The HR Partner Associate Manager acts as a trusted HR partner to business leaders, translating business priorities into effective people strategies and providing hands-on support across the employee lifecycle.
Key responsibilities
- Partner with business leaders and managers on people strategy, organizational priorities and workforce topics.
- Provide HR guidance across employee relations, performance management, talent management, compensation and employee development.
- Support managers in handling complex people situations, ensuring appropriate application of HR policies and local employment practices.
- Lead and contribute to HR transformation and change initiatives, including implementation of new HR processes and systems.
- Partner with Talent Acquisition and business leaders on workforce planning, recruitment and onboarding.
- Support annual HR cycles including performance reviews, promotions, compensation and talent reviews.
- Use HR data and insights to identify people trends and recommend appropriate actions.
- Collaborate with HR specialist teams and other stakeholders in a global and matrixed environment.
- Coach managers and contribute to building leadership capability and employee engagement.
- Contribute to projects aimed at improving the employee experience and HR effectiveness.
Experience & skills
- Strong experience as an HR Business Partner or HR generalist, ideally in an international organization.
- Fluent Dutch and English.
- Good knowledge of the Dutch employment environment and familiarity with Works Council topics.
- Solid knowledge of employee relations and employment/labour law.
- Experience across performance, compensation, talent and organizational change.
- Demonstrated ability to work with senior business stakeholders.
- Experience leading HR projects and managing multiple priorities.
- Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder-management skills.
- Comfortable operating in a complex, fast-moving, matrix organization.
- Experience with HR systems such as Workday is an advantage.
- Ability to work from Amsterdam and travel when required.
