Head of Global Labor Relations

Hotelbeds is the world´s leading bedbank.

The company’s proprietary technology helps providers of travel services distribute their offering to travel sellers globally via an easy-to-use, advanced technology platform that increases reach, revenue and yield for both the provider and the seller.
Operating under the Hotelbeds brand in the wholesale channel and the Bedsonline brand in the travel agents channel, the company connects over 60,000 travel intermediaries across more than 140 source markets globally with travel providers in over 185 countries representing more than 170,000 hotels, 24,000 transfer routes and 18,000 activities.

The company is headquartered in Palma de Mallorca, Spain.

JOB DESCRIPTION:
Purpose of Role
- Lead the global Employee and Labor Relation function and team.
- Design labor strategies for implementation of global initiatives, people plans and policies.
- Support any People Operation and HRBP activity with strategic insights to employee relation matters.
- Represent the function and company face to work council, unions, inspections, audits and labor authorities.

Accountabilities
- Leads any employee relation relevant initiatives from a labor perspective.
- Analyses, designs, plans and pro actively leads the implementation of any people related cases or projects like people transfers, harmonization of employment conditions from a labor perspective.
- Oversee from a central labor point of view the implementation of such plans, support the HR Business Partners and HR Operations on upcoming issues and prepare recommendations for mitigations.
- Partners and provides support to HR business partners and where relevant to other senior managers on the execution and implementation of people related matters.
- Makes recommendations in line with country legislation and business context.
- Partners with Legal&Compliance and Tax department on the relevant aspects.
- Ensures workforce issues are escalated and resolved with root cause analysis and corrective action for all levels of employees and management.
- Makes sure an appropriate mitigation plan and recommendation to HR BPs and other relevant stakeholders (HR Operations functions or Senior Managers) is in place.
- Reviews where relevant labor and people relevant communications from a legal perspective
- Resolves disputes, complaints, grieviances, may work with mediators and arbitrators to determine the conditions of new labor agreements or terminations.
- Leads and manages the relationship with work councils or any other social commitees (H&S committee).
- Leads and manages any employee relation or labor relevant audit or inspections, represents the Company face to authorities (incl in some countries face to courts or arbitration bodies).
- Support internal reporting and budgeting, planning on employee relation matters.
- Leads and manages the network of external lawyers or other related partners for successful collaboration.
- Lead and develops the labor relation team.

**Skills**:

- Influencing and Mediation skills with multinational teams, ideally project management skills.
- Labor legislation, M&A background, sound understanding of cross-country HR Operations.
- HCM Systems and Excel advanced.
- Languages English proficient and desirable one other EMEA language.
- Sound judgment, dealing with sensitive information.
- Able to work under time pressure and attention to detail.

Experience
- Essential - HR Legal and international background with at least 5+ years experience, 2 years with team responsibility demonstrated leadership. Proven experience in a law firm with international exposure is a valuable plus.
- Solid HR operations background with an understanding of core principles of labor relations, SS, and tax-related fields with exposure in EMEA mainly, exposure to Americas and APAC is definitively an asset.
- Prior M&A exposure to Due Diligence, having led mid-scope TUPE and related people-related projects and implementation with external providers in several countries are appreciated.
- Proven track record of having managed consultations on an EMEA/global scale.
- A Labor law degree, preferrably from Spain but any other country is also welcome always when there is a depth understanding of Spanish labor law.
- Alternatively Graduate and labor relations or Business Administration.

You will have the opportunity to work for a company that is going through significant change in becoming the world´s leading travel services provider. We are looking for people that are ready to ride the wave in this exciting journey.

As well as an attractive benefits package you will be able to work:

- Within an innovative, engaging and multicultural environment.
- Have the opportunity to build strong and lasting business relationships and friendships from around the world.
- Have the opportunity in developing your career locally or within one of our beautiful working locations across the globe.