Employee and External Life Cycle Specialist Spanish Speaker

About the job

As Employee & External Life Cycle Specialist, you will be a key contributor to our Global Business Services (GBS) People Lifecycle (PPL) team, supporting HR Services for Spain and the UK. You'll help shape the employee experience by managing lifecycle processes and external workforce data, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement.

Main responsibilities

• Manage employee lifecycle activities: onboarding, contract changes, leaves, exits, international moves, and reporting.
• Support knowledge transfer and system testing during the initial setup phase, including documentation and work shadowing.
• Respond to employee queries with a customer-first mindset, promoting self-service resources and ensuring SLA compliance.
• Maintain and manage data for external workforce: onboarding/offboarding, queries, and reporting.
• Collaborate with HR, Payroll, Legal, Compliance, Digital, and third-party providers to ensure seamless service delivery.
• Contribute to continuous improvement by identifying issues, proposing solutions, and sharing best practices.
• Support business initiatives such as mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and technology rollouts.

About you

• Languages: Fluent in English and Spanish (written and verbal).
• Experience in HR operations, customer service, or shared services, ideally in a multicultural environment.
• Familiarity with transformation projects and case management systems.
• Strong communication and customer service skills, with a proactive and professional approach.
• Ability to prioritize, stay organized, and work collaboratively in a team.
• General knowledge of HR policies and procedures; experience with Workday or similar HRIS is a plus.
• Education: BA/BSc or equivalent in HR or related discipline.

Why us?

At Opella, you will enjoy doing challenging, purposeful work, empowered to develop consumer brands with passion and creativity. This is your chance to grow new skills and be part of a bold, collaborative, and inclusive culture where people can thrive and be at their best every day.

You'll benefit from:

• An international work environment with opportunities to innovate and grow.
• Market-competitive salary and cafeteria benefits.
• Flexible home office policy (up to 40% remote).
• Collective life and accident insurance.
• Annual medical check-up.
• Structured onboarding with a dedicated Buddy.
• Career development opportunities within Sanofi.
• Language Club and community events (Board Game Nights, Summer Events, Well-Being Lectures & Sport Clubs).

We Are Challengers.

We are dedicated to making self-care as simple as it should be. That starts with our culture. We are challengers by nature, and this is how we do things:

All In Together: We keep each other honest and have each other's backs.
Courageous: We break boundaries and take thoughtful risks with creativity.
Outcome-Obsessed: We are personally accountable, driving sustainable impact and results with integrity.
Radically Simple: We strive to make things simple for us and simple for consumers, as it should be.

Join us on our mission. Health. In your hands.
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