JOB PURPOSE

Looking for an HR role that combines international exposure, meaningful stakeholder interaction, and hands-on impact across the employee lifecycle?

As HR Specialist EMEA, you will play a key role at the heart of Amcor’s EMEA Central Functions, supporting a dynamic and fast-evolving population across multiple countries.

Reporting to the HR Business Partner for Central Functions, and working within a collaborative HR team of 8, this role partners closely with business leaders, people managers, and HR Centres of Excellence to deliver high-quality HR operations, data-driven insights, and improvement projects.

The scope is broad, the environment is high-visibility and matrixed, and the opportunity is ideal for someone eager to grow toward an HR Business Partner role or a future HR Centre of Excellence specialization.

This position offers a unique mix of day-to-day HR operations and project-based work, in a truly international EMEA context where transformation, analytics, and stakeholder engagement are part of everyday life.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

Compensation, Benefits & Employee Lifecycle Support

• Maintain accurate HR data across systems and tracking tools, proactively identifying inconsistencies and risks.
• Support annual salary review and bonus processes, job architecture reviews, and documentation across the full employee lifecycle (hire, changes, exits).

Talent & Development Processes

• Coordinate and support the end-to-end performance management cycle, including goal setting, reviews, compliance tracking, and manager enablement sessions.
• Support onboarding follow-up, talent councils, learning administration, 360° feedback processes, and selected talent acquisition activities.

HR Data, Reporting & Record Management

• Maintain organization charts, headcount tracking, budget adherence, and employment data across multiple countries.
• Produce regular analyses and insights using HR data and reporting tools (e.g. Excel, PowerBI) to support decision-making.

Communication, Projects & Continuous Improvement

• Manage internal HR communications, announcements, and SharePoint content for employees.
• Contribute to HR projects linked to functional strategy and innovation (e.g. dashboards, reporting tools, career paths, employee hubs)

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor’s degree with 2–3 years of experience in HR or People Operations

• Strong planning, organization, and prioritization skills, able to manage deadlines in a fast-paced, changing environment

• Proven stakeholder management and customer-focused mindset, comfortable working with employees, managers, and senior leaders

• Solid analytical skills with hands-on experience in HR data management and reporting; advanced Excel required

• Proactive, adaptable, and resilient, with clear communication, strong collaboration skills, and the ability to work under pressure

• Fluent English (spoken and written)