Culture and Engagement Expert (m/f)

Job description

About Us Are you passionate about shaping corporate culture, driving employee engagement, and leading strategic HR initiatives? Join us, at Lidl Bulgaria and become a key contributor to our employee experience! With more than 140 stores and 2 logistics centres in the country, Lidl Bulgaria has been consolidating its leading position as a responsible investor, a loyal employer and a preferred shopping destination offering high quality at a good price for more than 15 years. For our Head Office in Garitage Park, Sofia, we are looking to hire: Culture and Engagement Expert (m/f) What will you do? Your mission will be to ensure our organizational culture thrives, actively engaging employees and driving strategic HR initiatives. As a core part of our team, you will: Facilitate the creation of concepts regarding employee retention and motivation. Drive organizational change initiatives, ensuring that employee engagement remains at the core of our cultural and business transformation. Organize, conduct, and analyze employee surveys, including moderating focus groups if needed, and derive, track, and implement action areas and measures. Coordinate, communicate, and consult on all national topics and processes related to engagement and culture. Organize, plan, and execute employee events, national or regional initiatives (e.g. teambuilding and other events). Strategically orient, develop, and manage occupational health programs. Implement and support future concepts related to corporate values, leadership, and new ways of working (NWOW). Ensure that diversity, equity, and inclusion are seamlessly embedded in the entire employee lifecycle, fostering a culture of belonging at every stage. Implement concepts and measures in the field of Corporate Social Responsibility. Prepare evaluations, analyses, statistics, and concepts on key topics related to employee engagement. Support internal communication (e.g., creating intranet articles) in collaboration with Corporate Communications. What do we expect from you? We are looking for a highly committed professional with strong organizational skills who can quickly integrate into our team. Core Requirements: Proven ability to organize and understand complex facts and interrelationships. Self-initiative, high responsibility, and excellent project management skills, willingness to learn, and flexibility in thinking and actions. Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Human Resources, Psychology, Business Administration, or a related field. Proven attention to detail, especially when working with data and reporting. Excellent communication, negotiation, and teamwork skills. Proficiency in Bulgarian (minimum fluent) is mandatory, and minimum good knowledge of English (B2) or German (B2) is required. Valuable assets: Proven experience (5+ years) in Employee Engagement, Talent development, Organizational Culture, or HR Project Management in a corporate environment is a strong asset. Direct experience with building concepts, facilitating change initiatives, organizing corporate events, health management initiatives, or DE&B programs is highly valued. Ability to easily establish trusting relationships with colleagues and business partners. What do we offer you? Work in an international company with career development opportunities. Onboarding training. Food vouchers worth up to 102,26 € per month based on hours worked. Additional health insurance. Multisport card at a preferential price. 1 additional day paid leave for your birthday. Additional day of paid vacation for every 5 years working at the company. “Refer a Friend” bonus of 515 € to 770 € gross. Gift and cash bonus for the birth of a child in the amount of 340 € gross. Gift set of school supplies for employees with children from 1st to 8th grade. Discount on annual subscription to online learning platform for employees with children from 1st to 12th grade. Christmas and Easter bonus. Assistance program for employees and their families - free psychological, financial and legal counseling. Workplace - Garitage Park, Sofia. Apply online now! To be considered, please attach your resume to your application. We will contact shortlisted candidates directly, so please provide a current phone number. All applicants will receive a written response. Lidl Bulgaria guarantees Honesty, punctuality and transparency in the employment relationship. Complete confidentiality in reviewing of applications. Full protection of your personal data in accordance with current EU regulations and Bulgarian legislation. * Please read here the full information about our Personal Data Protection.