Entity:

People, Culture & Communications

Job Family Group:

HR Group

Job Description:

About the role

As a Senior People Relations Specialist, you work closely with the Regional People Relations Manager to help build and deliver strategy across the region. You play a hands-on role in managing employee and industrial relations activities, supporting the organisation to operate compliantly, thoughtfully, and with a long-term perspective.

You bring solid expertise in Employee Relations and Industrial Relations, combined with the ability to manage processes and collaborate with multiple partners. You act as a trusted point of contact for sophisticated people relations matters and help build capability across HR and the wider business.

What you’ll do

Employee & Industrial Relations

• Support the execution of the regional ER/IR strategy.

• Independently manage employee and industrial relations cases, including grievances, disciplinary processes, and consultation matters, in close collaboration with the central ER Advisory team in Budapest.

• Advise HR Business Partners and business leaders on complex employee relations topics.

• Prepare insights, risk assessments, and scenarios for critical issues.

Negotiations & consultation

• Prepare and support negotiations with employee representative bodies and trade unions, including collective labour agreements and social plans.

• Provide content and process support for consultation and negotiation processes, such as documentation, Q&A materials, and communication support.

• Coordinate works council consultation processes, ensuring the right partners are involved at the right time.

Works council & partner management

• Support the People Relations Manager in handling works council processes across the countries in scope.

• Collaborate with HR, Legal, Reward, and business partners to meet consultation obligations accurately and on time.

• Contribute to improving consultation and employee participation practices, including during group policy rollouts.

Change & organisational development

• Support organisational changes such as reorganisations, harmonisation initiatives, acquisitions, and divestments.

• Identify employee risks related to change initiatives and advise on mitigation measures.

• Contribute to workforce analyses and insights related to employee relations trends and issue risks.

Capability & tooling

• Create and implement practical tools, policies, and training for HR leaders.

• Support knowledge sharing and capability building within People Relations and HR Business Partner teams.

• Contribute to continuous improvement of processes and ways of working.

• Keep internal policy documentation accurate and up to date.

What you bring

Education & experience

• A degree in Human Resources, Employment Law, Industrial Relations, or a related field.

• Demonstrable experience in Employee Relations or HR partnering.

• Worked with councils and consultation processes

• Traded unions and collective negotiations

• Looked in to Sophisticated employee relations cases and organisational change

Knowledge & skills

• Solid knowledge of employment and labour law in the Netherlands; broader EU experience is a plus.

• Ability to analyse situations, assess risks, and support informed decision-making.

• Experience working with multiple partners in an international environment.

• Fluency in Dutch and English, with strong written and verbal communication skills in both languages.

Personal attributes

• Proactive and able to work independently while collaborating closely with others.

• Comfortable handling sensitive and confidential information.

• Able to influence and advise without formal authority.

• Organised, structured, and thoughtful in your approach.

• Curious and motivated to continuously learn and improve.

What we offer

• A meaningful role with real impact in an international organisation.

• Close collaboration with senior partners and exposure to strategic topics.

• Opportunities for growth broader HR leadership.

• A competitive salary and benefits package.

• Hybrid working and a diverse, international work environment.

Interested?

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