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HR Manager, Scandinavia Our Role

We are looking for an experienced HR Manager to lead and develop all local HR activities for BA Fiskars across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark. This is a key business-facing role where you will partner closely with leaders and employees to ensure high-quality, consistent, and compliant people practices that support business growth. You will drive the HR agenda for the Scandinavian countries, contribute to continuous improvement, and support the full employee life cycle.

You will act as a trusted advisor to leaders and employees, supporting them across the full employee life cycle and helping the business build the right cost structure, capacity, capabilities, and culture to deliver on its goals.

As part of the Sales Cluster Scandinavia Management Team, you will serve as HR Business Partner to the Director, Sales, Scandinavia, with a functional reporting line to the CHRO, Business Area Fiskars.

This position is based in Oslo, Norway and is a fixed-term maternity leave cover (approximately 12 months), available at 75--100%, with a hybrid working model. We are ideally looking for someone to start in April.

Key responsibilities

• Provide end-to-end HR support to leaders and employees across Sweden, Norway, and Denmark

• Act as a trusted advisor on all people-related matters

• Partner closely with HR Managers, the People Experience team, and Group/GBS HR to develop and implement people processes, policies, and initiatives

• Proactively identify HR needs and continuously improve existing processes

• Support the full employee life cycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, engagement, well-being, learning and development, leadership, and compensation & benefits

• Coordinate and support local payroll processes in collaboration with internal and external stakeholders

• Manage relationships with key vendors and external partners together with relevant stakeholders

WHO YOU ARE

You bring a balanced combination of HR expertise, practical problem‑solving abilities, and the capacity to work independently in a dynamic, international environment. You build effective working relationships, communicate clearly, and apply sound judgment in supporting leaders and employees.

What we are looking for

• Around 5 years of experience as an HR Generalist or HR Manager across the full employee life cycle

• Experience in HR Business Partnering

• A university degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field

• Experience supporting B2B sales organizations

• Experience coordinating payroll processes in Norway

• Experience working with stakeholders across multiple countries

• Strong understanding of Norwegian labor law (knowledge of Swedish or Danish labor law is an advantage)

• Experience with global HRIS tools, preferably Workday

• Proficiency in Microsoft 365 tools (PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook, Teams)

• Full professional proficiency in English and at least one Scandinavian language

START YOUR JOURNEY AT FISKARS GROUP

We look forward to receiving your application. We review applications continuously, so please submit your CV in English. A cover letter is not required.

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