HR Specialist

About This Role

The HR Specialist manages the administrative employee lifecycle and coordinates the monthly payroll process with an external provider. This role supports compliance with statutory HR reporting and employment obligations, and provides first-line HR support to employees and managers.

Responsibilities

• Manage the employee administrative lifecycle: hiring, contract changes, extensions, terminations and mandatory notifications (UniLav)
• Coordinate the monthly payroll process with the external payroll provider, ensuring accurate and timely submission of attendance, absences, overtime, travel expenses and other payroll inputs
• Review payroll outputs and labour cost data, investigate discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions with the external provider
• Ensure the accurate application of relevant national collective labour agreements (CCNL) and company agreements in day-to-day HR administration, supporting consistency across the two legal entities
• Handle sickness, workplace injuries (including INAIL reports), parental leave, statutory leave and holidays
• Administer company welfare, meal vouchers and benefits
• Act as the contact for INPS, INAIL, the Employment Centre and supplementary pension and health funds
• Support compliance with statutory HR reporting and employment obligations, including mandatory disability employment reporting and periodic reports
• Prepare reports on headcount, labour cost, absenteeism and overtime
• Support recruitment: job postings, CV screening, interview scheduling
• Guide employees through onboarding and offboarding
• Coordinate mandatory training (health & safety, privacy) and track training hours
• Support the performance review and salary review cycles in collaboration with the HRBP
• Provide first-line HR support to employees and managers on employment-related, administrative and organisational matters

Requirements

• Degree in Economics, Law, Humanities or Psychology, or high-school diploma with equivalent experience
• 2–4 years of HR experience, with hands-on experience in Italian personnel administration and payroll coordination, either in-house or within a labour consultancy firm
• Good knowledge of Italian employment administration
• Experience with payroll/attendance systems together with strong Excel skills
• Fluent Italian and a good command of English
• Availability for regular travel to Bologna and Faenza
• Driving licence (B) and own car

Benefits

• Company welfare
• Meal vouchers
• Continuous training
• Travel expenses reimbursed according to company policy
• International environment, with an HR team across several European countries
• Varied role offering growth in both personnel administration and HR processes

About the Company

Orbia Advance Corporation is a Purpose-led company that aims to advance life around the world while maximising value to its shareholders, customers and employees. The company focuses on the future of cities, buildings, agriculture, and materials, with five business groups offering innovative solutions across multiple industries. In 2018, Orbia Advance Corporation bought a majority stake in Israeli-based Netafim, a leader in drip irrigation. Orbia Advance Corporation has operations in 41 countries with more than 22,000 employees. Its global brands include Dura-Line, Koura Global, Vestolit, Netafim, Alphagary, and Wavin.