Specialist Human Resources

As part of our HR team, you’ll have the opportunity to collaborate with a group of talented, fun, and dedicated colleagues while developing your career.

You will collaborate across many teams, levels, and situations. Success in this role will also require influential partnership with employees and CoE within the organization to execute the HR strategies that foster organizational and people effectiveness.

Primary Activities

• As a core member of our HR team, contribute to the achievement of the HR plan and priorities and demonstrate strong collaboration and one HR mindset

• Drive local pull-through of global/ regional HR portfolio projects and cyclical processes

• Support adoption of our company’s global HR Operating Model across client groups, in close collaboration with HR Operations and Centers of Excellence

• Encourage people managers and employees to leverage online resources, direct access and HR shared services for routine HR

• Implement local HR initiatives, which align to global HR strategy

• Support selected client groups in application of key HR processes and programs

• In collaboration with the HR team, support business in day-to-day HR activities

• Ensure global and local systems and tools are compliant with local labor laws and HR data privacy requirements

• Partner with 3rd party vendor (payroll, benefit, etc.)

Skills and experience

• Fluent in Dutch, French and English.

• Knowledge of the Belgian labor law is a plus

• Ability to effectively solve problems and make decisions

• Listening skills as well as the ability to understand people’s background and motives

• Experience in navigating and leveraging data

• Being an enthusiastic team player with a strong drive to create a positive work environment

• Ability to be comfortable with high volume workload and not be afraid to "roll up your sleeves"

• Assertive, self-starter and independent quick thinker

• Ability to prioritize time and problem solve against most impactful activities and initiatives

Leadership

• Growth mindset

• Curious

• Authentic

• Commitment

• Problem solving and innovative thinking

• Building collaborative working relationships

• Planning and organizing

• Hands on attitude

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Requisition ID:R151668