HR Country Manager Denmark

About the role

Alfa Laval is looking for an HR Country Manager for Denmark, a newly established position supporting the Scaling for Future direction with 2,000 employees and five Danish legal entities. The role ensures HR alignment across the entities, compliance with Danish legislation and collective agreements, and harmonization of people policies and practices. It covers four sites (Søborg, Kolding, Aalborg and Nakskov) and includes duties as HR representative in the Danish Country Council and HR business partner for the Søborg site and the HR Shared Services Scandinavia organization.

Key responsibilities

• Plan and drive national HR focus areas for the five Danish entities in line with the business and People strategies
• Develop and implement people policies, processes, routines, guidelines, tools and analytics, and ensure consistency of benefits frameworks, allowances and principles
• Coordinate the salary budget and review process in Denmark with the Employee Relations team in HR Shared Services
• Support management in organizational, leadership and competence development
• Handle local HR matters at the Søborg site, including Site Management, the Works Council, the Work Environment Council and the Crisis Management Team
• Lead the country's approach to unions, including collective agreement governance and employee relations guidance
• Travel mainly to sites in Denmark, with a few days per year in Europe

Required profile

• Solid experience in a similar role within a large international matrix organization and strong country-level HR governance background
• In-depth knowledge of Danish labour law, industrial relations, negotiations and collective agreements
• Experience leading change work and implementing HR processes, routines and guidelines
• University education in HR of at least 180 ECTS credits, or an equivalent degree
• Driving licence
• Strong preference for candidates living close to the Søborg office

Required skills

• Good ability to work in HR systems
• Danish and English, with the ability to write clear routines, guidelines and strategic documents

Applications are made through the company's career site, not by email, and must be received by 18 November 2026. Candidates are invited to complete Pymetrics assessments and undergo background checks and pre-employment testing.