HR Specialist

Job Information

Number
WEBWW-2025-000035
Job function
Admin/Office Support
Job type
Full-time
Location
Barcelona
Country
Spain

About the Position

Introduction

Werfen is a growing, family-owned, innovative company founded in 1966 in Barcelona, Spain. We are a worldwide leader in specialized diagnostics in the areas of Hemostasis, Acute Care Diagnostics, Transfusion, Autoimmunity, and Transplant. Through our Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) business line, we research, develop, and manufacture customized assays and biomaterials. We operate directly in 30 countries, and in more than 100 territories through distributors. Our Headquarters and Technology Centers are located in the US and Europe, and our workforce is more than 7,000 strong.

Overview

The incumbent of this position will be part of the HR Admin team. The department is mainly responsible for all the tasks related to our employee’s lifecycle, from an administration point of view, such as on-boarding, hiring, calculating payroll, compensation and benefits processes, etc. The HR Associate will be responsible for the preparation of salary payroll for Werfen Iberia companies in accordance with Company’s policies and procedures.

Responsibilities

On-boarding

  • Participate in the coordination of the on-boarding process
  • Communicate to Social Security and INEM the new employee
  • Maintenance of the movements of the template in the different databases
  • Attend queries from employees regarding internal processes, policies and tools

Working Life

  •  Update changes of employee’s life in database
  •  Manage accidents, maternity/paternity/illness leave
  •  Administration tasks related to other employee benefits 
  •  Control payroll inputs and outputs monthly
  •  Calculate payroll
  •  Prepare and file Social Security and IRPF taxes
  •  Help employees on enquiries about their pay-slips, contracts, absences, etc.
  •  Collaboration in case of internal or external audit

Others

  • Employee’s certificates
  • Prepare information to provide other departments

Networking/Key relationships

  • With Managers and employees. We care about of all them
  • With HR Team
  • With HR Corporate Team based in Barcelona

Qualifications

Minimum Knowledge & Experience required for the position:

  • Minimum of 3/5 years of work experience in a HR department; previous knowledge of payroll and benefits
  • Knowledge of labour legislation and official webs: SISTEMA RED, SILTRA, DELTA, CONTRAT@
  • Knowledge of SAP on user level required
  • Knowledge of accountability a plus
  • Extensive knowledge of Microsof Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
  • Language fluency: Spanish native, medium level of English is a must, Portuguese a plus

Skills & Capabilities:

  • High communication skills, both written and spoken
  • Responsible, self-demanding in the achievement of a good job
  • Proactive and with hands on mentality
  • Self-organized, able to deal with heavy workload
  • Concern for learning and understanding processes and tools, seeking the optimization of resources
  • Open to change, flexible and able to adapt and learn from others
  • Analytical capacity to understand the processes
  • Professional even when performing repetitive tasks
  • Role model in terms of Ethics and Compliance

Travel requirements:

Up to 10%

 

If you are interested in constantly learning and being challenged on a daily basis, we encourage you to submit your resume or CV.

Werfen appreciates and values diversity. We are an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer M/F/D/V.

www.werfen.com