Labour Relations Manager, Amazon Employee Relations DE, AT, NL

Are you passionate about shaping the future of work Do you thrive in complex fast-paced environments where no two days look the same Then this might be the role for you.

Were looking for an Employee Relations / Labor Relations Manager to join our German EXR Team a diverse high-energy group united by a shared mission: making Amazon Earths Best Employer and Earths Safest Place to Work.

In this role youll be at the intersection of people strategy and business impact. Youll partner with site leadership teams and regional Operations leaders to develop and implement labor relations strategies that foster constructive transparent and forward-looking relationships with employee representatives. Youll also provide strategic counsel on broader labor activities that shape the external landscape helping Amazon navigate complexity with confidence and clarity.

What Youll Do
- Own the labor relations strategy for your scope within German Operations from concept to execution working closely with site teams and senior leaders.
- Advise and guide site leadership on employee representation matters ensuring Amazon engages constructively and in line with its values.
- Develop proactive approaches to emerging labor dynamics helping the business stay ahead of the curve rather than reacting to it.
- Build trusted partnerships across HR Legal Internal Communications and Public Relations to ensure aligned and effective messaging both internally and externally.
- Champion employee engagement by ensuring fair consistent and transparent processes are embedded in everything we do.
- Support programs and projects that strengthen the relationship between Amazon and its employee representatives fostering dialogue and mutual respect.

About the Team
Our EU Ops EXR Team operates in a matrix structure across the EU region. We work in a culture of openness trust and yes fun. We believe that great employee relations start with great teamwork and we bring curiosity resilience and a healthy dose of humor to everything we do.
Youll be part of a team that travels collaborates across borders and tackles some of the most interesting challenges in the European labor relations landscape.

About the Business Area
Your primary focus will be on Operations the beating heart of Amazons customer promise. Every fulfillment center every delivery station every sortation facility exists to serve our customers. Your role is to enable these business lines by creating a workplace environment that earns the title Earths Best Employer one where employees feel heard respected and empowered.

This is a full-time position that will require some travel up to 40% of the time over the course of the year mainly in Germany.


A day in the life
The day-to-day working life of an ER Manager will be ever changing. One day you will be on-site supporting the local Leadership Team may it be during a period of change a period of works council elections while labor activities are ongoing or other. The next day you will be supporting projects relevant for all sites of the business line(s) you are supporting and work with colleagues from the EU ER Team which support your line of business in other countries. You will be embedded in a fun-to-work with team and as such also get your share in reaching our team goals and work on DE-wide projects covering all lines of business.

About the team
The DE AT NL EXR team currently consists of 10 members with varying backgrounds - Operations PXT and L&E Legal and tenure from one year to 13 years within Amazon. We foster an honest and open communication style and we always have each others back.

- Experience in employee relations labor relations human relations or labor/employment law
- Bachelors degree required; advanced degree law degree or other specialized training in employee/labor relations.
- Experience in change management and negotiation.
- Proficient in both written and spoken German and English (CEFR C1)

- Experience analyzing metrics and assessing employee sentiment data to find root causes and develop short- medium- and long-term plans
- Strong interpersonal and persuasion skills enabling individual to establish partnerships and work collaboratively across management levels and personalities to influence senior leadership stakeholders peers and employees at all levels across a large dispersed and culturally diverse organization.
- Demonstrated ability to successfully navigate complex international organizational structures.

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