Struers is the world's leading manufacturer of equipment, consumables, and services for metallographic examinations. With subsidiaries and offices in 24 countries and a presence in 50 countries worldwide, Struers is a growing international company. Struers has close customer relationships established worldwide with leading industrial companies, prestigious universities, and respected research institutions. You will become a part of our Danish headquarters in Ballerup, where we have 200+ employees. Struers takes pride in delivering high-quality solutions while working in an informal environment. For the headquarters in Ballerup, we are seeking a:

Senior HR Business Partner

Are you motivated by combining operational excellence with strategic HR business partnering? Do you enjoy advising leaders, driving organisational development and ensuring that HR processes create real business value? Would you like to become part of a global market leader where HR plays an important role in the company's continued development? If so, the position as Senior HR Business Partner at Struers could be your next natural career step. Read on to learn more.

As Senior HR Business Partner, you will report directly to the Global HR Director and become part of an international HR organisation supporting employees and leaders across multiple countries. Your primary responsibility will be supporting the Danish organisation while also contributing to the Nordic region and selected international locations including Australia and Singapore.

This is a broad HR Business Partner position where some of your time will be dedicated to operational HR activities, while the remaining part of the role focuses on leadership sparring, talent development, HR projects and continuous optimisation of HR processes. You will work closely with managers across Engineering, Production, Finance, IT, Commercial and R&D and become a trusted advisor to leaders at all organisational levels.

Your responsibilities

You will be responsible for delivering professional HR support throughout the entire employee lifecycle while helping strengthen the strategic role of HR across the business.

You will advise managers on employment law, employee relations and organisational development while ensuring that HR processes are executed efficiently and consistently. At the same time, you will play an important role in the continued digitalisation of HR by helping implement and optimise our global HR platform, Cornerstone. It is also a key part of the position to help HR to drive compliant and continue deployment of the HR-wheel with global and more digital processes

The role combines day-to-day operational responsibilities with strategic initiatives designed to strengthen leadership, employee engagement and organisational effectiveness across the business.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Managing the complete employee lifecycle, from recruitment and onboarding to offboarding and exit interviews.

• Advising managers on employment law, employee relations, disciplinary procedures, absence management and collective agreements.

• Driving recruitment processes from interviews through employment contracts.

• Planning and executing the annual HR cycle, including performance management, compensation reviews and talent management.

• Supporting leadership development, succession planning and organisational development initiatives.

• Driving the continued implementation and optimisation of the Cornerstone HR platform, with particular focus on the Recruitment module.

• Optimising HR processes and ensuring high-quality HR master data and GDPR compliance.

• Acting as a trusted business partner for managers across the organisation.

Your success will, among other things, be measured by your ability to strengthen the strategic HR agenda, support managers in becoming stronger leaders, improve collaboration across the organisation and continuously identify opportunities to optimise the way HR supports the business.

Your Experience and Skills

We expect you to hold a relevant university degree and bring extensive experience from a Senior HR Business Partner or similar position within an international organisation.

You have successfully managed the complete HR annual cycle and possess a broad HR toolbox covering both operational and strategic HR disciplines. You have significant experience advising managers on employment law and employee relations and are comfortable supporting hourly paid employees working under collective bargaining agreements within a manufacturing environment. You have a solid understanding of working with Collective Agreements ideally the Danish Industry Collective Agreement (Industriens Overenskomst).

You are experienced in recruitment, talent management, leadership development and HR process optimisation, and you have worked with modern HR systems such as SAP, Cornerstone or similar platforms. Experience from international matrix organisations will be considered an advantage.

As a person, you are mature, business-oriented and pragmatic. You quickly establish trust with managers and colleagues and naturally become the person others turn to for advice. You combine strong analytical capabilities with excellent communication skills and understand how to balance operational priorities with long-term organisational development.

You enjoy working independently, take ownership of your responsibilities and are motivated by continuously improving both processes and people.

Fluent Danish and English, both written and spoken, are prerequisites for success in the role.

Why is this position attractive?

This is an opportunity to join a financially strong global market leader where HR is recognised as a strategic contributor to the company's continued success.

You will become part of a highly competent international HR organisation where collaboration, knowledge sharing and continuous improvement are central values. Working from Group Headquarters, you will have close interaction with senior leadership while influencing decisions across the organisation.

The role offers an excellent combination of operational responsibility and strategic influence. You will help shape leadership, organisational development and HR processes while playing an important role in the continued implementation of Struers' global HR platform.

At Struers, you will find an informal culture with short decision-making processes, experienced colleagues and genuine opportunities to make a lasting impact on the organisation's future.

Application

If you want to learn more about the position and Struers, feel free to contact Partner Henrik Smit at +45 2215 2787. We do not have an application deadline and accept applications as long as the role is posted.

If this is the right next step in your career, please click 'Apply' as soon as possible. All inquiries will, of course, be treated confidentially.