Labor & Employee Relations Manager (f/m/d) Temporary 1year

For over 170 years, Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future by developing groundbreakingoptical and digital solutions.

As a global leader, we’re driven bycontinuous improvement to excite our customers and to create thebest work environment for our people.

Customer focus, innovation,and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation ofour success.

LeicaMicrosystems is one of the market leaders in the fields ofmicroscopy, imaging, and analysis. We reveal the invisible andempower our customers to create a better and healthier world.

Together with our customers, we transform scientific discovery. Weempower surgeons to take well-informed decisions in life-changingprocedures.

We enable users to gain insights which help answer keyquestions concerning development and engineering. All of this isachieved with the combination of cutting-edge microscopes andAI-based image analysis.

Want to be part of acompany whose products are part of cutting-edge research around theworld? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliantsolutions and insight.

LeicaMicrosystems is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher.Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery ofsolutions that safeguard and improve humanhealth.

We currently offer thefollowing position in our office in Wetzlar or Mannheim which will be hybrid , and temporary for oneyear.

Labor & Employee RelationsManager

Thanks to this role you cangain experience in the life sciences industry at a manufacturingcompany, acquiring new competences and enriching yourCV.

Come join a fantasticteam! We are driving together with our partners inside the globalHR team at Leica Microsystems and Danaher the Labor and EmploymentRelation within our company in Germany.

We are aflexible and dynamic HR team with a strong background of Danaher’stoolkits for our core processes and interesting projects in thepipeline to allow you to grow within our team and leave a footprintfor ourorganization.

YOURRESPONSIBILITIES

Supportingproject management and execution of core employee relationsprograms and practices in an effective and consistent mannerincluding deployment of Corporate policy and processes, ensuring aneffective feedback and escalation process to Project Owners toenable on-timedeployment.

Advice andcoaching to HRPBs and HR generalists on routine core labour andemployee relations matters including routine workplaceinvestigations, policy and issue resolution, performanceimprovement issues, disciplinary matters, employee separations andassociate representative forums (asapplicable).

For morecomplex / non-routine cases, the role will be responsible forundertaking and managing associate complaints and grievances withsystematic approach to address root causes, develop and recommendactions and countermeasures, and effectively concludeinvestigations by facilitating a review of the decision withappropriate stakeholders and close out of actions andcountermeasures.

The rolewill offer creative and effective recommendations and solutions tochallenging workplace issues and drive consistency andcollaboration in the management and execution of employee relationsusing tools and technology for case management, standard work andcontinuous improvement.

In addition, guidance and support to localGerman change management, reorganizations and restructurings(including consultation requirements relating to outsourcing, roleelimination orredundancies).

Responsiblefor driving education, process and program improvements, and auditsas appropriate through training and other methods.

StrengthenHR-related compliance processes, by being proactive. In addition,consult and manage outside counsel per governance framework andmain interface between HR, management, and the local works councilsin the 2 German sites, as well as the Group WorksCouncil.

YOURPROFILE

University’s Degree in Law, Labour / Industrial Relations, Business,Human Resources , or another relatedfield

Several years oflabour and employee relations experience in leading a variety ofcomplex LER issues including change management projects,investigations, disciplinary matters, terminations,etc.

Proven trackrecord in relationship management of collective representationbodies including execution of business change, restructuring,policy and projectdeployment.

Advancedcompetency in preparing and negotiating collective / factoryagreements consistent with best practices supporting anddeveloping HRBPs to achieve consistency andcompliance.

Excellent bi-lingual German and English written and oraland presentation skills with professional presence; able to clearlyand concisely communicate progress, results, and guidance tocritical stakeholders in timelymanner.

AtLeica Microsystems we believe in designing a better, moresustainable workforce. We recognize the benefits of flexible,hybrid working arrangements for eligible roles and are committed toproviding enriching careers, no matter the work arrangement.

Thisposition is eligible for a hybrid work arrangement in which you canwork part of the time at the Company location identified above andpart of the time remotely from your home.

Additional informationabout this hybrid work arrangement will be provided by yourinterview team. Explore the flexibility and challenge that workingfor Leica Microsystems canprovide.

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