Join ADAMA –
- A General Leader in Crop Protection shaping the future of agriculture.
With nearly 8,500 employees and $4 billion in annual sales across more than 100 countries, ADAMA is one of the world’s top crop protection companies and part of the Syngenta Group. Our mission is to create simplicity in agriculture – helping farmers grow. We are proud to foster a diverse and inclusive workplace and welcome candidates from all backgrounds.
We are seeking an experienced Senior HR Generalist to deliver end-to-end HR operations across assigned European countries, preferably based in Romania or Hungary. You will act as the first point of contact for operational HR matters, ensuring efficient people processes while enabling HR Business Partners to focus on strategic initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
- Workforce &
- Organizational Administration: Act as the guardian of core HR data. Maintain org charts and position management within SAP SuccessFactors. Execute mass data changes, process internal transfers, manage absence tracking, and maintain accurate global e-files and document management.
- Employee Lifecycle Logistics (Onboarding &
- Offboarding): Manage the practical, end-to-end logistics of the employee journey. This includes pre-hire preparation, Day 1 system and office coordination, assigning certifications, and handling all SuccessFactors termination updates and offboarding logistics.
- Payroll, Time &
Compensation Execution: Take ownership of the "Zero-to-Gross" payroll preparation, time and attendance (T&A;) administration, and pre/post-payroll controls. Execute routine compensation and benefits administration, including ad-hoc salary and bonus updates, retro payments,
and benefits enrollment.
- Workforce Experience &
- Tier 1 Support: Serve as the dedicated escalation point for employee and manager HR queries. Resolve incoming tickets and actively create, update, and maintain HR knowledge articles in the self-service portal so employees can find answers faster.
- Learning Operations: Partner with the global Learning design functions and local HRBPs to handle the tactical administration, logistics, and system tracking of employee training programs.
- Process Optimization &
- Manager Support: Continuously look for ways to simplify the above tasks.
Train and support managers on how to use Manager Self-Service (MSS) in SuccessFactors to handle routine changes themselves, reducing manual email requests
Who are we looking for? You are driven by a passion to untangle fragmented local processes and build automated, efficient, employee centric processes.
To succeed, you must speak both "Tech" (mastering platforms like SAP SuccessFactors and AI tools) and "Human" (possessing the empathy to design frictionless, intuitive experiences that people actually want to use). Ultimately, you are both an executer of "day to day" processes across a challenging and energetic environment, and a relentless simplifier who confidently sets boundaries,
eliminates administrative bottlenecks, and empowers Adama's business leaders with the data and autonomy they need to thrive.
- Proven experience in HR ops work across European countries
- HR Processes &
- Data Governance: expertise with SAP SuccessFactors Employee Central is an advantage. You will need to, Master Data Management, while enforcing system data integrity to establish a true "Single Source of Truth".
- Operational Logistics &
- Human-Centric Design: Strong cross-functional coordination skills (across IT, Facilities, and local HR) designed with empathy so new hires and existing employees feel supported during lifecycle transitions.
- Analytical Literacy &
- Vendor Management: High numerical accuracy for payroll/compensation execution, ability to manage external payroll providers, and a thorough understanding of cross-border Central/Eastern EU regulatory frameworks (e.g., GDPR data privacy).
- Knowledge Management &
- Tech Writing: Strong capabilities in distilling complex HR policies into simple, searchable knowledge articles (QRGs and SOPs) to drive self-service adoption, alongside proficient case/ticket management.
- Process Engineering Mindset: LEAN and Agile fluency, with a track record of identifying operational bottlenecks and deploying automation (such as RPA or AI tools like SAP Joule) to constantly improve efficiencies and reclaim capacity for the business
- Multiple EU countries and complex stakeholders management Capable of delivering HR support across multiple countries by balancing global process standardization with necessary regional adaptability and compliance
📌 Senior HR Operations Specialist (Madrid)
🏢 ADAMA
📍 Madrid