DESCRIPTIONWe are looking for a highly motivated and experienced HR generalist to join our growing team of HR Regional Partners in Germany, based in Munich or Berlin. If you would like to join an innovative and customer-obsessed HR team, striving to be Earth's Best Employer and offering strong career growth opportunities, please read on for more details!Amazon HR Regional Partners (HRPs) in the EMEA region act as consultants to more than 4,000 people managers, based across 20 different countries. Operating autonomously and delivering high judgement advice, HRPs help to enable an exceptional customer and employee experience.Amazon HRPs actively collaborate with business and HR stakeholders, including:HRBPs who are focused on delivering the HR strategy for the lines of business they support.Center of excellence, including Employee Services (who own HR administration), Compensation & Benefits and Talent Acquisition.HRPs are required to have strong knowledge of their country's employment labour law, are skilled in consulting on Amazon policy and build trust by providing high judgement guidance on people related topics. Amazon HRPs work as 'generalists' across multiple Corporate businesses, partnering with people leaders to provide quick, efficient, high quality consultation and guidance.This role is performed through an innovative customer relationship Management tool, which enables this team to be uniquely positioned to identify trending issues and themes through data and inform consequent decisions and initiatives. The HRP team's role is also to standardize best practices across EMEA, due to our extensive insights across business lines.Key job responsibilitiesHere are some of the key topics the HRP team is responsible for:Providing guidance to HRBPs and Business Leaders on change management initiatives.Performance management processes, both informal and formal.Complex and sensitive employee issues, including investigations, disciplinary and grievance procedures.Facilitating development sessions, focused on building manager effectiveness and capability.Support on Employee Relations cases, including but not limited to the relationship with Workers Councils and labor inspections (strong knowledge of German labor law is mandatory for this role).Identifying training opportunities to further develop functional and leadership skills.Supporting Leaders with career conversations and career growth plans.A day in the lifeAlongside the core case work, the HRP team have responsibility for policy and compliance at country level, which necessitates staying informed about any legislative or Amazon driven updates and utilizing strong written skills to change policy documents. Additionally, an important part of our HRP team's career development is to participate or lead subject matter expert groups, focused on improving key HR processes (such as Talent or Performance management) across EMEA, or individual project assignments at country, or regional level. Last but not least, as HR country subject matter experts, manage ER cases and the negotiations with the Workers Council.BASIC QUALIFICATIONSBachelors degree or higher, in Human Resources, Labor Relations or related fieldHuman Resources generalist work experienceExperience with German Employment LawFluent German and English language skillsPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONSHR acumen, including strong problem-solving skills, critical thinking and analysisExperience working in a matrix organizationAbility to deliver results individually as well as working in a team.Experience managing Works Councils in GermanyProven track record of accomplishments in an international environment, which is fast paced and customer drivenProven ability to prioritize, meet deadlines and make the best use of available resourcesProject management and the ability to deliver, with a proven track record of influencing through data-driven recommendationsAmazon is an equal opportunities employer. We believe passionately that employing a diverse workforce is central to our success. We make recruiting decisions based on your experience and skills. We value your passion to discover, invent, simplify and build. Protecting your privacy and the security of your data is a longstanding top priority for Amazon. Please consult our Privacy Notice Website to know more about how we collect, use and transfer the personal data of our Website inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit Website for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner. #J-18808-Ljbffr