The HR Generalist is the primary HR presence for the Italian entity, owning the full employee lifecycle — from recruitment and onboarding through employee relations, compliance, and offboarding. This is a hands-on, standalone role: you will be the go-to person for managers and employees on all HR matters in Italy. This position reports and works in close partnership with the Regional HR Manager EMEA, to ensure alignment with group-wide policies, tools, and reporting standards.

The HR Generalist collaborates with managers, supervisors, and employees in the Italian organization and the Some international travel may be involved: Recruitment & Onboarding: Manage end-to-end hiring for corporate and field/operations roles (seasonal and permanent), including sourcing, interviewing, offer preparation, and new-hire onboarding.

Employee Relations: Act as the first point of contact for employee questions and concerns; support managers with performance issues, disciplinary matters, and conflict resolution in line with Italian labor law.

Compliance & Labor Law: Ensure full compliance with Italian employment legislation and the applicable national collective bargaining agreement (CCNL) for the agricultural sector, including contracts, working time, leave, and termination processes.

Payroll & Benefits Coordination: Liaise with the external payroll provider (consulente del lavoro) and Finance to ensure accurate and timely payroll input; administer local benefits and welfare programs.

Performance & Talent Management: Coordinate the local rollout of the group's performance review cycle, goal-setting,



and development planning; support succession and talent conversations with site leadership.

HR Policies & Documentation: Maintain and localize HR policies, employee handbooks, and contract templates in line with Italian requirements and group guidelines.

HRIS & Reporting: Keep employee data accurate and up to date in the group HRIS; produce regular headcount, turnover, and other people-metrics reports for the Regional HR Director.

Health & Safety Support: Partner with site management and the RSPP/external consultants on HR-related aspects of workplace health and safety obligations (D.REQUIRED EDUCATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND TRAINING • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Labor Law, Business Administration, Experience: 3–5 years of experience in a generalist HR role in Italy, ideally within a small- to-mid-sized company or a subsidiary of an international group;

experience in agriculture, agribusiness, food production, or another operations-heavy sector is a plus.

- Labor law knowledge: Solid working knowledge of Italian labor law and hands-on experience applying a CCNL (agriculture sector experience strongly preferred).
- Languages: Fluent Italian (native or near-native) and professional working proficiency in English.
- Autonomous, hands-on, and comfortable being the sole HR presence on site; Systems: Highly proficient using Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
- Familiarity with seasonal/agricultural workforce planning.
- Exposure to recruitment for both office-based and field/operational roles.

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