Manager, People Business Partner (R-16811)

2 Days ago • 3 Years +

About the job

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Dun & Bradstreet seeks a Manager, People Business Partner with 3+ years of generalist HR experience, strong business acumen, and proven ability to influence key stakeholders. Experience with payroll handling, investigations, and HRIS systems is essential. This role requires excellent communication skills and the ability to operate in a matrix structured and geographically dispersed environment.

Why We Work at Dun & Bradstreet

Dun & Bradstreet combines global data and local expertise to help clients make smarter decisions. With 6,000+ people in 31 countries, we are a team of diverse thinkers and problem solvers who all share a common curiosity: to find new ways to turn data into value. If you share this curiosity and want to be part of a future-ready company, come join us! Learn more at dnb.com/careers.

In your role you will be partnering with leaders in Dun & Bradstreet Switzerland business to implement best practice people strategies requiring an innovative, collaborative, customer-centric approach. You will be exposed to many different aspects of the business and have an opportunity to work on local and corporate People Team projects.

Reporting to the Head of People Central Europe, you will be collaborating closely with the Central European and Global People Team Business Partners and Centers of Excellence. The scope of the role is predominantly Switzerland but will require collaboration with non-Swiss based Leaders of Swiss employees and the global People team. The role will cover multiple functional disciplines including Employee Relations, Talent Management, Performance Management, Total Reward, Learning & Development. Furthermore, you are operative for Swiss payroll and related administration.

Your key responsibilities:

Work closely with leaders and employees in Switzerland
Local implementation of strategic/global projects: e.g. implementation new tools, organization change initiatives, learning & development initiatives, driving a High-Performance Culture, employee engagement initiatives, talent management initiatives.
Support Employee Life-Cycle in close cooperation with leader and CE-HR-Team
Handle Employee Relations investigations, disciplinaries, appeals, note taking, gathering evidence, preparing reports, communicating outcome decisions.
Administer employee data base in WORKDAY
Administer time tracking (Easy Rapport, integrated in Payroll)
Prepare working contracts, certificates, introduction plan and related documents.
Back-up for and handle Inhouse Swiss payroll (during absence of local HR Specialist) and related administration
Administer social security/insurances for employees
Employer representative for 2nd pillar/pension plan
Support in developing new and review existing HR Policies to reflect changes in local legislation and promote the adoption of best practice.
Support in: Performance Process, Merit increase Program, Annual Bonus Program
Work with the International, Global Functional and Local Business Partners to provide coaching, advice, and support to leaders on organizational design and development.
Enable leaders to develop a coaching culture combined with a positive, proactive approach to talent development, especially career progression and leadership development.
Handle all labor law questions from leaders/employees
Develop and maintain knowledge of the external legal and regulatory employment environment, ensuring compliance with all legal and regulatory requirements relative to HR and people practices.
Organization of employee events in close cooperation with HR-Specialist (Xmas, summer-event, long term service dinner, brown bag events etc.)
Fleet management for Swiss employees and cooperation with external full-service leasing company
Training and education of commercial apprentices
Management of local job portal (jobs.ch), posting of job offers on Social Media
Interviews with job-applicants
Responsibility for process conformity with ISO-certification 27001
Purchasing Process for HR (Workday)
Great Place to Work re-certification.
Budget-planning for local HR

Your profile:

Strong business acumen and communication skills with ability to influence key stakeholders.
Able to operate in an ambiguous, matrix structured and geographically dispersed environment.
Proven ability to influence a high performing team environment with a strong motivation to attract, retain and develop top talent.
Ability to build relationships & collaborate with a geographically dispersed team.
Ability to pick things up quickly, with appetite to learn and progress.
Take full ownership and accountability and seek to drive improvement and efficiencies.
Minimum of 3 years of solid generalist HR experience with operational background
Experience with payroll handling (Swiss Salary experience is of advantage)
Experience of managing investigations, disciplinary, capability and performance improvement, appeals and restructuring.
Experience of using Human Resource Information Systems – experience of Workday would be a bonus.
Degree in human resources (Personalfachfrau/mann with eidgen. FA or higher)
Good knowledge of Microsoft Office; Outlook, PowerPoint, Word and Excel.
Very good German and English knowledge (written/oral), French is of advantage.

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