HRBP Co-Manager Dutch speaking

Country HR Business Partner (Co-) Manager - BeNeLux

Location

Belgium

Contract – intial 6 Months

Overview

We are seeking an experienced and commercially minded Country HR Business Partner (Co-) Manager to support and drive the people strategy across the BeNeLux region. This is a highly visible role combining strategic HR partnership with hands-on operational delivery, ensuring effective implementation of business and people transformation initiatives across Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

The successful candidate will act as a trusted advisor to business leaders, HR stakeholders, and social partners while ensuring compliance with local employment legislation, organizational policies, and collective labor agreements. This position requires a strong background in employee relations, works council engagement, change management, and employment law across the BeNeLux region.

Key Responsibilities

HR Business Partnering & Strategic Support

• Partner with business leaders to support the delivery of organizational and people strategies across the BeNeLux region.
• Provide strategic and operational HR guidance on workforce planning, organizational change, talent management, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Act as a key liaison between local leadership, Functional HR Business Partners, HR Centers of Excellence, and HR Operations teams.

Employment Law & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with employment legislation, labor regulations, and statutory requirements across Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.
• Serve as the local custodian of HR policies and procedures, ensuring alignment with corporate governance standards and the company's Code of Conduct.
• Provide guidance on employment-related matters and ensure HR practices remain legally compliant and operationally effective.

Works Council & Employee Representative Relations

• Lead engagement with local Works Councils and employee representative bodies.
• Manage consultation and negotiation processes relating to organizational changes, collective measures, restructuring activities, and business transformation initiatives.
• Build and maintain positive relationships with social partners across the region.

Employment Legal Partnership

• Work closely with internal and external legal counsel to manage employment law matters.
• Ensure all HR decisions, policy implementations, collective agreements, and transformation activities are legally robust and compliant.
• Support risk assessments and provide recommendations on legal and employee relations matters.

Change & Transformation Management

• Lead the HR execution of organizational change initiatives and business transformation projects.
• Ensure all changes are implemented in accordance with legal requirements, company policy, and agreed consultation processes.
• Deliver projects within tight timelines while maintaining a positive employee experience.

Employee Relations & Risk Management

• Manage complex and sensitive employee relations cases, including disciplinary matters, grievances, performance management, and workplace disputes.
• Identify potential employment risks and implement mitigation strategies in collaboration with legal stakeholders.
• Provide expert guidance to leaders on managing people-related challenges and organizational risk.

Required Qualifications & Experience

Education

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification in Human Resources, Organizational Psychology, Business Administration, or a related discipline.

Experience

• Minimum 7 years' experience in a Human Resources Business Partner, Employee Relations, or HR Leadership capacity.
• Experience operating within a large, complex, global, and highly matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated success working with Works Councils and employee representative groups.
• Proven experience leading negotiations involving collective labour measures and organizational change.
• Strong employment law knowledge across one or more BeNeLux countries.
• Experience supporting large-scale business transformation and change initiatives.

Language Requirements

Essential

• Fluent English (written and spoken).
• Fluent Dutch (written and spoken).

Desirable

• Professional proficiency in French.