Employee Relations Manager, Germany (m/w/d)
On-siteBerlin, State of Berlin, Germany
Job Summary
Lead complex employee relations cases across all German stores and the SSC, advising stakeholders on disciplinary, conflict, and performance-related matters. Prepare warnings, performance improvement plans, and separation processes while leading internal investigations into complaints, theft, and compliance concerns. Negotiate with Works Councils to prepare collective agreements and support HR-relevant IT system implementations with a focus on co-determination and labour-law risk. Build a structured case-management approach through triage, escalation logic, and governance standards, partnering closely with Legal, Compliance, and HR Operations. Coach HR Business Partners on balanced decision-making and identify recurring risks to drive preventive actions and process improvements.
Required Qualifications
- Several years of relevant experience as a Senior HR Business Partner, Employee Relations Lead, HR Manager or in a comparable HR role with strong labour-law exposure in Germany
- Strong knowledge of German labour law and proven practical experience applying it to complex employee cases
- Proven experience working and negotiating with Works Councils is essential
- Experience in internal investigations, complaint management, disciplinary processes, and performance management
- Ability to analyse complex facts precisely, document them clearly and communicate them effectively to different stakeholder groups
- Strong judgement, integrity, confidentiality and a high level of risk and fairness awareness
- Strong business orientation with the ability to balance employee perspective, legal requirements, and company interests
- Excellent communication and negotiation skills in German and English
- You bring clarity to complex situations and guide cases towards legally sound and business-oriented decisions
- You anticipate risks early and communicate in a way that considers all relevant perspectives
- You strengthen the HR organisation through standards, coaching and professional governance without becoming the default owner of routine store matters
- You help UNIQLO Germany scale further without employee relations, Works Council topics and case management becoming a bottleneck
- Please submit your CV in English
- Applications submitted in other languages may not be considered
Desired Qualifications
- ideally including collective agreements, IT systems or organisational change
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