Area HR Manager

**Area HR Manager - Madrid Hotels**

**_“Whatever story you choose, you are the star”_**

At **Meliá Hotels International**, you have the power to create your future. For us, the most important thing is your talent: We share the passion that makes you put your heart into everything you do, day after day. We are by your side to help you go beyond your limits, to celebrate every victory with you. Because together, we are the stars of our own stories.

More than 380 hotels in more than forty countries prove the success of our unique way of understanding and living leisure. With a perfect union of mind and heart, we continue to build a successful business that is a worldwide benchmark. If you are a warm, professional, hospitable and creative person, Meliá Hotels International is the company for you. At our head offices, you’ll be able to start to immerse yourself in your role, take an in-depth look at the script of our Company and discover the benefits of forming part of this story.

**MISSION OF THE POSITION**:
**MAIN FUNCTIONS (among others)**:

- Holds one to one conversations to get to know the teams, feedback, aspirations, conflicts, areas of need, concerns, etc....
- Informs and updates on market trends and benchmarks other companies in the compset.
- Executes and drives Employer Branding campaigns in its hotels in coordination with HR Hotel Services (HRHS). Secures image rights authorizations according to legislation.
- Provides support in the coordination of staff transfers between the hotels of the operations center (travel management, re-invoicing...).
- Collects recruitment KPIs
- Promotes the use of E-melia and ensures compliance with mandatory trainings.
- Executes the hotel's annual training plan and coordinates calls, documentation, organization and other needs for the proper development of the same.
- Implements and executes the development plans of its hotels, with a special focus on managers and assistant managers.
- Identification of development needs in critical groups.
- Talent mapping; ensures periodic database entry.
- Collects L&D KPIs
- Organizes and coordinates the measurement of work climate, communication of results to all staff and the implementation/monitoring of action plans.
- Sets up the established Recognition actions and campaigns.
- Leads and ensures the implementation of the communication plan in the hotels: briefings, departmental meetings, assemblies, Melia Let's Talk... supporting in their planning.
- Knows the sizing ratios and applies the Staffing guide defined for its work centers, raising proposals for revision when the operation requires it.
- Supports, coordinates and supervises the annual salary review process together with the management, use of tools and tools for the management of the company.
- Supports, coordinates and supervises the annual process of Variable Compensation, ensuring the correct setting of objectives and evaluation of the same following the established guidelines.
- Knows the organizational structure of the business, the criteria for classifying functions and their hierarchy, the relationship between the organizational model and the financial model, as well as the relationships between the different organizational objects and their impact on the Company's processes. He transmits this knowledge to the HR/PA teams of his hotels.
- He/she is familiar with national labor legislation and applies the Collective Bargaining Agreement of his/her province/country as applicable. He/she relies on the HR/external office for daily labor queries from employees in case of doubt.
- Is the contact person for the Works Council in the Work Centers and fulfills the corresponding obligations: attendance at regular meetings together with the Management, conducting and coordinating union elections in the hotels, delivery of mandatory information. Informs HR of the composition of the hotel committee and the conduct of union elections, involving them in the consultations made and any issues that arise in meetings outside the ordinary.
- Analyzes and prepares the annual social cost budget for the coming year. *With the new operation of Rolling forecast it is not established how the budget will be made.

**WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?**
- Minimum 3 years experience in the position or similar.
- Degree in Psychology, Labor Relations, Law or similar, specializing in HR.
- Advanced English.
- Knowledge of hotel operations.
- Knowledge of both Soft & Hard HR areas (Recruitment and Selection, Development and Training, Labor Relations, Work Climate, Employer & Personal Branding).
- Knowledge in SuccessFactor, MyPlace or SAP is a plus.
- Knowledge of Employment Platforms (LinkedIn, Infojobs, etc.) is a plus.
- Experience with works councils.
- Global strategic and financial vision, budget management and compliance monitoring.
- Team management and leadership skills.
- Ability to implement projects.

**What benefits do we have for you?**
- If you love to travel, **Melia Hotel