HR Advisor

The essence of Action: small prices, big smiles.

Action offers good-quality products at the lowest prices, welcoming millions of customers to our stores every day. We started with a small store in 1993, in Enkhuizen, the Netherlands. Since then, we've grown to more than 3,400 stores across Europe, visited every week by an average of 22.7 million customers.

Our stores offer a constantly changing selection of 6,000 products across 14 different categories –products that are good quality and increasingly sustainable. We have more than 84,000 Action colleagues from 164 nationalities – all working hard to offer our customers products that make daily life easier and more enjoyable.

We are expanding our Action team in Bulgaria to drive our local growth and development. We are now looking for a talented HR Advisor to join us on this exciting journey.

Reporting directly to the Country HR Manager, the HR Advisor is part of the local HR department and the main focus lies on ensuring that HR policies, tools, procedures and processes are consistently carried out within the organization so that line management is optimally equipped to achieve its business objectives.

This vacancy is opened for candidates from Sofia but the flexibility and willingness to travel across the country and the assigned Region is an important criteria for the job.

Areas of responsibility:

Be a Trusted Advisor

• Serve as the go-to person for all HR-related matters, guiding our managers through day-to-day challenges.
• Provide advice and expertise on HR policies, employment laws, and best practices.

Drive Excellence

• Ensure HR policies are implemented smoothly and align with legal requirements.
• Translate business needs into actionable HR initiatives and goals.
• Lead HR projects and help integrate meaningful changes within the organization.

Contribute to Growth

• Play a key role in workforce planning to meet the company’s goals.
• Bring top talent on board through quality interviews, timely selections, and efficient recruitment processes.

Foster Collaboration

• Support conflict resolution and provide guidance during disputes.
• Collaborate with the Legal team on sensitive cases, as needed.

Coach and Develop Leaders

• Coach and develop management in leadership skills and provide support in both tactical and operational HR topics.
• Act as a business partner for line management in organizational development and change management related situations.

Competencies and experience required:

Competencies:

• Results orientation
• Planning and organizing
• Handling difficult situations
• Good communicator in both Bulgarian and English
• Proficient with Excel
• Works efficiently and effectively, also when under time pressure.
• Works effectively with others to achieve common goals.

Requirements for the job:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably with a degree in the field of Human Resources.
• Minimum 2 years experience in a similar role (HR Generalist, HR Business Partner, HR Project Manager etc. or Store Manager).
• Minimum 2 years experience in the Retail industry is an advantage.
• Driving license B category.
• Flexibility and willingness to travel in various locations across the country or the assigned region – around of 80% of the working time will be spent in our stores.

What you can look forward to:

• Permanent employment contract | 20 days of vacation
• A company car
• Monthly meal vouchers
• 15% employee discount on all products
• A culture where our values aren't just on the wall, we live them
• A real chance to shape Action's growth, not just watch it happen
• Honest, open feedback - both ways
• Flat hierarchies, so you'll work closely with other departments, not around them
• Plenty of room to grow as the company keeps expanding

Action values:

• Customer orientation
• Cost consciousness
• Teamwork
• Discipline
• Simplicity
• Respects

What you can look forward to

• Permanent employment contract | 20 days of vacation
• A company car
• Monthly meal vouchers
• 15% employee discount on all products
• A culture where our values aren't just on the wall, we live them
• A real chance to shape Action's growth, not just watch it happen
• Honest, open feedback - both ways
• Flat hierarchies, so you'll work closely with other departments, not around them
• Plenty of room to grow as the company keeps expanding

Join the Action!