Labor & Employee Relations Manager (f/m/d) Temporary 1 year

at  Leica Microsystems

For over 170 years, Leica Microsystems has helped shape the future by developing groundbreaking optical and digital solutions. As a global leader, we’re driven by continuous improvement to excite our customers and to create the best work environment for our people. Customer focus, innovation, and teamwork are at the core of our culture and the foundation of our success.
Leica Microsystems is one of the market leaders in the fields of microscopy, imaging, and analysis. We reveal the invisible and empower our customers to create a better and healthier world. Together with our customers, we transform scientific discovery. We empower surgeons to take well-informed decisions in life-changing procedures. We enable users to gain insights which help answer key questions concerning development and engineering. All of this is achieved with the combination of cutting-edge microscopes and AI-based image analysis.
Want to be part of a company whose products are part of cutting-edge research around the world? Join Leica Microsystems in our commitment for brilliant solutions and insight.
Leica Microsystems is one of 10 Life Sciences companies of Danaher. Together, we accelerate the discovery, development and delivery of solutions that safeguard and improve human health.
We currently offer the following position in our office in Wetzlar or Mannheim which will be hybrid, and temporary for one year.

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• Supporting project management and execution of core employee relations programs and practices in an effective and consistent manner including deployment of Corporate policy and processes, ensuring an effective feedback and escalation process to Project Owners to enable on-time deployment.
• Advice and coaching to HRPBs and HR generalists on routine core labour and employee relations matters including routine workplace investigations, policy and issue resolution, performance improvement issues, disciplinary matters, employee separations and associate representative forums (as applicable).
• For more complex/non-routine cases, the role will be responsible for undertaking and managing associate complaints and grievances with systematic approach to address root causes, develop and recommend actions and countermeasures, and effectively conclude investigations by facilitating a review of the decision with appropriate stakeholders and close out of actions and countermeasures.
• The role will offer creative and effective recommendations and solutions to challenging workplace issues and drive consistency and collaboration in the management and execution of employee relations using tools and technology for case management, standard work and continuous improvement. In addition, guidance and support to local German change management, reorganizations and restructurings (including consultation requirements relating to outsourcing, role elimination or redundancies).
• Responsible for driving education, process and program improvements, and audits as appropriate through training and other methods. Strengthen HR-related compliance processes, by being proactive. In addition, consult and manage outside counsel per governance framework and main interface between HR, management, and the local works councils in the 2 German sites, as well as the Group Works Council.