HR Manager – Manufacturing Plant | On site|  Iași
Location: Iași (On-site)
Contact: andra.ghevrec@ibdromania.com
Phone: +40 732 472 744
Position Overview
The HR Manager is responsible for workforce effectiveness, labor cost control, leadership capability, and people-related risk management at plant level.
This is a hands-on, site-based leadership role, embedded within the Plant Leadership Team, ensuring that workforce decisions directly support operational performance, margin protection, and future business growth. Reporting Structure

• Member of the Plant Leadership Team
• Reports directly to the Site General Manager
• Functional reporting line to the Divisional HR Director
• Full-time, on-site position based in Iași

Key Responsibilities
1. Workforce Strategy & Cost Control

• Manage workforce structure (headcount, shift organization, skills mix) according to production requirements.
• Monitor and optimize:
  • Labour cost evolution
  • Overtime
  • Absenteeism
  • Attrition in critical roles
• Challenge hiring requests and propose cost-effective workforce solutions.

2. Operational HR Business Partner

• Partner with Operations, Engineering, Finance and Quality teams.
• Translate operational challenges into workforce and capability solutions.
• Ensure people decisions are timely, consistent and data-driven.

3. Leadership & Capability Development

• Build succession plans for key operational and leadership positions.
• Support leadership effectiveness through:
  • Performance management
  • Consequence management
  • Individual development initiatives
• Ensure training programs support quality, productivity and production ramp-up requirements.

4. Employee Relations & Labour Risk Management
Personally manage:

• Disciplinary procedures
• Employee investigations
• Grievances
• Terminations
• Organizational restructurings

Additionally:

• Ensure compliance with Romanian labour legislation and internal policies.
• Anticipate and mitigate employee-related risks.
• Maintain a constructive employee relations climate.

5. Talent Acquisition

• Define hiring profiles based on operational needs.
• Ensure recruitment quality and speed in a competitive labour market.
• Focus on reducing time-to-productivity, not only time-to-hire.

6. HR Governance & Continuous Improvement

• Ensure HR processes are efficient, pragmatic and business-oriented.
• Eliminate low-value administrative activities.
• Represent HR as a strategic business function within the leadership team.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

• Workforce cost vs. budget
• Overtime levels
• Absenteeism rate
• Voluntary turnover (overall and critical positions)
• Time-to-productivity for new hires
• Internal promotion and succession coverage
• Reduction of people-related escalations to the Site General Manager

Required Experience
Professional Experience

• 8–12+ years of progressive HR experience.
• Strong experience within manufacturing or industrial environments.
• Experience supporting sites of approximately 200–500 employees.
• Experience in regulated industries such as:
  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Pharmaceuticals
  • Energy (preferred)

Demonstrated experience in:

• Payroll and HR administration
• Labour cost analysis
• HR budgeting and forecasting
• Workforce planning
• Cost optimization initiatives
• Employee and management relations

Profile & Competencies
The successful candidate will demonstrate:

• Strong business acumen
• Financial and cost awareness
• Ability to constructively challenge operational leaders
• Calm, resilient and solution-oriented approach
• Strong decision-making capability
• Hands-on leadership style
• Builder mindset, focused on designing sustainable HR systems rather than simply executing requests
• Pragmatic, trusted advisor with excellent interpersonal skills

Education & Languages

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Law, Psychology, Business Administration or related field.
• Fluent Romanian.
• Professional working proficiency in English.