Peter Szilagyi
HR Professional
Budapest,BU
Summary
Senior Human Resources Leader with over 18 years of experience in multiple HR functions and industries (manufacturing, telecommunication) leading multi-cultural teams across Europe and US. Possess a professional passion for leadership, innovation, value creation, improve efficiency, and change management.
Overview
22
22
years of professional experience
18
18
years of post-secondary education
2
2
Certifications
2
2
Languages
Work History
People Experience Strategic Lead - Employment
Nokia
01.2021 - Current
- Global People Experience stakeholder for employment-related activities / HR processes and policies
- Coordinate activities for employment global programs (remote work global implementation, flexible work options, external temporary labor compliance, etc) in close cooperation with CoE and Legal & Compliance.
Head of HR Central Europe & Central Asia
Nokia
1 2021 - Current
- Scope: 20 countries
- Act as key HR representative in the region
- Lead a multicultural and diverse team of seasoned country HRs and global SMEs
- Provide strategic HR insight, trustful guidance and feasible solutions for people matters
- Close cooperation with business, HR Operation, labor representatives and external entities
- Advise stakeholders about the frame of local legislation, support localization of global initiatives
- Drives activities related to labor compliance and HR related audits
- Support to solve complex labor law, compliance, ethic and disciplinary cases
- Actively works on improving employee engagement and employer branding together with business and other internal stakeholders
- Supports collective labor agreement negotiations for countries in scope.
Head of Payroll North America & Europe
Nokia
05.2014 - 12.2020
- Leading a diverse team located in multiple time-zones
- Global payroll concept and strategy
- Global payroll setup aiming for simplification, standardization and digitalization
- Global vendor management with strategic partners
- Audit / SOX / KPI / Compliance management
- Drive regional outsource activities, coordinates other regions activities for payroll outsourcing
- Cooperation with regional HR teams, CoE, Digital team for global project.
Head of HR Operation West & South Europe
Nokia
01.2011 - 05.2014
- Leading a diverse team with team members across Europe
- Key role in designing, implementing and developing HR shared service operations in the region in order to provide efficient solutions with a positive customer experience
- Harmonization and standardization of HR MoOs for the region
- M&A management / restructuring
- Change management
- Global / regional HR operation projects.
HR Operations Head, Central Europe
Nokia Siemens Networks
05.2006 - 12.2010
- HR experience with the manufacturing / factory environment
- Team lead, people management
- Coordinate HR aspects of the company divestment and integration into the new entity
- Develop a subregional HR service center
- Support change management activities and competence / knowledge transfer
- Design, standardization, harmonization and implementation of HR policies and processes
- Payroll vendor management and operative management
- Coordinate C&B tasks and personnel administration
- Global project coordination in the subregion (restructuring, new sales incentive model, leading system implementation, payroll outsourcing for the subregion).
Country HR Manager, Slovakia
Nokia Siemens Networks
03.2007 - 11.2009
- Coordinate country people agenda activities to improve employee engagement and employer branding
- Change management and restructuring
- Provide local legal & compliance expertise
- Lead local worker council negotiations
- Support local recruitment and talent management.
Country HR Director
Magyar Cukor (Südzucker/Agrana)
01.2004 - 05.2006
- Experience with the manufacturing environment
- Manage local collective labor agreement
- Teamlead, people management
- Country legal & compliance
- Resource management (recruitment, restructuring)
- Project management (competence review, HR cost savings, payroll outsourcing, etc)
- Change management.
Payroll and Benefits Manager
Waterworks Bp (Suez/RWE)
01.2002 - 01.2004
- Teamlead
- Compliance (tax, labor law)
- Roll-out company compensation & benefit programs.
Education
Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Leadership and Management / Finance
University of Miskolc
01.1992 - 04.1997
Postgraduate Studies On Jurisprudence - Civil law / Labor law
University of Miskolc
Hungary 01.1997 - 04.2002
Adaptable Leader Program
01.2017 - 01.2024
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Strategic Leadership Program
Skills
HR Operations
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Aligning Customer Experience with Company Culture
Timeline
People Experience Strategic Lead - Employment
Nokia
01.2021 - Current
Adaptable Leader Program
01.2017 - 01.2024
Head of Payroll North America & Europe
Nokia
05.2014 - 12.2020
Head of HR Operation West & South Europe
Nokia
01.2011 - 05.2014
Country HR Manager, Slovakia
Nokia Siemens Networks
03.2007 - 11.2009
HR Operations Head, Central Europe
Nokia Siemens Networks
05.2006 - 12.2010
Country HR Director
Magyar Cukor (Südzucker/Agrana)
01.2004 - 05.2006
Payroll and Benefits Manager
Waterworks Bp (Suez/RWE)
01.2002 - 01.2004
Postgraduate Studies On Jurisprudence - Civil law / Labor law
University of Miskolc
01.1997 - 04.2002
Master of Science (M.Sc.) - Leadership and Management / Finance
University of Miskolc
01.1992 - 04.1997
Head of HR Central Europe & Central Asia
Nokia
1 2021 - Current
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Strategic Leadership Program
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