HRBP Co-Manager Dutch speaking

Country HR Business Partner (Co-) Manager - BeNeLux.

Location: Belgium. Contract – initial 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.