Labour Relations Specialist Industrial Operations

A partner company is strengthening its team, and Nordic Investin is recruiting a Labour Relations Specialist Industrial Operations. You care about people work that is fair, commercially aware and useful, and you build trust without avoiding difficult decisions.

The partner is strengthening its capability in constructive labour relations during operational and organisational change. You will connect collective agreements, negotiation support and case assessment while ensuring that manager advice and documentation receive appropriate discipline. The aim is practical progress that colleagues can use, leaders can evaluate and the organisation can sustain.

The people function combines employee experience, reliable judgement, usable processes and respect for sensitive information.

You will work with managers, employees and specialist colleagues. The partner values early advice, careful documentation and recommendations people can act on.

This role calls for independent judgement and the ability to raise the quality around you. You are expected to make trade-offs visible, recognise when a decision needs wider expertise and move work forward without creating unnecessary process.

Own the practical direction for constructive labour relations during operational and organisational change.

Translate goals and constraints into a clear approach for collective agreements and negotiation support.

Establish useful standards, routines or decision artefacts around case assessment.

Coordinate stakeholders and dependencies affecting manager advice.

Use evidence and measurable outcomes to improve documentation.

Strengthen knowledge sharing and sustainable ownership through risk management.

Relevant experience delivering constructive labour relations during operational and organisational change in a demanding environment.

Strong working knowledge of collective agreements and negotiation support.

Practical experience applying case assessment and manager advice.

Ability to assess priorities, risks and trade-offs involving documentation.

Evidence of clear stakeholder communication and dependable end-to-end ownership.

Professional English and the judgement to work with sensitive or business-critical information.

Experience that would add value

Experience from manufacturing logistics and unionised operations.

Exposure to risk management in a cross-functional or multi-team environment.

Swedish language skills or experience working across Nordic organisations.

A background that can succeed here

Your background may be in-house, advisory, shared services or consulting. What matters is how you owned decisions, balanced needs and improved outcomes. Direct experience of constructive labour relations during operational and organisational change is valuable, while adjacent experience counts when it shows transferable judgement.

What makes the opportunity interesting

The role gives you access to meaningful organisational questions and the people who can act on them. The focus on constructive labour relations during operational and organisational change gives the opportunity a clear mission and room to influence priorities and success measures.

The exact partner, employment model, compensation, start date and working arrangement will be explained openly during the process. Nordic Investin will make sure you understand the opportunity before asking you to make a decision.

The recruitment conversation

Nordic Investin will focus on decisions you have made: the context, alternatives, result and what you would change today. You will also have room to ask direct questions and test whether the role, mandate and partner environment are right for you.

Apply with your CV or LinkedIn profile and a short note about a relevant organisation, people service or workforce challenge you helped improve. Nordic Investin welcomes different routes into the profession and assesses evidence, judgement and potential alongside formal titles.