HR Lead Production Site

Are you the HR knight taming all 360° HR operational excellence challenges?

Our client is a global leader in innovative materials solutions, with global reference in circular materials technology with extensive expertise in material science, chemistry metallurgy. Employing over 12.000 ees worldwide in over 60 locations, amongst one located along the axis Nijlen-Herentals-Geel. This site is one of the largest branches, employing more than 1000 people. One of their strengths is the combination of production, piloting and research at one location.

Being the worldwide leader in reclycling, refining, transforming and marketing specialty chemicals, they know huge success.

Thanks to this upscale & growing business, they're looking to welcome a Human Resources Leader for this Site.

Reporting to the Head HR Europe, the HR Lead Site holds a matrix role withHR Business Partners, in close collaborating with all BU sites, driving the strategy and playing a pirvotal role in setting and implementing the HR strategy.

This position is member of the HR/Leadership Team.

Being the ‘ready-now-successor’ of the HR Director Europe, your responsibilities are:

• Lead the HR Team in the site, guiding the HR & business managers, ensuring the vision is effectively translated into workplace practices;
• Act as management representative / chairperson in consultation bodies (Works Council, CPBW, Trade Union Delegations, …)
• Lead HR functional areas, leverage partnerships with functional leaders to maximise plant performance, lead change & grow talent, ensure team satisfaction, long-term succession, ...
• Leverage partnership with business / functional leaders + act as Manufacturing / Operations Business Partner;
• Ensure strategic workforce planning is in place, ensuring a long-term vision for succession planning, training needs, and talent development;
• Ensure OD to deliver operational strategy & ensure a pay for performance culture;
• Best practices across business & function;
• Act as strategic HR Partner, advise management on organisation decision & policy development, with strong focus on human asset;
• Continuous improvement & act as change agent, initiate & implement enhancements in HR policies & processes, and be Champion of employee engagement;

Operate as Trusted Advisor & Business Partner Management of HR Production / Operations

• Ensure HR programs, processes, policies, and procedures are aligned and communicate to employees & coordinate implementation;
• Continuously improve employee engagement and morale;
• Collaborate with broader HR Organisation, ensure HR programs & processes are in place, communicated & aligned with business objectives, available for implementation …
• Coach and educate on effective team building and people leadership behaviours;
• Facilitates the assessment of individual employee capabilities through talent reviews, interviews and assessment tools and provides, with confidence and candour, developmental coaching and action planning;
• Develop and maintain good industrial / employee relations;

If our customer could dream you present …

• Master and/or MBA with validated HR experience (>10 y) in an HR Managerial role in industrial environment, demonstrated progressive strategic HR business partnering operational excellence;
• Proven successes in Plant / Manufacturing HR Leadership in fast paced matrix context;
• Broad HR background includes strong focus on employee & organisational development, industrial collective workplace relations, labour law, OD principles, recruitment, training & development, people & change management, …
• In-depth knowledge of labour law & collective agreement;
• Able to manage multiple projects / tasks / teams;
• Has understanding and experience in incentive process, design and implementation;
• Attracting, developing and retaining outstanding talent which represents the available talent pool; developing, growing and retaining talent;
• Personality: inspire & influence others, self-disciplined entrepreneur, initiator and challenger, stress resistant, accurate and critical thinking;
• Fluency in Dutch is a must;

Interested? Having further questions? Curious? Contact Katrien Lefevere - Managing Consultant – on her mobile +32 473 512 891 or send your detailed resume to klefevere@embark.be

Please note only candidates that meet all the highlighted requirements will be taken in consideration.