People & Organization Manager

People & Organization (PO) focuses on our employees, Webasto's most valuable asset. PO encompasses a wide range of tasks, including recruitment and development, as well as compensation, labor law, organizational development, and change management. The function plays a crucial role in fostering a harmonious work environment and promoting the growth and retention of employees within the company.

You can look forward to these exciting tasks:

People & Organization Leadership

• Lead the P&O function of Business Services in Portugal, translating business priorities into a clear annual P&O plan aligned with the wider Webasto P&O strategy.
• As a member of the WBS Global Management Team, contribute to the strategy, priorities and key decisions of Webasto Business Services across all hubs.
• Act as a trusted advisor to the leadership team and Team Leaders on organisational design, leadership, talent and employee relations.Own the full employee lifecycle in Portugal — from recruitment and onboarding to mobility, development and exit — ensuring a consistent, high-quality employee experience.
• Ensure compliance with Portuguese labour law and Group policies; manage employee relations matters and liaise with external legal advisors, authorities and service providers when needed.
• Coordinate payroll, compensation and benefits processes in Portugal with Finance and external providers, ensuring accuracy, confidentiality and timeliness.
• Support the annual compensation, promotion and reward cycles, contributing to transparent and fair career and reward mechanisms.

Team Leadership — Portugal and Jiaxing

• Lead, coach and develop the P&O team in Lisbon and Jiaxing, fostering accountability, collaboration, continuous learning and high-quality service delivery.
• Set clear objectives and priorities, hold regular 1:1s and team meetings, monitor performance and support individual development.
• Align processes, service standards and ways of working between Lisbon and Jiaxing, promoting knowledge sharing and mutual support across hubs.
• Build trusted working relationships across locations, taking cultural differences and local business contexts into account.
• Coordinate with local Jiaxing specialists and stakeholders on matters requiring local legal or payroll expertise.

Talent & Organizational Development

• Drive workforce planning, talent acquisition and employer branding in partnership with hiring managers, including employee referral and internal mobility programmes.
• Develop transparent career paths and competency frameworks that support growth, internal mobility and succession.
• Lead performance management, talent review and succession planning processes.
• Identify learning and development priorities and deliver programmes that strengthen leadership, professional and digital skills.
• Support organisational change and transformation initiatives, including new services or hub set-ups, ensuring effective communication and people engagement.

Employee Experience, Engagement & Wellbeing

• Run employee listening (pulse surveys, focus groups) and turn insights into concrete action plans, followed up together with leadersDevelop initiatives on recognition, wellbeing, inclusion and retention as core elements of the employee value proposition.
• Equip Team Leaders with practical tools and routines — 1:1s, team meetings, feedback — that embed shared values and behaviours.
• Partner with the Communication Specialist on internal communication, events and employer branding activities.
• Continuous Improvement & People Analytics.
• Define and track key people KPIs (e.g., turnover, absenteeism, engagement, time-to-hire, internal mobility) and use data to inform decisions.
• Simplify and digitalise P&O processes and tools, improving efficiency, consistency and employee experience.
• Collaborate with the global Webasto P&O community, sharing good practices and ensuring alignment with global policies, frameworks and initiatives.

Continuous Improvement & People Analytics

• Define and track key people KPIs (e.g., turnover, absenteeism, engagement, time-to-hire, internal mobility) and use data to inform decisions.
• Simplify and digitalise P&O processes and tools, improving efficiency, consistency and employee experience.
• Collaborate with the global Webasto P&O community, sharing good practices and ensuring alignment with global policies, frameworks and initiatives.

This is what you bring to us:

Required

• Degree in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration or a related field.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in HR / People & Organization, ideally in a multinational environment.
• 3+ years of people leadership experience, including coaching and developing HR professionals.
• Solid knowledge of Portuguese labour law and HR administration in Portugal.
• Strong expertise in core people practices: talent acquisition, performance management, career development, engagement and organisational development.
• Proven ability to partner with senior leaders and translate business priorities into pragmatic people solutions.
• Experience working in international, multicultural environments.
• Fluent Portuguese and English, written and spoken.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with a high degree of integrity and confidentiality.
• Pragmatic, solution-oriented and able to manage competing priorities with a high degree of autonomy.

Nice to Have

• Experience leading teams across countries and time zones, particularly with China.
• Experience in a Shared Services / GBS centre or in an industrial or automotive environment.
• Experience with HR transformation, change management or new hub set-ups.
• Familiarity with people analytics, competency frameworks and employee engagement survey tools.
• Knowledge of HRIS and digital HR tools supporting people processes.

Applications from qualified individuals with disabilities are expressly welcome.

Your contact person:
Sara Vallejo, People & Organization Lisboa, PT 

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