HR Business Partner (Generalist) at Eurofins

Esplugues de Llobregat, Catalonia, Spain -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

04 May, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

03 Feb, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

HR Generalist, Employee Relations, Compliance, Performance Management, Onboarding, Payroll Coordination, Training Coordination, Health & Safety, Data Analysis, Communication, Problem Solving, Organizational Change, Employee Engagement, Labour Law, Interpersonal Skills, Continuous Improvement

Industry

Medical and Diagnostic Laboratories

Description

Company Description Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic, and labelling is accurate. Eurofins is dedicated to delivering testing services that contribute to the health and safety of society and the planet, and to its corporate responsibility to protect the environment and ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion across the entire network of Eurofins companies. Job Description As an HR Business Partner, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the employee experience and supporting business performance at Eurofins GSC Spain. Acting as both a strategic advisor and a hands-on HR expert, you will partner closely with leaders, managers, and employees to ensure people strategies, processes, and policies enable sustainable growth, engagement, and operational excellence. This role offers broad exposure across the entire employee lifecycle, strong involvement in employee relations and compliance, and the opportunity to influence leadership capability, culture, and wellbeing in a complex, international environment aligned with Eurofins global standards. POSITION & OBJECTIVES: The HR Business Partner (HRBP) is responsible for providing hands-on, end-to-end HR support to Eurofins GSC Spain while acting as a trusted partner to managers and leaders. In this role, the HRBP’s day-to-day work combines: Business and manager support, advising leaders on people-related decisions, organisational changes, performance, and employee management. Employee lifecycle management, covering onboarding, contractual changes, payroll coordination, employee queries, and offboarding. Employee relations and compliance, acting as the first point of contact for ER matters, managing disciplinary actions, terminations and labour conciliations, and coordinating with external legal advisors when required, in line with Spanish labour law and global standards. Operational HR delivery, ensuring accuracy of HR data, documentation, reporting, and audit readiness. Learning, engagement, and wellbeing support, coordinating training activities and contributing to engagement and culture initiatives. Health & safety and risk management, supporting legal compliance and working with internal and external stakeholders. Data and reporting, providing HR insights, dashboards, and analysis to support decision-making. In addition, the HRBP plays an active role in: Cross-functional and statutory HR projects, including participation in the Works Council, Equality Plan, Health & Safety Committee, and other employee representative forums, ensuring follow-up and implementation of agreed actions. Internal communication, maintaining HR communication channels, supporting internal announcements, and ensuring clear, consistent people-related messaging across the organisation. Other local HR responsibilities, such as facilities coordination, purchase orders (POs), local expenses, and ad-hoc operational support linked to office management and employee experience. The HRBP works closely with local leadership, payroll, external advisors, and Eurofins HR teams globally to ensure consistent, compliant, and effective HR practices that support both business performance and a positive employee experience. Qualifications Experience: 5+ years of progressive HR experience, ideally in a generalist or HR Business Partner role. Experience working within Spanish labour law and interacting with works councils and employee representatives. Fluent Spanish (mandatory). Strong English skills required to operate in an international environment. Previous experience in international, matrix or shared service environments is highly valued. Education Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Labour Relations, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field. Additional HR, labour law, or people management certifications are a plus. Knowledge, Skills and Abilities: Ability to operate autonomously, with an entrepreneurial approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement. Adaptable, resilient, and comfortable navigating ambiguity. Continuous improvement mindset and curiosity for HR best practices and trends Strong ability to partner with leaders, influence decisions, and challenge constructively. Confidence handling sensitive situations with discretion, credibility, and empathy. Ability to translate business needs into practical HR solutions Strong interpersonal and communication skills across all organisational levels. Analytical mindset to identify trends, risks, and improvement opportunities. Additional Information We support your development! Do you feel you don’t match 100% of the requirements? Don’t hesitate to apply anyway! Eurofins companies are committed to supporting your career development. We embrace diversity! As an Equal Opportunity Employer, the Eurofins network of companies believes in strength and innovation through diversity. We prohibit discrimination against employees or applications based on gender identity and/or expression, race, nationality, age, religion, sexual orientation, disability, and everything else that makes employees of Eurofins companies unique. Sustainability matters to us! We are well on our way to achieving our objective of carbon neutrality by 2025, through a combination of emission reduction and compensation initiatives. We encourage our laboratory leaders to make sustainable changes at their local level, and in addition to their initiatives we count on our dedicated carbon reduction team to help us to achieve this goal! Find out more on our Careers page: https://careers.eurofins.com/ Company description: Eurofins Scientific is an international life sciences company, providing a unique range of analytical testing services to clients across multiple industries, to make life and our environment safer, healthier and more sustainable. From the food you eat, to the water you drink, to the medicines you rely on, Eurofins laboratories work with the biggest companies in the world to ensure the products they supply are safe, their ingredients are authentic and labelling is accurate. The Eurofins network of companies believes that it is a global leader in food, environment, pharmaceutical and cosmetic product testing and in discovery pharmacology, forensics, advanced material sciences and agroscience contract research services. It is also one of the market leaders in certain testing and laboratory services for genomics, and in the support of clinical studies, as well as in biopharma contract development and manufacturing. It also has a rapidly developing presence in highly specialised and molecular clinical diagnostic testing and in-vitro diagnostic products. In over 37 years, Eurofins has grown from one laboratory in Nantes, France to over 65,000 staff across a decentralised and entrepreneurial network of more than 950 laboratories in over 1,000 companies across 60 countries. Eurofins companies offer a portfolio of over 200,000 analytical methods to evaluate the safety, identity, composition, authenticity, origin, traceability and purity of biological substances and products. In 2024, Eurofins generated total revenues of EUR 6.95 billion, and has been among the best performing stocks in Europe over the past 20 years.

Responsibilities

The HR Business Partner is responsible for providing hands-on HR support and acting as a trusted partner to managers and leaders. This includes advising on people-related decisions, managing the employee lifecycle, and ensuring compliance with labor laws.