HR Generalist

At Konecranes, we believe that great customer experience is built on the people behind the Konecranes name – people committed to providing our customers with lifting equipment and services that lift their businesses. Everything we do, we do with passion and drive.
We believe diversity drives business success and is the foundation for our growth. We welcome different backgrounds and skills that enrich our community and we promote a place where we can ALL be ourselves. This is what makes Konecranes a unique place to work.


Konecranes Industrial Service AB is looking for a HR Generalist to join our Scandinavian Human Resources Team, responsible for providing support for 200+ employees based in the three Scandinavian countries, Sweden, Norway and Denmark.
About us
Konecranes is a global market leading company within lifting equipment. You will find us in over 600 locations all over the world. Regardless of your task, location or background we always live by our three core values, Trust in People, Total Service Commitment and Sustained Profitability.
Why join us?
You will be part of a great supportive Team where you will be allowed to develop yourself and grow within your profession. If you thrive on working in an international environment with colleagues in various locations this is the job for you. We offer a hybrid work model with a great portion of autonomy in your daily work. As a world-leading trademark Konecranes offers a variety of opportunities of personal development for all employees. We put trust in our people and believe that each and every one of us makes a difference.
Learn more about Konecranes as an employer and what your future colleagues have to say by checking career stories in Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AklPBQd_p0I&t=1s or our site www.konecranes.com in Careers: Meet our people.
About the job
As HR Generalist you will partner with our leaders and work on both operational and strategic priorities. The fast-paced environment requires ability to work agile and be a problem solver balancing short and long-term priorities hand in hand with the business leaders. An overall strategic mission is to provide an excellent employee experience and ensure that Konecranes is an engaging place to work, learn and develop. You will be a key player in contributing to people excellence to enable business success. Further you take ownership of the delivery of HR key projects and associate people activities.
People activities are also driven by the company’s annual Human Resources planning and cycles and will include various processes including Performance Management, Salary Review, Engagement Survey, Learning & Development, Diversity & Inclusion, other initiatives to drive cultural change. All this will be done in close cooperation with your team colleagues and our HR Shared Service Team.
We are looking for an HR professional that can take the strategic perspective and go from words to action to meet our long-term business needs.
About you
To be successful in this role we believe you need to possess strong communication skills and be comfortable in a role with many interfaces – managers, union representatives, HR colleagues, partners etc. and you must enjoy developing organisations, managers and employees as well as yourself.
We are looking for someone with extensive HR Generalist experience, preferably at least 5 years in a large organisation. If you have previous knowledge and experience of labour law for Denmark and Norway as well as Swedish labour law it would be a perfect match.
Interested?
We welcome you to apply via our career site latest the 15th of September. We appreciate early applications and reserve a right to finalise the recruitment process once the suitable candidate for the role has been identified
For further information about the role please feel free to contact hiring manager Annika Sandberg, annika.sandberg@konecranes.com or +46733617988


Konecranes is a world-leading group of Lifting Businesses™, serving a broad range of customers. We are truly a global company with 16,900 employees at 600 locations in 50 countries. For over 80 years, we have been dedicated to improving the efficiency and performance of businesses in all types of industries. We believe that sustainable growth is a result of a strong responsible performance. Konecranes is committed to ensuring that all employees and job applicants are treated fairly in an environment which is free from any form of discrimination.