PuntoUP Professional Recruitment is recruiting an HR Business Partner for a well-established company in the food production sector, with multi-site operations. This role blends strategic HR partnership with hands-on operational support, with direct impact on culture, HR process efficiency, and leadership effectiveness across production and administrative teams.

This is a opportunity for an HR professional who wants autonomy, visibility, and a meaningful role in driving change in a complex, fast-paced industrial environment, with consistent on-site presence and real people challenges to solve.

Availability: regular travel to production locations (as needed)

Key responsibilities

Recruitment & onboarding (end-to-end)

• Manage end-to-end recruitment for blue-collar and white-collar roles, including volume hiring where applicable.
• Coordinate onboarding and integration for new hires across both production and administrative areas.
• Ensure a consistent candidate and employee experience: clear communication, structured follow-up, and strong stakeholder alignment.

Management partnership & employee relations

• Act as a trusted HR partner for production and administrative leaders: coaching, problem-solving, and practical HR guidance.
• Support managers with team effectiveness, retention topics, day-to-day people decisions, and complex employee cases.
• Contribute actively to change management initiatives and organizational transformation projects.

HR processes & performance

• Drive performance management processes: goal setting, reviews, feedback cycles, 1:1s, and development planning.
• Review and update job descriptions and support organizational structure alignment.
• Develop and implement HR policies, procedures, and frameworks aligned with business strategy and operational reality.

Learning & development

• Identify training needs and support planning across employee categories.
• Deliver training sessions on practical topics (e.g., onboarding, performance conversations, leadership basics, communication, HR processes), tailored to operational teams.
  

 Data, reporting & insights

• Monitor and report key HR metrics (e.g., turnover, time-to-fill, retention, engagement indicators, where applicable).
• Prepare actionable HR reports and recommendations for leadership based on data + field insights.
  Support benchmarking and salary studies in collaboration with relevant stakeholders.

Internal collaboration

• Work closely with HR colleagues (specialists, payroll/admin, etc.) to ensure consistent execution.
• Contribute to continuous improvement and standardization of HR workflows.
  

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of HR experience, ideally in an HR Business Partner or senior HR Generalist role.
• Experience in production / industrial / on-site workforce environments is a strong advantage (Food processing is a plus).
• Solid experience in end-to-end recruitment, including operational/blue-collar hiring.
• Experience delivering training sessions and working directly with managers.
• Exposure to or practical involvement in change management.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Proactive, flexible, and comfortable working in dynamic environments.
• Advanced English.
• Driving license (Category B).
• Good knowledge of Microsoft Office and HR tools/systems.

All candidates who meet the above qualifications are warmly encouraged to submit their applications online. We will reach out exclusively to those who are best suited for the role within a maximum of two weeks.

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