For our office based in the city center of Hamburg, we are currently looking for a People Partner / HR Business Partner to strengthen our team. Join a global leader of integrated container logistics as we embark on an industry-defining digital transformation that will revolutionize trade. You’ll play a vital part in our success while building the experience to advance your career.

At Maersk we have a vision that’s larger than the ocean: to be a true integrator of container logistics connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chain through global end-to-end solutions. We count on our people to make it happen.

That is why we are building an HR service enabled by new technology: to make sure we deliver great experience to our people, so they can deliver great experience to our customers.

The HR organization is working across brands, geographies, and cultures to support one global Maersk. By joining our regional team for Europe, you have a unique opportunity to influence the vision and delivery of the Employee Experience Organisation (EEO).

We offer

The People Partner role is characterized by a variety of responsibilities, and you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the business in your designated geography and business function. You will work in a dynamic environment, drawing on your broad HR toolbox coaching and supporting leaders through a journey of great business transformation. Your daily responsibilities will be to engage with different stakeholders using your wide breadth of HR knowledge to support leaders on a range of people matters and policies.

This role is supporting our Ocean & Logistics businesses with a heavy focus on growth and transformation by being in close proximity with respective commercial teams. This is an excellent opportunity to grow and develop as an HR professional where you will build up your functional toolbox by having an impactful scope and responsibility. Joining Maersk, you will become part of the global family of a company that moves 20% of global trade everyday all the way, where one of our core values is Our Employees. It goes without saying that we value diversity: we thrive on the diversity of our talent in all its forms and we see it as a strength in building high-performance teams across brands, cultures and locations.

Key responsibilities

You will be deeply involved in partnering up with a diverse scope of leaders in our Commercial organizations’ businesses where you will both work on the implementation and steady state people partnering by ensuring that all people processes are handled in the right manner in addition to transformation and change management aspects.

Your role will include the below areas of responsibility:

• Build strong relationships with leaders and their teams and be their main point of contact and sparring partner on all people matters.

• Partner with the People function stakeholders on the implementation of the People Strategy.

• Deliver on our service delivery model by working closely with HR professionals and specialists within our People Advisory teams, People Solutions and Delivery teams.

• Drive the local delivery of the annual HR cycle, including annual performance management, rewards, succession planning and development.

• Resolve employee relations issues, collaborate with Works Councils and support and advise leaders on HR-related matters & policies.

• Stay up to date with the local employment law landscape to ensure local compliance, whilst managing local continuous improvement cycles/projects to keep Germany, Austria and Switzerland country agenda in alignment with business agenda at multiple layers

• Act as talent broker encouraging the transfer of individuals from one part of the organization to another to obtain specific developmental experience.

• Work effectively with the entire regional People Partner Organization team on day-to-day delivery of people processes as well as to resolve complex cases cross functionally.

• Draw people insights from available real-time reports to identify and address opportunities for improvement with leaders and local management.

• Deliver trainings and workshops for local leadership teams and various employee populations on different HR topics.

• Participate in on-site recruitment where needed and coordinate and perform employee activities required on site such as onboarding, training sessions etc.

Who we are looking for

To succeed in this role, you should genuinely be a people’s person and thrive in an environment where no two days are alike. Given the transformation and growth strategy of Maersk, you can expect an environment of change with continuous process improvements, M&As and change management activities enabling Maersk’s integrator & growth strategy. This requires a good level of resilience, ability to handle uncertainty and agility.

• Solid experience in working with (senior) leaders, guiding on strategic matters as well as tactical and operational issues acting as a trusted advisor on a wide range of HR related matters

• Solid experience as an HR generalist gained in a high-paced environment and deep understanding of HR fundamentals such as people performance management, employee engagement, compensation, development, and employee relations.

• Good knowledge of the local employment law, employer requirements and Works Council relationship management in Germany.

• Deep knowledge of the local German HR policies and processes

• Ability to build relationships, navigate through a complex stakeholder matrix, take ownership and act autonomously while also adopting a collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork, both with local People teams and regional/global ones.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in German and English.

• Project management experience

• Experience from large international organizations and the ability to build relationships and navigate a complex stakeholder matrix

• Good change management, facilitation and coaching skills.

• Flexibility and adaptability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

• Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and demonstrating the ability to overcome challenges and deliver outcomes.

• Be self-driven, energetic, and have a ‘can-do’ mindset.

• Experience with working in high-paced companies and international environments would be highly desired.

You have been reading so far so we’re glad to see you’re interested. If you could see yourself in this role and are keen to be part of this journey at Maersk, we look forward to hearing from you!