HR Manager Spain & Portugal

CHEP

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Madrid - Spain

profile Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed
Posted on: Yesterday
Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

CHEP helps move more goods to more people in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets crates and containers. We employ approximately 13000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model the worlds biggest brands trust us to help them transport their goods more efficiently safely and with less environmental impact.

What does that mean for you Youll join an international organization big enough to take you anywhere and small enough to get you there sooner. Youll help change how goods get to market and contribute to global sustainability. Youll be empowered to bring your authentic self to work and be surrounded by diverse and driven professionals. And you can maximize your work-life balance and flexibility through ourHybrid Work Model.

Job Description

The HR Manager Spain & Portugal provides senior-level HR Business Partnering to leaders across Spain and Portugal supporting the organization in its cultural transformation and driving effective change management. This is a high-impact role responsible for delivering strategic influence and hands-on leadership integrating global HR frameworks into local execution and driving measurable business outcomes.

Reporting to the Head of HR Iberia the role owns the full HR cycle; spanning talent performance workforce planning organizational culture and development with a strong focus on anticipating future scenarios mitigating people-related risks designing data-driven people initiatives and executing key priorities in culture engagement climate and sustainability.

What Youll Do

Strategic HR Business Partnering

  • Serve as the primary HR contact for assigned functions across Spain and Portugal advising on organizational development talent strategy and people risk management.
  • Partner with leaders to diagnose capability gaps design people plans and support decisions that drive performance and productivity.
  • Identify assess and mitigate people-related risks ensuring compliance with local regulations and internal governance frameworks.
  • Contribute to the definition and prioritization of capabilities structures and processes needed to achieve strategic objectives in a changing environment.

Change Management Cultural Transformation & Organizational Design

  • Lead organizational change and transformation initiatives using structured methodologies: stakeholder engagement adoption plans communication and impact measurement.
  • Act as a key agent of cultural transformation fostering high-performance culture and embedding new ways of working aligned with business strategy.
  • Co-lead the organizational design that supports business needs improving efficiency collaboration and agility.
  • Support workforce planning incorporating scenario forecasting and data-based talent roadmaps as input to organizational design decisions.

Advanced People Analytics & Digital Capability

  • Design predictive models for headcount rotation and capacity risks; build leading indicator KPIs and executive dashboards with actionable metrics and storytelling for the Leadership Team.
  • Drive skills & capability strategy: competency mapping skill adjacency detection for reskilling/upskilling and productivity impact measurement.
  • Lead the integration of people analytics tools HRIS LMS and AI platforms to improve talent decisions and operational efficiency.

HR Processes & Annual Cycles

  • Lead local execution of HR processes for Spain and Portugal including:
  • Performance & Development Planning (PDP)
  • Talent & succession reviews
  • Salary Review Engagement surveys and action planning
  • Ensure HR processes are delivered accurately on time and with governance aligned to internal controls and audit standards.

Talent Capability & Organisational Development

  • Drive talent identification succession planning and leadership development across Spain and Portugal.
  • Partner with Talent & Learning CoE to assess capability needs and deliver targeted learning initiatives.
  • Design Employee Listening & EX interventions based on evidence for engagement wellbeing and productivity.
  • Strengthen leadership capacity of managers in change leadership performance management and organizational adaptation.

Stakeholder & Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Manage complex interactions with business leaders global and regional teams and corporate areas ensuring alignment and coherence.
  • Collaborate with CoEs (Reward Talent DEI) and Talent Acquisition to adapt global programs prioritize critical roles and strengthen employer branding.

Accountability & Autonomous Management

  • Develop diagnostics and proposals for decision-making in strategic forums ensuring rigor and alignment with global corporate standards.
  • Exercise autonomous management proactively identifying risks prioritizing activities and ensuring delivery of results in critical business initiatives.

WhatWereLooking For

  • Bachelors degree in HR Business Psychology Law or related field.
  • 8 years of HR experience with strong HR Business Partnering exposure.
  • Experience supporting mid- to large-size populations.
  • Knowledge of Spanish and Portuguese labor law.
  • Experience delivering HR annual cycles and organizational change.
  • HRIS proficiency (Workday preferred) and strong HR analytics capability.
  • Experience in multinational and matrix environments.

Skills & Competencies

Strategic & Business

  • Strong business acumen strategic thinking and data-driven decision making.
  • Change management: roadmap design executive communication and adoption management.
  • Cross-functional leadership: influence without authority working with CoEs Finance IT and business.

Analytical & Technical

  • Proficiency in data visualization tools (Power BI) people analytics and HR data management.
  • Ability to design predictive models and integrate HRIS/LMS/AI tools applied to HR.

Interpersonal & Leadership

  • Excellent influencing stakeholder-management and coaching capability.
  • Strong communication skills resilience and comfort with ambiguity.
  • Integrity professionalism and discretion.

Languages

  • Spanish and English required.
  • Portuguese highly valued.

Highly Valued

  • Coaching certification or similar training in change management people analytics mindset and experience in organizational transformation. Experience with advanced people analytics platforms and AI-driven HR tools.

Brambles/CHEP is an inclusive employer. We want every candidate to perform at their best throughout the application and interview process and while at work. If you require any reasonable adjustments please inform your Talent Acquisition Partner.

Remote Type

Hybrid Remote

Skills to succeed in the role

Adaptability Empathy Employee Experience Experimentation Human Resource Case Management Leadership Training and Development Organizational Change Management Organizational Development (OD) Performance Management (PM) Relationship Building Succession Planning Taking Ownership Teamwork Understand Customers Work Performance

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and we are committed to developing a diverse workforce in which everyone is treated fairly with respect and has the opportunity to contribute to business success while realizing his or her potential. This means harnessing the unique skills and experience that each individual brings and we do not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color sex age national origin religion sexual orientation gender identity status as a veteran and basis of disability or any other federal state or local protected class.

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CHEP helps move more goods to more people in more places than any other organization on earth via our 347 million pallets crates and containers. We employ approximately 13000 people and operate in 60 countries. Through our pioneering and sustainable share-and-reuse business model the worlds biggest ...
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Middle East & North Africa’s leader in supply chain solutions, with a presence in the Middle East since 2003, CHEP is registered as 100% privately CHEP owned businesses, which enables all of our customers to deal with CHEP in a confidential manner. CHEP has a footprint throughout the ... View more

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