Head of Group HR (m/f/d) 80-100%

Ferag AG, headquartered in Hinwil ZH, is a family-owned company specializing in the development and manufacture of integrated intralogistics solutions as well as conveying and processing systems in the graphics industry. Ferag is represented in more than 18 countries with its own sales and service companies and employs around 600 people group-wide.

We are looking for an experienced, implementation-strong personality starting immediately as

Your tasks

• Develop the target image and governance for a centrally managed HR - with clear roles, processes, and responsibilities between the headquarters and branches
• Define the establishment of the central HR function and ensure its effective implementation in all branches
• Lead and accompany site managers through change, ensuring consistent implementation on-site
• Establish group-wide standards - in recruitment, personnel development, compensation as well as labor law and compliance
• Create partially missing foundations (governance, policies, guidelines, processes) and ensure their correct application
• Build up HR competencies centrally and decentrally - through empowerment, training, and clear guardrails
• Be responsible for the digitalization and harmonization of HR systems and data
• Develop meaningful HR key figures and create group-wide transparency for sound management
• Win over branches for a human resources department that provides orientation, takes responsibility, and functions globally
• Independent and competent sparring partner for the CEO and management board

Your profile

• Many years of experience in the establishment and leadership of a central, globally acting HR - ideally in an internationally organized industrial company
• Proven experience in change and transformation processes, especially in the transition from decentralized to central control
• Assertive, resilient personality who does not shy away from conflicts and achieves goals even with limited resources
• Excellent leadership skills, high implementation orientation, and experience in the successful operationalization of central HR organizations
• Confident handling of a wide variety of stakeholders, from HR freelancers to site managers to the management board
• Business fluent German and English, other languages an advantage
• Extensive experience with "best practice" approaches for the development and implementation of governance structures, policies, and KPI systems at group level
• Sound understanding of international HR framework conditions (labor law, payroll landscapes) in different countries

What we offer

• An entrepreneurially oriented role with great creative freedom and direct influence on the HR direction of the group
• Direct reporting line to the CEO
• The chance to shape the HR function from the ground up
• An environment that actively demands change and offers the necessary freedom for pragmatic implementation
• Collaboration in the team characterized by trust and transparency

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