Iberia People Specialist

People Specialist

Location: Alcobendas, Madrid (Hybrid)

Are you an experienced Human Resources Specialist, looking for a new challenge with a global organisation, that works to get the very best from it's people?  RS Group have around 10,000 people around the world, working as 'One Team' to 'Deliver Brilliantly' and 'Make every day better' for our people and our customers.

Here at RS, we have an exciting opportunity for someone to join our world-class People Function as a People Specialist covering Iberia. This individual will truly sit at the very heart of our Iberian operations, interacting with every department of our organisation at a variety of levels.  

So, what will you be doing? 

This is an incredibly varied role but as a general overview; you will ensure that all People activities and processes are aligned to our Group values and behaviours, and of course, in compliance with local legislation.

Beyond this you will also provide support and HR knowledge to the Iberia market, whilst partnering with Global and European HR teams to successfully run and complete the People processes in Iberia. 

What else would you be responsible for? 

There will be a lot of variety in this role, but you can expect the following: 

• Work with the global Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers on all recruitment processes in Iberia

• Coordinate and support with Onboarding processes for new employees. 

• Identify local needs and support in the execution of the local people strategy. 

• Develop social relations actions and ensure strong relationships are built with social partners and oversee collective labour agreements are observed. 

• Support the various Human Resources processes e.g. Objective/OKR setting, performance management, calibration, career advisor, Reward and Compensation, Onboarding, Recruiting & Talent Acquisitions, L&D, Talent Management, legal and litigious processes, succession planning, coaching, and supporting senior management

• Own the D&I plan and the related actions. 

• Articulate and ensure the right deployment of employee engagement and retention initiatives. 

• Support managers on performance management practices. 

• Partner with the Talent management team to ensure tools and solutions are appropriate. 

• Build and maintain strong partnerships with business leaders, key stakeholders, and social partners. 

• Bring new and innovative thinking to the market, looking at best practice and ensuring that we remain First Choice as an organisation. 

• Attend regular meetings with the Iberia People team and other market functions to ensure that the internal communications actions are aligned with the Region / Iberia´s objectives. 

• Administer HR-related documentation, such as contracts of employment, leavers, insurances, public updates, working with the external agency. 

• Manage payroll process with the external agency, ensuring all policies and systems are current & updated to ensure accuracy. 

What skills/capabilities and experience would you need to do well in this role? 

• Speaks English fluently and can translate business documents. 

• IT literate, with proven ability in using Excel, Word & PowerPoint, Power BI to extract, manipulate and display data in a meaningful and insightful manner. 

• Excellent stakeholder management ability with exceptional communication skills. 

• A team player, who is also able to be assertiveness and influential. 

• Able to work on their own initiative and have a proactive approach. 

• Can operate in a highly dynamic team, matrixed environment with multiple competing priorities. 

• Understands and uses relationships to drive effective collaboration with peers and stakeholders. 

• Can position themselves as a trusted advisor to People function, peers, and managers. 

• Has demonstrated curiosity and ability to deliver with speed, quality, and continuous improvement mindset. 

• Understanding of Change Management. 

• Has strong analytical and organizational skills 

• Is a capable and confident communicator in a persuasive way. 

We are RS 

At RS we’ve been solving engineering problems for over 80 years: big ones, small ones, easy and difficult ones. We turn the ‘what ifs’ into the ‘why nots’, the impossible into the possible.  

Our purpose? Making amazing happen for a better world.  

We offer service and product solutions. We send out a parcel every 2 seconds, to over 130 countries. We provide over 850,000 in-stock and over 3 million unstocked products to more than 1.2 million customers.  

We want people like you, as you are curious about things, you like doing things differently and in a human way with empathy. Because that’s exactly how we partner with people – our customers, suppliers, colleagues, and communities – to solve problems.  

We’ll also invest in your development and wellbeing – because building a more diverse and inclusive culture, being ethical, responsible, and committed to our Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) action plan is at the heart of everything we do. 

Come and join us and we’ll help you to think big, do more and unleash your brilliance, so you do amazing things too.  

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