HR Generalist - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

People Services

Sony Europe are on the lookout a dynamic HR Generalist to play a pivotal role in supporting our employees and line managers across a broad spectrum of HR functions.

In this position, you will onboard new starters, manage complex employee queries, and administer benefits, payroll processes and drive recruitment for junior level hires,

You will serve as a trusted advisor on HR matters, ensuring compliance with labour laws and Health & Safety policies, while implementing company initiatives that create a positive and engaging workplace.

This role is a key point of contact for employees and managers alike, helping to align HR practices with business objectives and fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.

Your role will involve:

• HR Support & Employee Lifecycle Management – Provide first-line HR support for employees and managers across onboarding, role changes, annual salary reviews, bonuses, and other HR queries, ensuring accuracy, consistency, and compliance.
• Query Ownership & Resolution – Take ownership of employee and manager queries, resolving them within defined SLAs and documenting learnings for process improvement.
• Recruitment & Onboarding – Manage Grade 3 and below recruitment, including job postings, screening, interviews, hiring, and onboarding of new employees.
• Employee Relations & Grievances – Address employee concerns, handle grievances in collaboration with ER and Compliance, and escalate complex cases when needed.
• Compensation & Benefits Administration – Support payroll processes, administer employee benefits and pension plans, and ensure accurate payroll data input.
• Performance Management & Development – Assist with performance evaluations, goal setting, performance improvement plans, and maintain training and development initiatives.
• HR Systems & Compliance – Maintain HR information systems (Workday, HR Bot, SharePoint), ensure legal and policy compliance, and manage employee records and documentation.
• Manager Guidance & Health & Safety – Provide guidance to managers on HR, employee relations, and compliance issues, and implement activities in line with Health and Safety policies.

You will bring:

• Proven HR Generalist experience within the listed location, ideally in a multicultural and matrix organization.
• Comfortable working with large-scale, complex data.
• Proven track record to deliver services and meet deadlines.
• Strong prioritization, multitasking, and attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced, growing environment.
• Self-starter with the ability to handle complex situations.
• Fluent in English; proficiency in other European languages is a plus.
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office tools.

Our Recruitment Process

Your initial application (made via our official portal) will be carefully reviewed by one of our experienced Talent Acquisition Partners. If your presented profile meets the requirements above, we’d not hesitate to schedule an initial call with you to learn more about your interest, skills and experience.

Next, you’ll get to meet your future line manager. You could be presenting a case study that we’ll share with you beforehand (to give you plenty of preparation time), which we believe helps us understand how you would handle similar situations at work, as well as giving you a good idea of the kind of work you’ll be doing.

Finally, we would be delighted to invite you to our office in Berlin to meet with the wider team. This visit will allow you to meet your future colleagues, experience the commute, and get a sense of your future work environment.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Your New Office

Berlin

Our modern office with height-adjustable desks is located in the heart of Berlin at Potsdamer Platz, with perfect transport connections to the bus, underground and S-Bahn, as well as regional trains. Here you have the opportunity to spend your lunch break walking through the Tiergarten or shopping in the "Mall of Berlin". Or you can relax with a free coffee or tea in our ‘Village’, which is a comfortably furnished area for staff with a view of the Philharmonie and Tiergarten.

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individual with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at AccommodationRequest@eu.sony.com or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.

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