HR Specialist

• Provide understanding of local requirements to support the businesses and employees.
• Manage local people practices including the care for local benefits, the employee handbook, health, and wellbeing.
• Support change initiatives that are having effect on local level, including organizational redesigns, change management and employee communication.
• Deliver Local HR Operations in a consistent & coherent way & support across the employee life cycle in close alignment with the People Support Hub.
• Standardization of local administrative processes and continuous service improvement in all areas of delivery.
• Maintain corporate systems updated with transactions under Local HR responsibility.
• Comply with all regulations, manuals, safety, health and environment codes, as well corporate guidelines related to quality, health, safety, and environment.
• Ensure compliance with each one of the rules, regulations, procedures, and instructions of Wartsila.
• Provide support in the development of Local and Regional HR projects/initiatives.
• Support Payroll processes according to legal local compliance and Wärtsilä Corporate manual, guidelines, and requirements.
• Contribute to external auditing, internal auditing and internal control reporting of the Company.
• Communicate and collaborate with other HR colleagues when needed.
• Increase employee engagement and build a culture of fairness, diversity, and inclusion (wellbeing).
• Facilitate the global performance and rewards objectives and annual processes in the country and guide managers and employees through these processes.
• Oversee the onboarding process in partnership with our Talent Acquisition team and hiring managers, ensuring the acquisition of top-tier talent to support company objectives.

• Excellent communication skills, able to work effectively within a team and deliver services based on cultural sensitivity.
• Natural ability to collaborate successfully with others, seeking opportunities for improvement and optimization.
• Relevant higher education qualification, e.g., Business Administration or Human Resources, or equivalently qualified by experience.
• Fluency in Portuguese and English, both written and verbal. Spanish is a plus.