Job Description - Senior Manager Labor Relations Europe (m/f/x) (334388)

Senior Manager Labor Relations Europe (m/f/x) (

Job Number:

334388 )

What awaits you:

• Center of Excellence for Labor Relations matters and Labor Law support
• Develop and implement labor relations strategies that drive company goals and promote positive and constructive relations with the workscouncils
• Manage the Textron European Workscouncil
• Negotiate and manage collective labor agreements with focus on Germany
• Advise, support & train HR team and leaders on labor relations and labor law matters
• Build and maintain relationships with employee representatives and councils.
• Handle labor disputes, grievances, individual legal cases.
• Monitor labor legislation trends and proactively derive measures.
• Ensure compliance with relevant labor laws and company policies, e.g. regular review and, if necessary, adjustment of contract documents and templates with labor law reference.
• Manage relations with our law office and employer association.
• Regular escalation and communication to the Director HR, EU and in matrix the Textron CHRO
• Involvement in further People tasks and projects.

Qualifications

What you'll need to succeed:

• University degree in Law with focus on individual and collective Labor Law or a comparable academic qualification as a business lawyer.
• Ca. 10 years of experience in labor relations and labor law, preferably in a lead position
• Experiences in the manufacturing industry, ideally automotive, and in a global transformational context with topics such as the implementation of HR systems, equal pay, workforce alignment.
• In-depth knowledge of German labor law, collective bargaining and EU regulations
• Proven successes in the cooperation with workscouncils and labor court employment cases.
• Project-Management experience
• Business acumen and strategic thinking
• Excellent communication, presentation, negotiation and influencing skills
• High persuasion, assertiveness, resilience and positive, solution focused mindset
• Ethics and values, integrity, trustfulness
• German and English language business fluent