Human Resources Partner, Amazon

• Bachelor’s degree or higher, in Human Resources or related field
• 5-8 years of relevant Human Resources experience
• Prior HR working experience in Germany and Employee representative bodies

Desirable

• At Amazon, our centralized HR Partners are known for their knowledge of HR programs, processes and tools
• They act as the frontline consultant primarily to people managers to create a positive employee experience, offering consistent HR advice on people matters
• They are viewed as subject matter experts, having sound knowledge in company and local programs, processes and policies, offering a strong and compelling point of view around HR related matters, thus building credibility
• They are committed to collaboration with multiple HR Business Partners, HR specialists and people managers across the various businesses
• A key area of focus is to increase manager capability, enabling managers to be more self-sufficient and drive manager education on important people programs, policies, tools and processes
• This role will act as a trusted advisor in helping managers with talent management processes, people development, performance management and manager coaching
• Thanks to their visibility across businesses and their access to data on managers’ and employees’ requests, this role will be in a position to spot trends and identify emerging needs and address them with innovative people programs, tools and processes
• Process ownership for engaging with Employee representative bodies on an ongoing basis
• Managing disciplinary & performance improvement for issues not supported by the central Employee Relations team
• Work with people managers end to end on performance management cases
• Analyze data and trends on ER and performance management, in order to provide input to the business strategy to HRBP, preventing the recurrence of known issues
• Coach, train and guide managers during the Talent Management and Annual Compensation Planning processes
• Develop toolkit and communications that help managers to be self-sufficient with Talent Reviews
• Enable the success of new & experienced managers by leveraging, delivering and improving existing training contents and Inside pages, and collaborating with the Devices Talent Development teams to anticipate and address emerging needs
• Support managers and employees in identifying training opportunities to further develop functional and managerial skills
• Support people managers with career conversations, Development Plans/Career Growth Plans and other development initiatives
• Manage employees’ programs and support managers to drive improvements in employees’ engagement
• Provide support and guidance to HR Business Partners and Business Managers on change initiatives
• Act as stewards of the employee experience and Amazon “culture keepers”
• Act as Point of Contact and Program Manager for people tools, processes, programs or projects
• Design and deliver Manager Education initiatives to further drive collective education and manager effectiveness
• Analyze data and observations across the organization, highlighting trends and recommending/driving solutions, as appropriate
• This role will provide support to managers with employees who are based in countries with Works Council representation
• Collaboration with Works Council representatives is required and therefore previous Works Council experience is required along with some degree of proficiency in German language