Grow your People career with us!

Want to build your People/HR career in a fast-paced, international tech company?

At ABAX, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We are now looking for a passionate and driven People Specialist to join our team for a 1-year parental leave cover. In this hands-on role, you’ll be instrumental in creating outstanding employee experiences, and ensuring every team member feels supported from day one. If you thrive in a dynamic environment, are eager to take ownership, and want to grow your expertise in people and culture, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

Some of the things you will be working on:

• Contribute to a first-class employee experience – from onboarding new hires to supporting employees with People-related queries.

• Be a key player in our day-to-day people operations – handling contracts, ensuring vital training opportunities via ABAX School for new joiners, and helping leaders make great onboarding of new employees.

• Optimise our People Platform– helping us make the most of HiBob and other digital tools.

• Contribute to exciting projects – from improving onboarding to global engagement initiatives.

This hands-on role allows you to take initiative, experiment, and develop your expertise in a dynamic, international environment.

What's in it for you?

At ABAX, we offer a growing and dynamic workspace with engaged and dedicated colleagues from all over the world. At ABAX, no two days are alike, and we offer a varied role with a lot of responsibility. With the right mindset, this role will challenge and allow you to keep developing your skills. We take pride in that ABAX workplaces are pleasant and designed for personal advancement and fulfillment. 

What we believe you bring (or is excited to learn!):

• A relevant BSc or MSc in Organizational Psychology, HR, Administration, Business management, or other relevant field.

• A passion for people & HR operations – you want to make things work smoothly for employees and leaders.

• A solution-oriented mindset – you enjoy figuring things out, improving processes, and making an impact.

• Strong organisational & detail skills – you like keeping things structured, accurate, and efficient.

• Interest in digital tools – experience with People Platforms or HRIS systems (like HiBob) is excellent, but a willingness to learn is just as important.

• Great communication skills – whether answering a question explaining vacation policies or helping navigate an internal process, you can make things clear and easy to understand.

• Some previous HR experience (1–2 years preferred) – but if you are business-savvy, eager to learn, and have a relevant degree, we want to hear from you.

Other benefits include:

• Beautiful office in Larvik, with in-house canteen.

• Enrollment in ABAX School to help you hit the ground running.

• Private healthcare insurance.

• Awesome people to learn from and grow with.

Personal attributes:

We are looking for a person who recognizes themselves in our four values: enthusiastic, customer-centric, innovative, and sustainable. We believe that you are well-organized, detail oriented and have a good ability in prioritizing your tasks. At ABAX, we highly value teamwork where being a team player is essential for our continued success. The ideal candidate has a mindset that expects to be challenged, always looking for ways to work smarter and is motivated by open continuous feedback on performance.

Excited? Let’s Talk!

If this sounds like the kind of opportunity you’d love to explore, we’d love to hear from you! There is no need for a perfect CV – apply, and let’s start a conversation.

Other information:

• Start date: as soon as possible

• Work extent: Full time

• Location: Larvik, Norway

Our hiring process:

1. We do look at your resume when some kind of experience is required but – early in our process we aim to do an objective screening with recruitment tests from our supplier Master

2. First interview with one of our recruitment specialists and the hiring manager – focusing even more on who you are and also – what you know.

3. Second interview with hiring manager and one other stake holder, could be a team member for example – to get to know each other even better. At this stage, we might also have a case exercise – focusing on how you would to the work.

4. Digital reference check through our supplier RefApp

Please note that a background check might need to be conducted in parallel with the reference check stage

5. Offer and celebration!

About ABAX

By translating the customers' needs into advanced technology solutions, ABAX unlocks company data potential.

ABAX is one of the largest telematics companies in Europe with solutions for mileage claim, tool tracking, and equipment control with over 500 000 tracked units all over the world. In 2020 ABAX started a journey expanding into developing mobility data solutions entering new verticals like insurance and leasing being the preferred mobility data provider for the B2B industry on a wider scale. ABAX solutions help our customers run their businesses smarter and more sustainable, making it easy to improve efficiency, comply with legislation, and increase profitability.

We know happy employees equal happy customers, and we do our utmost to facilitate employee satisfaction, both in and out of work. We have around 300 employees spread across offices in nine countries. Our Headquarters and Tech Centre are situated in Larvik, on the southeast coast of Norway. Our values: Enthusiastic, Customer-centric, Innovative and Sustainable form the foundation of our daily work, every hour of every day.