Director, People Lead Benelux (HR Director)

Job Description

Are You Ready to Make It Happen at Mondelēz International?

Join our Mission to Lead the Future of Snacking. Make It Possible.

Our employees are key ingredients to our success, and you will balance their interest with those of the business. You will be a trusted partner with business leaders and support business strategies and HR operating plans to drive business performance. You will coach business leadership on priorities; talent management, rewards and performance, culture and engagement, pipeline management and succession planning.

How you will contribute

You will:

• Partner on organization design and implementation of people plans, function transformation agendas, accelerating core capability development in line with strategic plans, while enabling a growth culture that translates into employee engagement. Plan and lead on employee relations, legal and tax implications across geographies.
• Pre-empt future HR concerns through use of data and analytics, workforce planning, leveraging insights to proactively seek and implement solutions that impact the bottom line and enable business strategy .
• Partner with leaders and the Talent Acquisition COE to attract high-caliber talent and onboarding into the business.
• Be accountable for reviewing compensation programs and supporting compensation decisions outside of guidelines.
• Enable and co-lead enterprise-wide initiatives (for example leadership framework,  digital workplace).
• Design and enable effective organization structures and ways of working, including the use of non-conventional workforces

What you will bring

A desire to drive your future and accelerate your career. You will bring experience and knowledge in:

• Strong business acumen and leadership in HR. Can partner and influence on strategic priorities, with an active curiosity, insight orientation and external perspective about people and business performance
• Ability to build HR operating plans, people/capability roadmaps to enable people and business growth
• Broad generalist HR skills across a range of populations with increasing responsibility ideally within FMCG/CPG
• Ability to develop strong partnerships and coach senior function leaders
• Ability to create and lead change strategy and complex transformation
• Ability to engage, inspire, and influence people
• Future focused, thinking ahead and anticipating opportunities, leverage an outside in perspective through understanding of market trends

More about this role

Role Scope:

• This role is a member of the BNL Management table (Leadership Team) and the business partner of the Managing Director - driving the local agenda and ensuring our people strategy enables BNL business performance.
• Acts as senior level advisor on HR issues to MD & other members of the management team.
• HR responsibility for commercial, corporate and factory-based employees leading and coaching a direct reporting team which includes factory-based People Leads).
• Leads and activates the people strategy across key areas of talent, capability and culture/ engagement, including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, employer branding, local rewards (compensation and benefits) and the wellbeing agenda.
• Drive consultation strategy and transformation topics (e.g., organizational effectiveness, restructuring, overhead cost management and transformation agenda)
• Owns local labor relations (with the reporting team) as point of contact for works council/ unions.
• Leverage HR Centres of Expertise and our shared services team to define and deliver our people strategy working collaboratively across the team.

Your Profile:

• You obtained a Masters degree in HR, Business Management, Organizational Psychology, or equivalent by relevant experience.
• You have at least 10+ years of experience in Human Resources, with a substantial and relevant experience in senior managerial partnering with the business and a leadership team.
• You have experience in both a manufacturing environment as well as in a commercial setting, preferably in a global matrix organization.
• You’ve been a part of organizational transformation, leading leaders and local teams through change.
• You have experience in coaching and leading teams.
• You have a strong general knowledge of Belgian Social Legislation and Labor Law as well as experience working with social partners and labor unions.
• You are fluent in Dutch (Flemish) and English with a good level of French.
• Your primary job location will be Mechelen, Belgium combined with occasionally travelling to Breda, Netherlands and our plants in Belgium (Herentals and Namur).

Relocation Support Available?

Business Unit Summary

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

Our people make all the difference in our succes

Mondelēz International is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation or preference, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Excited to grow your career?

We value our talented employees, and whenever possible strive to help one of our associates grow professionally before recruiting new talent to our open positions. If you think the open position you see is right for you, we encourage you to apply!

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