Head of HR – Germany

Rhenus Logistics

Head of HR leading the HR team and driving modern HR organization in Germany. Focusing on transformation processes and strategic people topics with the business leadership.

Posted 4/16/2026full-timeHilden • 🇩🇪 GermanyLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Accountable for the professional and disciplinary leadership of the entire HR team in Germany.
Build a high-performing, strategically aligned HR organization and actively drive the transformation toward clear processes, standards, and modern people leadership.
Play an active role in establishing a modern HR organization in Germany and support transformation processes.
Develop a future-oriented leadership and corporate culture.
Lead and develop our HR Business Partner team and ensure consistent, service-oriented HR advisory.
Act as a trusted sparring partner for the executive team and managers on all strategic and operational people topics.
Expand our HR priorities such as Recruiting, Talent & Learning, and HR-IT & Analytics.
Develop modern HR tools, programs, and data-driven management approaches.
Optimize our HR services (including payroll and administration) and ensure efficient, cross-site processes.
Establish clear standards and a reliable service and escalation management system.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Several years of leadership experience in a comparable HR management role with a focus on team development and successful steering of change initiatives.
Solid knowledge of labor law, collective bargaining and works constitution law, with confident practical application and experience working with co-determination bodies (e.g., works council).
Experience in change management, organizational development and HR digitalization, as well as in building modern HR structures and processes.
Ideally, experience with Workday implementation (e.g., activity splits, processes, responsibilities).
Strong communication and stakeholder-management skills when engaging with executive management, managers, employees and the works council.
Result-oriented leader with a hands-on mentality and a strategic perspective on HR transformation.
Fluent German and business-level English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

HR managementchange managementorganizational developmentHR digitalizationlabor lawcollective bargainingworks constitution lawWorkday implementationdata-driven managementpayroll administration

Soft Skills

leadershipteam developmentcommunicationstakeholder managementstrategic thinkingresult-orientedhands-on mentalityservice orientationtrust buildingadvisory skills