HR Specialist - Plant Ramp-up

HR Specialist (m/f/d) | CAIP Hungary

CAIP Group is a global Tier 1 automotive supplier for premium interior components — instrument panels, door panels, and decorative trims — for leading European OEMs. We are building a new manufacturing plant in Nyíregyháza and staffing it from zero to [X] employees within [timeframe].

This is not a maintenance HR role. You will hire the workforce that starts production and set up the HR processes the plant will run on.

Your responsibilities

Recruitment — your main focus in the ramp-up phase

• Run end-to-end recruitment for blue-collar and white-collar positions, from requisition to signed contract.
• Write and place job ads, screen applications, conduct interviews, and support hiring managers in selection decisions.
• Steer external recruitment partners and temporary staffing agencies against clear cost and time-to-hire targets.
• Track and report the hiring pipeline against the ramp-up plan — management needs to see gaps before they hit the line.

Employer branding

• Build our visibility in the Nyíregyháza labour market: job fairs, career events, vocational school and university contacts, local campaigns.
• Position a newly arrived Chinese employer as a credible long-term choice in a competitive regional market.

Onboarding and employee lifecycle

• Coordinate pre-employment and onboarding, including occupational health checks and mandatory documentation.

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• Prepare employment contracts, amendments, and termination documentation in line with the Hungarian Labour Code.
• Support new employees through their integration — critical when large groups start at once.

Training

• Organize internal and external training; coordinate schedules, participants, providers, and documentation.
• Maintain training records and monitor mandatory qualifications, including customer- and audit-relevant requirements (IATF 16949, occupational safety).

HR administration, payroll, and reporting

• Maintain employee data and personnel files in compliance with Hungarian law and GDPR.
• Administer attendance, leave, and working time — including shift patterns and overtime rules.
• Prepare and verify payroll input with our external payroll provider and resolve discrepancies.
• Deliver headcount, fluctuation, absence, and recruitment reports to plant management and to group HR.

Processes and compliance

• Build and improve HR policies and procedures — in a greenfield plant, most of them do not exist yet.
• Ensure HR documentation and practice comply with Hungarian labour legislation and group requirements.
• Support HR topics in customer audits and internal reviews.
• Work closely with plant management, international HR colleagues, and the group headquarters.

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Your profile

• Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Economics, or comparable qualification.
• 3+ years of generalist HR experience; strong recruitment track record, ideally with blue-collar volume hiring.
• Working knowledge of Hungarian labour law and payroll administration.
• Native Hungarian and confident English — you work locally and report internationally.
• Structured and self-directed: in a ramp-up you set your own priorities before anyone assigns them.
• Confident in MS Office; experience with an HR system or applicant tracking tool is an advantage.

Preferred

• Manufacturing or automotive background.
• Experience in a plant start-up or ramp-up.
• Experience in an international or multicultural organization.

What we offer

• The chance to build an HR function rather than administer one.
• Direct access to plant management and to group HR; visible impact from day one.
• Relocation support