
  • Well organised, analytical and results oriented.
  • Experience working in a global company, ideally engineering driven.

We offer

  • Flexible working hours & Hybrid way of working.
  • Health and dental insurance + Additional health insurance package for children.
  • 5 extra days of holiday.
  • 200 BGN Food vouchers.
  • Free Parking + Free Metro station shuttles.
  • Talent development trainings and English language courses to support your continuous growth.
  • Internal clubs of interests
  • State-of-the-art office.
  • Employee referral program.
  • Multisport card (optional and at a preferential price).
  • A challenging job in a dynamic high-tech international environment.
  • The opportunity to take ownership of your professional passion in order to contribute to the success of the company.
  • An enjoyable, team-oriented and professional atmosphere in a flat-structured organization.
  • Versatile development opportunities.

Diversity & Inclusion

Melexis is an Equal Opportunity Employer that values and respects the importance of a diverse and inclusive workforce. It is the policy of the company to recruit, hire, train and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, or gender identity. We recognize that diversity and inclusion is a driving force in the success of our company.

About Melexis

Inspired by a passion for technology and engineering, Melexis designs, develops and delivers innovative micro-electronic solutions. They enable designers to turn ideas into applications that support the best imaginable future. The company’s advanced mixed-signal semiconductor sensors and actuators integrate sensing, driving and communication into next-generation products and systems. They improve safety, raise efficiency, support sustainability and enhance comfort.

Melexis is a world leader in automotive sensors. Today, on average, every new car produced worldwide contains 18 Melexis chips. Melexis uses this expertise to serve other markets as well: alternative mobility, smart appliances, smart buildings, robotics, energy management and digital health.

Melexis is headquartered in Belgium and employs over 2000 people in 18 locations worldwide. The company is publicly traded on Euronext Brussels (MELE).