HR Shared Services Associate - Maternity Cover

at  Wayfair

Wayfair is seeking a Human Resources Associate for our Shared Services function supporting all of our Europe & Asia locations for 12 months maternity cover .
As a member of the Human Resources Team, you will impact the lives of every Wayfair team member through benefits administration, processing of employee-focused policies, new employee onboarding, and general support throughout the employee life cycle. The Human Resources team makes sure the fun, hardworking, and innovative culture of Wayfair are constants in the work lives of our employees.

ASSISTANCE FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH DISABILITIES

Wayfair is fully committed to providing equal opportunities for all individuals, including individuals with disabilities. As part of this commitment, Wayfair will make reasonable accommodations to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified individuals with disabilities, unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on business operations. If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, please let us know by completing our Accomodations for Applicants form.

• Support our EU & Asia Business and Talent Management teams across various corporate & warehouse sites to process employee relations requests, administer benefits, generate & amend employee contracts
• Conduct trainings relating to best practices for processing requests
• Partner closely with Payroll & Talent Management teams across various sites in EU & NA to identify new HR Shared Services initiatives and opportunities to increase scope
• Support our employees requesting leaves through personalized conversations, calculating leave entitlements, and processing the requests in our HRIS systems
• Supporting our wider teams with the administration of our absence management processes

What You’ll Need:

• Experience in administration of leaves, in particular parental leaves across UK/Germany or EMEA
• Experience in a dedicated HR Generalist, Shared services or HRIS role preferred
• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management, or related field, preferred
• Ability to use sound judgment, creatively problem-solve
• Ability to effectively and respectfully partner with individuals at varying levels within an organization
• Comfortable adapting to change in a fast-paced, dynamic and sometimes ambiguous environment
• Outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication skills
• German/English language skills preferred
• Excellent computer skills and technical aptitude including Google Suite and HRIS systems