HR Operations Manager Nordics

Are you passionate about HR, employment law and employee relations? Do you want to make an impact on our workplace by building and implementing policies and processes to ensure efficiency and a great employee experience? We offer a role where you can really set your mark on HR in the Nordics in a listed company headquartered in wonderful Nordhavn in Copenhagen.

Subject matter expert and hands-on team manager of HR Operations

We offer an opportunity to join us as our new HR Operations Manager with responsibility for HR Operations in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden. You will be the subject matter expert on employment law and collective agreements, and you will be the key advisor to our leaders and colleagues in the People, Organization and Culture. In addition, you will be the manager of a small team responsible for HR policies, processes and administration building on top of our global Workday HCM system.

Anne-Christine Lund, Director, Strategic HRBP and Head of HR Nordics, explains:

”We’re in the process of establishing a foundation of efficient processes that will serve as a platform for further people-focused initiatives. This involves a meticulous review of our existing practices, identifying areas of enhancement, and implementing solutions to streamline operations and improve the employee experience.”

You will be responsible for:

• HR Operations in Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden
• Supervising a small HR Operations team
• Building, updating and implementing policies reflecting the strategy and culture of Nilfisk
• Ensuring efficient administrative processes and compliance to employment law and collective agreements
• Advising leaders on employment law and collective agreements, and communicating policies and benefits to managers and employees

The team that you will be responsible for

You will have one direct report in Denmark; a student assistant, and one in Hungary; an HR Operations Specialist who support on administrative tasks and improvement projects. Our excellent shared service center will support you with transactional HR and system support (Workday). You will report to Anne-Christine Lund, Strategic HRBP and Head of HR Nordics and Payroll.

Join our dynamic team where you'll become an integral part

You will be part of a global People, Organization and Culture team of approx. 60 colleagues. You will be based in the head office together with approx. 10 other HR colleagues within Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partners, Rewards, HR Operations and Payroll.

Our team is characterized by close collaboration, we work in an open office space and use each other as great sparring partners. We also enjoy a good laugh together and ensure that there is both time and room for that. 

We value the experience that you bring – and we want to learn from you!

To succeed in the role, we imagine that you have experience within HR Operations in an international company. We imagine that you have great knowledge or experience within Danish employment law including collective agreements within Danish Industry, and preferably you have studied law, e.g. cand.merc.jur. Furthermore, to thrive in this role, we imagine that you have experience with tasks on a tactical, operational, and administrative level. 

As we are an international company with many different nationalities in the office, you can expect to speak English on a daily basis.

We imagine that you are curious on new trends within the area of HR so you can train your colleagues within the new trends. As you will collaborate with a variety of stakeholders, employee groups and business leaders from around the world and our international executive leadership team, we imagine that you enjoy building a great relation with your key stakeholders.

You should expect some travel days during a year to the other sites in Denmark and the Nordic countries.

Why join us 

At Nilfisk, we know that amazing people make amazing companies and we are a people centric company. This truly shows in the high rate in our engagement surveys where we are in the top 25% of our industry. You will join a company culture with a lot of freedom and trust, and where we believe in a growth mindset. At Nilfisk, it is OK to make mistakes, as long as you learn from them. Furthermore, we expect you to question ideas and speak your mind, so we can, together, find the best solutions. If you are ready for this, we would be keen to hear from you.  

Interested?  

If this could be your next career step, please apply on our Career site no later than 4th of June . If you have questions before that you are welcome to contact Anne-Christine Lund at  or .