Company Description

CREATIVITY IS OUR SUPERPOWER. It’s our heritage and it’s also our future. Because we don’t just make toys. We create innovative products and experiences that inspire fans, entertain audiences and develop children through play. Mattel is at its best when every member of our team feels respected, included, and heard—when everyone can show up as themselves and do their best work every day. We value and share an infinite range of ideas and voices that evolve and broaden our perspectives with a reach that extends into all our brands, partners, and suppliers.

The Team:

The Global Human Resources team are partners to people leaders and employees, delivering a meaningful, end to end employee experience. Our role is to attract, develop and engage employees in a purpose-centered work environment. Together, we challenge the status quo, encourage progressive thought into ways of working and influence meaningful change across the business. Our global HR team serves more than 30,000 employees in more than 40 countries. In all that we do, we strive to be a talent-led organization that cultivates equality, inclusion and empowerment for our employees and the communities we serve. We value meaningful work and creating personalized career opportunities as we build a world class HR team. 

HR Business Partners work closely with business leaders to translate global and regional people and culture priorities into locally relevant plans that attract, engage, develop and retain best-in-class talent. We pride ourselves to be trusted advisors and we empower people and teams to reach their goals. 

Every day, our Global Human Resources team role models the following competencies: 

• Influential Advisor - Champions an idea and provides solutions that impact the business  

• Builder of Organizational Capabilities - Creates processes and opportunities to support organizational priorities  

• Driver of Transformation - Leads with a growth mindset, continuously pursuing ways to remove barriers to execution  

• Strategic Mindset - Utilizes available resources such as data, insights, analysis and team perspectives to inform decision making  

• Business Acumen - Applies knowledge of the industry, market trends and competitive landscape to guide business outcomes 

Job Description

The Opportunity: 

Mattel is seeking to hire an HR Lead supporting an employee base of 110 people in Germany and Austria (1 FTE) that lead Mattel’s business in DACH (Germany, Austria & Switzerland).  These  locations, supporting on the delivery of the people strategy, with the support of EMEA region centers of expertise in Talent and Comp & Ben. The HR organization globally is undergoing an exciting phase of transformation in becoming a true strategic partner and this opportunity requires a progressive, innovative, and commercially focused individual to help drive capability and build performance. The role requires a forward thinking and inspiring HR person who has experience across all people-related disciplines and a proven track record Business Partnering senior leaders. The successful individual will support key strategic processes and engagement projects whilst remaining operationally responsible for the delivery of HR services to the business 

What Your Impact Will Be: Your key responsibilities will be around

• Support People Managers on policies, procedures, and employee relations issues at all stages of the employee experience cycle 

• Build an HR function which delivers best in class service to employees 

• Embed new processes, drive team capability and ensure high quality service delivery in payroll, operations and administration 

• Manage Employee Relations activities and maintain a positive relationship 

• Drive culture change initiatives to energize, excite and engage employees 

• Actively participating in and embedding a culture of talent reviews, compensation, development and succession planning across the DACH organizations 

• Oversee resourcing plan and strategy, driving diversity and inclusion in all talent activities 

• Manage and deliver best in class inductions and onboarding activities across the team 

• Collaborate and engage with the wider HR and business community to provide a responsive, consistent and forward-thinking HR service 

• Identify and deliver HR initiatives that support business priorities and targets 

• Support in the full recruitment process from sourcing, to interview and onboarding 

• Support in the development and implementation of engagement activities 

• Preparing legal documents such as hiring letters, and changes of contracts 

• Tracking of probation, temporary staff dates, and managing sickness, maternity leave, holidays, time & attendance, among others 

• Collecting and processing all input (salary changes, starters, leavers, payments & deductions, etc.) regarding the payroll cycle to ensure a correct and timely payment of wages cooperating with the Payroll Team 

• Managing employees’ Benefit pack (insurances, etc). 

• Ensure the relevant HR database is up to date, accurate and complies with legislation 

• Promote and embed Mattel values in all aspects of the People agenda 

• Manage the internal communications strategy across the team on all people related topics, driving solutions that enable open communication 

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For: 

• University degree in Business Administration or relevant field (Psychology/Marketing) 

• +7 years of experience working on HR related field position and ideally in a multinational environment 

• Excellent communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills 

• Commercial awareness and strong numerical / financial skills 

• Gravitas, emotional intelligence, and intellectual dexterity to lead a function and advise a leadership team 

• Strong operational focus and a high level of drive to get things done 

• Open, honest, collaborative 

• Possess the ability and interest to coach and develop a small and agile HR team 

• Learning agility, global outlook 

• Engaging and personable 

• Solutions focused and positive mindset 

• Degree level educated or educational equivalent 

• Fluent German and English speaker 

• Good knowledge of German employment law and Works Councils 

• Demonstrated a growth mindset by staying curious and continuously learning, embracing challenges, and improving themselves.

Additional Information

Don’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

How We Work:

We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:

• We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
• We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
• We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.

Our Approach to Flexible Work:

We embrace a flexible work model designed to empower a culture of growth, optimism, and wellbeing, where every employee can reach their full potential. Combining purposeful in-person collaboration with flexibility, our focus is to optimize performance and drive connection for moments that matter.

Who We Are:

Mattel is a leading global toy and family entertainment company and owner of one of the most iconic brand portfolios in the world. We engage consumers and fans through our franchise brands, including Barbie, Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price, American Girl, Thomas & Friends, UNO, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Monster High, MEGA and Polly Pocket, as well as other popular properties that we own or license in partnership with global entertainment companies. Our offerings include toys, content, consumer products, digital and live experiences. Our products are sold in more than 195 countries in collaboration with the world’s leading retail and ecommerce companies.

Mattel is recognized as a Great Place to Work™ and as one of Fast Company’s Best Workplaces for Innovators in 2022.

Visit us at https://jobs.mattel.com/ and www.instagram.com/MattelCareers.

Mattel is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer where we want you to bring your authentic self to work every day. We welcome all job seekers including minorities, females, veterans, military spouses, individuals with disabilities, and those of all sexual orientations and gender identities.

Pursuant to the Los Angeles Fair Chance Ordinance and the California Fair Chance Act, qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment.

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