HR Business Partner

The most important HR BP-role 2023 is on the market! We are looking for a communicative and skilled HR BP to our located office in Karlskrona. With us you have an important role to play in developing the organization, lifting and challenging our managers and leaders.


Your role

As a HR BP you are highly engaged in driving business forward. In this particular role you will drive the HR activities for all employees within your areas. Your tasks and responsibilities will include high level of communication with managers and actively supporting the business by implementing HR initiatives. You will continuously work with attracting, developing and retaining employees and to ensure the company has an optimized workforce that promotes job motivation. The Human Resource's role within Saab has focus on people aspects of the business with an overall goal to translate business needs and strategies into a people strategy. You will work both independently and in the HR team, but also be a part of the management team for your specific area and work closely together with managers and employees. You will have the opportunity to be part of various work groups at Saab Group level where you will be able to expand your network within Saab.



Main responsibilities:

* Empower managers, communicate and facilitate meetings
* Make conclusions and propose actions based on data analytics
* Undertake key HR projects and manage HR life cycle
* Support managers to manage performance effectively, embedding the principles of good performance management and ensure a talent pipeline are in place
* Use data to understand themes and trends, make conclusions and propose actions
* Maintain a strong relationship with unions, negotiate and inform accordingly
* Ensure health & safety and safeguarding requirements are met
* Running projects and trainings in the field of HR



You report to Head of HR. The role include some business travels, mainly between Karlskrona and Malmö.



Your profile

We are looking for a skilled and communicative HR BP with high energy, resilience and integrity! To succeed in this position you have a strong ability to work independently as well as be a team player. You know how to translate people strategy into activities to meet strategy and targets, and have a business and financial understanding. An analytic and reflective mind-set will come in handy. The role also require a sense of urgency to drive results and make people grow in their day-to-day business. When collaborating with stakeholders, you are confident with the ability to build relationships, influence and provide advice to key decision makers.



Required skills:

* Proven successful work experience from above mentioned tasks.
* Bachelor's degree from relevant academic area or similar experience and at least a few years' experience from a HR leadership role
* Experience in setting and implementing strategies and/or projects
* You have experience in working with talent and performance management as well as coaching
* You have thorough knowledge of applicable labor laws, employment laws and experience in coaching managers through complex employee relations situations.
* Excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, verbal and written


Desired skills:

* Working with diversity and cultural awareness
* Experience from similar role in larger global organizations with workforce and stakeholders in different locations
* Deep knowledge in Excel and ease of learning and using HR-related systems
* Experience from conducting salary reviews



This position requires that you pass a security vetting based on the current regulations around/of security protection. For positions requiring security clearance additional obligations on citizenship may apply.



What you will be a part of

We offer a highly interesting role where you will get big responsibility and mandate. You become part of a smaller team of individuals, all with different personalities, interests and responsibilities. Together we make each other better and form a knowledgeable and stable unit that contributes to the success of the company. You report to the Head of HR, a manager who is including, present in the everyday work and willing to support. We looking forward to welcoming you to our team and learn from your expertise as well as share our knowledge with you! Let's make 2023 a fun year at Saabs business area Kockums!

Business Area Kockums
Inside our leading naval factory


We know diversity makes us better! As we work for an even gender distribution, we are happy to see male applicants for this position. Sometimes you have to work hard and put in an extra gear, but at Saab we also promote work life balance!

If you are interested in what benefits you can take part of as an employee at Saab in Sweden, you can read more about them here. Last application date is 7th of February, however kindly observe that this is an ongoing recruitment process and that the position might be filled before the closing date of the advertisement. Your application may be in Swedish or English.

Questions about the job? Don´t hesitate to contact;
Mia Appelkvist Malmer, recruiting manager +46 73 434 27 20

If you aspire to help create and innovate whilst developing yourself in a challenging team setting, Saab may well have the perfect conditions for you to grow. We pride ourselves on a nurturing environment, where everyone is different yet we share the same goal - to help protect people.