Head of HR Services

FIRST CLASS PRODUCTION COMES DOWN TO LEADERSHIP.

Exceptional premium products are an outcome of the combination of efficient processes and highly motivated employees. The basis for this is an excellent management culture that results in a special team spirit. It is important to us that each person is proud of their achievements and identifies with their job and their team.

As the Head of HR Services you will be responsible to provide local HR Services for our new plant in Debrecen including HR Administration, Payroll, Contact centre and Global Assignments. The role will be key to shaping the HR Services organisation.

What awaits you?

• Work environment - you work at the Communication Center located within the BMW Group Plant Debrecen, in a modern, digitalized, open office-style environment, together with other office employees and your direct teammates. The Communication Center is a state-of-the-art office space equipped with kitchenettes, coffee stations, and ergonomic workstations, and also includes a company cafeteria.
• Team - You will lead the HR Services team (team coordinators, advisors, administrators), ensuring effective people management, resource planning and full budget responsibility, including tracking and invoice controlling.
• Service performance – You ensure that all HR Services are delivered according to standard SLAs, while actively managing stakeholders to maintain alignment across all involved functions.
• Compliance & governance – You provide direction regarding legislation, systems, processes and internal controls to maintain compliance in HR Services. You participate in the development of local agreements related to payroll, HR data administration and time management.
• Decision-making & consulting – You take decisions and act as a key consultant in all topics related to payroll, HR data administration and time management.
• Systems & digitalisation – You define system requirements for IT implementations within HR Services and ensure all HR systems remain up-to-date and compliant.
• Expert consulting – You support local HR in relation to key HR systems such as SAP, Elida (personnel file), CCM (contract creation), ServiceNow (ticketing) and time-recording systems. You represent HR Services in country-specific professional forums.
• Documentation & knowledge management – You ensure that work instructions are fully documented, up-to-date and aligned with HR Services standards. You maintain the HR Portal to guarantee high-quality information availability for all associates.
• Audit management – You steer internal and external audits and oversee the follow-up and closure of any resulting actions.
• Continuous improvement – You drive continuous improvement initiatives through digitalisation, automation and knowledge management to further enhance service quality.

What you should bring to the role?

• Educational background – Bachelor’s degree as a minimum.
• Work experience – Long-term professional experience in HR Services and/or management, with mandatory hands-on payroll experience, ideally gained in an international company.
• Legislative knowledge – Solid understanding of local working legislation, especially tax and social security regulations.
• HR-IT expertise – Deep functional knowledge in HR IT systems, ideally including SAP.
• Project mindset – Experience in project management and/or HR transformation topics.
• Leadership experience – At least 5 years of experience in leading people.
• Language skills – English business fluent in written and spoken form, Hungarian fluent; German is an advantage.

What do we offer?

Our goal is to motivate our employees and recognize their performance, which is why our benefits package includes the following elements in addition to the base salary:

• Bonus - performance-based bonus calculated based on corporate and personal results.
• Cafeteria - annual cafeteria allowance paid out monthly.
• Healthcare Services - high-quality healthcare services, physiotherapy, and therapeutic exercise option are available at the on-site health center.
• Private Health Insurance - after probation time, all associates entitled for health insurance, which contains outpatient care, laboratory- and diagnostics tests, outpatient and one-day surgery, screening tests, patient transport.
• Accident and Life Insurance - in work and out of work group accident and life insurance.
• Subsidized Meals - one discounted hot meal at the company cafeteria.
• The position includes a company car with the option for private use.

Learn more about our benefits via this link: BMW Group Plant Debrecen Careers | About us | What we offer 

Type of employment:

Full-time, permanent employment.

Please kindly be aware that we can only consider applications in English. If you have any further questions, please contact our recruitment partner at +3652333603 on weekdays between 8:00 AM and 4:30 PM.

At the BMW Group, we place great importance on equal treatment and equal opportunities. Our recruiting decisions are based on the personality, experience, and skills of the applicants.

Learn more here: https://www.bmwgroup.jobs/hu/hu/about-us/our-benefits.html 

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