HR Country Manager The Netherlands

HR Country Manager The Netherlands & Malle (BE)

**Location**:Zundert, NL, 4881 XZAt Barry Callebaut, we are on a journey to transform the cocoa and chocolate industry. As the world’s leading manufacturer of high-quality chocolate and cocoa products, our actions truly shape the future of our industry. We are a business-to-business company, serving the entire food sector, from the cocoa bean to the finest chocolate product. We are a company with a purpose, we believe in doing well by doing good and reinvesting in the communities we operate. We have a long-standing commitment to sustainability and our goal is to shape a sustainable cocoa and chocolate future. We are headquartered in Zurich, and have more than 12,000 passionate Employees working in more than 40 countries worldwide. We are very proud of who we are and what we do. And of course, we are always looking for talented people to help us have a positive impact on our industry and beyond

**About the role**
- The role holder supports the local and country Management Teams with their key people/HR challenges and holds the responsibility for all employees in the Netherlands and one production facility in Malle, Belgium. He/she leverages and liaises with his/her direct reports and other HR colleagues globally to deliver the desired outcome The role holder will be required to understand the people strategy set by the HR Director and is responsible for executing HR activities within the respective organizations in Zundert (NL), Nuth (NL) and Malle (BE). The main workplace will be in Malle, with a regular presence in our other sites to collaborate with the local HR and management teams.**Key responsibilities include**
- Local HR Management: You act as a single point of contact for the Country Management Team (Netherlands) and the local

Management Team (ECC, Malle) leveraging the HR Officers, service providers and your global HR colleagues to coordinate as
well as take ownership for the employees within your scope. And provide support in implementing and delivering on the people
strategy and setting the right standards for the future.
- Project management: You work closely with the local business and Global HR to understand and address issues for your scope and provide proactive advice and steer projects in line with our overall HR strategy.
- Leadership development: You advise and coach your business on leadership and people management processes (performance management, engagement, personal development) to ensure effective employer
- employee relations.
- Employee relations: You manage the key operational HR processes in the business and work closely with key stakeholders

(Plant Managers) to determine local needs and address local specifics. Next; you make sure employee requests and queries are done in an efficient way to ensure seamless HR administrative services for employees and managers in close collaboration with the local HR officers.
- Compensation & benefits: Implement compliant compensation & benefits policies within your scope in close collaboration with Global Rewards, local employer organizations, works councils and trade unions.
- Change management: You coordinate and take ownership for specific initiatives (e.g. organizational transformation and change) in close alignment with the main business stakeholders. And act as an advocate for standardization in the execution of HR policies focusing on operational excellence towards the business and within the HR team in transfer to HR services and Global HR organization.
- Talent & Performance management: You lead the Performance-, Talent Review
- & Succession Planning process for your scope.
- Labor relations: You will be the spokesperson for our unions and the workers council in the Netherlands and Malle, Belgium.
- Management teams: You will join the meetings with the different Management Teams of the different organizations within your scope of responsibility.
- Lead: You will report directly to the Director HR Operations North West Europe and have 1 direct report and 2 indirect reports, services based in Zundert and Malle.

**About you**
- 5+ years of experience as HR Manager and/or HR Business Partner (employee engagement, talent management, change

management and organizational design, communication, performance management, unions, etc.)
- Solid knowledge of Dutch or Belgian legislation, preferably both
- Experience in working in/with a production (blue collar) environment
- Strong focus on operational excellence and standardizing processes and HR procedures, preferably implementing HR services
- Ability to co-create and implement local HR procedures and practices compliant with the local requirements paired with strong forward thinking and acting
- Ability to co-drive culture, engagement and employee development programs
- Strong, decisive personality with an ability to challenge business decisions
- Integer and trustworthy
- Well-developed convincing and communication skills
- Easy to rela