Nestle is a Swiss multinational food and beverage company with a broad portfolio spanning coffee, bottled water, dairy products, infant nutrition, confectionery, frozen foods, and pet care. Its products reach consumers worldwide through retail and foodservice channels, supported by large-scale manufacturing and supply-chain operations. On a job aggregator, Nestle’s profile is relevant to candidates exploring opportunities across food and beverage, manufacturing, and logistics, as well as work connected to nutrition, health, and wellness initiatives.
Senior Employee Relations and Factory HR Lead - Nestlé Lima
Senior full-time, onsite HR leader supporting Nestlé’s Ice Cream factory in Lima. Oversees employee relations, labor negotiations, compliance, and workforce initiatives.
Description
- Own the full Human Resources value chain for the Ice Cream factory.
- Lead employee and labor relations strategy, building effective partnerships with employees, unions, and key stakeholders.
- Develop negotiation strategies and lead collective bargaining processes.
- Ensure compliance with labor law, collective agreements, internal policies, and corporate governance standards while reducing labor risk.
- Manage labor investigations, grievances, disciplinary actions, terminations, and conflict resolution.
- Represent Nestlé before unions, labor authorities, government institutions, industry associations, and external advisors.
- Track employee climate, absenteeism, turnover, workforce stability, and union-related risks, implementing actions that support engagement and operational continuity.
- Drive People Strategy initiatives across organizational design, workforce planning, talent, performance, succession, culture, HR analytics, and continuous improvement.
- Report to the HR Manager.
Requirements
- University degree in Law, Labor Relations, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
- At least 4–5 years of suggested experience in labor relations, ideally within industrial, manufacturing, consumer goods, or unionized operational environments.
- Experience managing labor relations with unions and employees across both individual and collective employment law.
- Experience developing strategies for and leading collective bargaining processes.
- Strong knowledge of labor legislation, collective agreements, and union management.
- Experience with labor inspections, administrative proceedings, litigation, and relationships with labor authorities and external legal advisors.
- Experience handling disciplinary processes, labor investigations, terminations, and conflict resolution.
- Knowledge of personnel administration, payroll, labor audits, and notarial and registry procedures.
- Intermediate to advanced English.
- Advanced Excel skills.
- Advanced PowerPoint skills.
- Negotiation, persuasion, and influence exercised with integrity.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to build relationships at every level.
- Conflict management, problem-solving, and emotional intelligence.
- Ownership, autonomy, and a results-oriented approach.
- Adaptability, networking skills, and the courage to challenge constructively.