We are currently looking for a HR Manager for our production site in Ede, the Netherlands.

How will you make a difference?
The HR Manager ensures strategic and operational excellence in workforce management by attracting, developing, and retaining talent. Foster a positive work environment, drive organizational growth, ensure compliance, and align HR policies with business goals to enhance employee engagement, performance, and company success.

What will your typical day look like?

  • Policy Development & Advice: Design and implement strategic HR policies in coordination with HR Corporate and Centers of Expertise, focusing on recruitment, career planning, compensation, and employee relations.
  • Organizational Strategy: Collaborate with management to define HR objectives, manage budgets, and enhance staffing and training efforts while overseeing HR systems like Workday.
  • Performance Monitoring: Supervise budgets for HR initiatives and evaluate performance against KPIs to ensure alignment with strategic goals.
  • Information Management: Generate and maintain key HR reports, handbooks, and documentation, including compliance with corporate guidelines and social reporting.
  • Team Leadership: Direct HR department activities, including staffing decisions and employment terms, in partnership with both corporate and local leadership.
  • Communication & Consultation: Serve as the main HR liaison for managers and employees, leading recruitment and dismissal processes and aligning global and local HR policies.
  • Authority & Decision-Making: Implement HR policies, set departmental priorities, and drive initiatives to meet organizational goals.
  • Operational Responsibility: Ensure adequate staffing, enforce budgetary compliance, and contribute to a dynamic, future-ready HR environment.

What do we want to know from you?

  • At least 5 years of proven experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Operations Manager, demonstrating a strong track record in strategic and operational HR management within international or matrixed organizations.
  • A completed education at a minimum bachelor’s level, preferably in HR, Business Administration, or Organizational Psychology.
  • Native Dutch and fluency in English
  • Strong hands-on mentality with independent execution capabilities.
  • Proficiency in HR systems such as Workday/ATPS.

Are you interested? Apply directly via: Careers

Successful candidates will be employed under local employment conditions and must already satisfy local employment/work permit and residency regulations.

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