People & Culture Operations Manager

At Clas Ohlson, we are team players who genuinely care about our customers, each other, and the results of our business. We have a strong, customer centric, culture which is firmly rooted in our 100-year history, and an outspoken goal to take leadership in sustainability. If you share our ambition to achieve more, we can offer you great opportunities for professional and personal growth. We believe in you.

Let's grow together!

Are you a confident leader with a passion for creating structure, developing teams and ensuring quality at every stage of the employee journey? For Clas Ohlson, we are now looking for a People & Culture Operations Manager – a key role with responsibility for driving and developing the operational HR delivery in the Nordic region.

In this role, you will lead a dedicated Nordic team with six HR Business Partners, a Payroll Manager with responsibility for six HR and Payroll specialists, and an Office and Property Manager with a smaller team. Together, you ensure that managers in Sweden, Norway and Finland receive the right support throughout the employee journey – with a focus on quality, efficiency and cost awareness.

You will have the opportunity to influence a broad area, with responsibility for both daily delivery and long-term development. You operate in a business-oriented context and are a key player in the company's transformation towards an even more data-driven and efficient HR work.

The role reports to Director Customer, Brand and People and is part of the Customer, Brand & People Management Group and the People & Culture Management Team.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a Nordic team in HR and payroll.
• Ensure high quality and efficiency in operational HR delivery throughout the employee journey.
• Responsible for regulatory compliance in labor law, work environment and trade union collaboration in all countries.
• Be a strategic and operational support to managers, HR Business Partners and other parts of People & Culture.
• Drive improvement initiatives and streamlining – always with a focus on business benefits and employee experience.
• Be responsible for follow-up and analysis of key figures linked to HR Operations.

Who are you?

You are a structured and communicative leader who is passionate about making a difference – both in everyday life and in the long-term perspective. You thrive in a role where you get to combine operational delivery with strategic development work, and where you get to act as a sounding board, advisor and role model.

Your background

• Solid experience of operational HR work in a Nordic context.
• Several years of management experience, preferably in retail or similar business-related environments.
• Very good knowledge of labour law (Swedish and Norwegian, Finnish is an advantage)
• Understanding of payroll processes, HR systems and digital tools.
• Experience of trade union collaboration and contact with authorities.
• Used to interpreting and applying collective agreements.
• Fluent in Swedish and/or Norwegian and English. Finnish is an advantage.

Personal qualities

• Business-oriented and solution-oriented, with the ability to prioritize the right efforts at the right time.
• A confident and clear leader who inspires and coaches.
• Data-driven and analytical with an interest in technology development.
• Structured, with high integrity and a sense of quality.

Welcome Home
Clas Ohlson offers an inclusive and encouraging work environment where everyone is expected to dare to try new things and to take initiative. Your drive and your willingness to develop Clas Ohlson are what will keep us one step ahead. We believe in diversity and see our co-workers various backgrounds, personalities, experiences, and skills, as important to our success.

In addition to the opportunity to grow with us, we also offer market-competitive salary, pension, bonus, staff discount, health and wellness benefits, and collective agreement.

To learn more about what it's like to work with us, click on the following and take part our employees' stories.

The role can be located at our office in Oslo, Helsinki, Stockholm or Insjön, Dalarna.

Welcome with your application!

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