Assistant Manager – HR Operations & Culture

About the role

The Assistant Manager – HR Operations & Culture will lead end‑to‑end HR processes while nurturing a high‑performance, compliant, and people‑centric environment across all business units. You will ensure operational excellence throughout the employee lifecycle, payroll, statutory compliance, HR systems, and employee engagement.

Key responsibilities

• Manage the full employee lifecycle: recruitment, onboarding, promotions, transfers, contract renewals, and exits.
• Coordinate recruitment activities, candidate screening, interviews, background checks, documentation, induction, and HRMS registration.
• Oversee monthly payroll and benefits administration in partnership with Finance, handling attendance, leave, deductions, incentives, and statutory benefits.
• Act as primary contact for employee relations, grievances, disciplinary matters, and workplace concerns.
• Drive culture‑building initiatives covering engagement, wellbeing, recognition, collaboration, and retention.
• Coordinate the Performance Management System, including probation reviews, annual appraisals, KPI evaluations, and development plans.
• Prepare and maintain employment contracts, disciplinary letters, employee records, and other HR documentation.
• Ensure compliance with company policies, labour laws, ISO/accreditation standards, and TÜV Austria Group requirements.
• Administer MiHCM, maintain accurate employee data, dashboards, and workforce analytics.
• Produce HR reports on headcount, recruitment, turnover, attendance, payroll, probation, engagement, and compliance.
• Manage employee exits, clearance, final settlements, asset recovery, and exit interviews.
• Support HR transformation, digitalisation, policy improvement, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Required profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Management or related field.
• 5–7 years progressive HR experience, with at least 2–3 years focused on HR Operations.
• Proven experience in payroll, employee lifecycle management, statutory compliance, employee engagement and HRIS administration.
• Experience in the Testing, Inspection & Certification (TIC) sector is a plus.

Required skills

• MiHCM administration
• HRIS/HRMS management
• Payroll processing
• Data analytics and HR reporting

What we offer

• Opportunity to shape a high‑performance culture in a leading TIC organization.
• Professional development and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Collaborative and compliant work environment.