What you’ll do

Based in Alicante Airport, the Spain HR Manager will ensure alignment with business goals and foster a positive, high-performance culture across the department. They will oversee and ensure delivery of recruitment needs, accurate and compliant payroll, employment tax & social security requirements, labour relations and employment legislation- while also delivering initiatives as outlined by wider group people strategy.

The Accountabilities of the Role:

- Oversee end-to-end recruitment for Spain airport operations, ensuring vacancies are filled within agreed service levels and attracting high-calibre talent.
- Manage, coach and develop the Spanish HR team, driving high standards of service delivery and excellence.
- Ensure compliance with all employment, onboarding and right-to-work requirements.
- Ownership of the monthly payroll process, ensuring accurate and timely payroll submissions, reconciliations, approvals and statutory reporting.
- Manage relationships with payroll providers and internal stakeholders to resolve payroll queries and ensure compliance with Spanish tax, social security and regulatory requirements.
- Provide advice and guidance on employee relations matters, including disciplinary, grievance, absence, performance and organisational change cases.
- Lead labour relations activity, support collective bargaining implementation and manage employment tribunal matters in partnership with external legal advisers.
- Maintain accurate HR records, statutory notifications and reporting requirements, including year-end reporting, social security obligations and audit readiness.




- Collaborate with the UK People Team to implement central initiatives and ensure alignment with wider organisational objectives.
- Drive diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives, including the delivery of the Equality Plan and compliance with anti-harassment and local reporting obligations.
- Foster an inclusive, high-performance culture that reflects company values and supports employee engagement and development.

The Requirements of the Role:

- Qualification in Human Resources or have at least 2+ years’ experience in a similar role/remit.
- Prior HR leadership experience – retail environment is a plus.
- Experience managing complex employee relations cases and organisational change.
- Payroll and recruitment experience is essential.
- Professional command of spoken and written English is essential (Minimum of B2), fluent in Spanish.
- The ideal candidate will possess strong knowledge of Spanish employment law and payroll practices.
- Experienced working in fast faced, evolving environments.
- Highly driven and can be adaptable to deliver the needs of the business and communicate these needs across teams and departments.
- Strong Microsoft Office and Excel skills.
- Highly developed planning and organisation skills.

About us:





Celebrating 230 years, we’re proud to have grown and evolved into a globally recognised brand present in over 30 countries around the world, and we’re proud to be that air of familiarity people love and trust on their journey, both in life and through life. As a diverse group of over 5,000 colleagues, we are all on the same journey to a better business through our commitments to our planet, people and the communities we serve.

At WHSmith, we’re all about creating an inclusive and welcoming workplace where everyone can be themselves and do their best. No matter your background, age, disability, gender, gender expression, gender identity, race or ethnicity, marital status, religion, sex, sexual orientation or anything else that makes you, you – you’re welcome here.

If you need any adjustments during the selection process, just let our Talent Acquisition team know – we’re happy to help!

Information:

Based in Alicante Airport, hybrid working model

Background & Security Check required

Base Salary: 30,000 € - 40,000 € per year

Sueldo: 30.000,00€-40.000,00€ al año

Preguntas para la solicitud:

- Do you have experience with direct reports?
- Are you willing to go through background, references and security checks in an Airport environment?

Experiencia:

- Retail : 3 años (Obligatorio)
- Gestión de Recursos Humanos: 3 años (Obligatorio)

Idioma:

- English (Obligatorio)
- Spanish (Obligatorio)

Ubicación:

- Alicante, Alicante provincia (Obligatorio)

Ubicación del trabajo: Empleo presencial

📌 Spain HR Manager (Alicante (Alacant))
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📍 Alicante (Alacant)