We have a fantastic opportunity for an HR Generalist/Colleague Experience Manager to join our HR team. Based in our Breda lab, this role will be pivotal in supporting the in-country HR function in the Netherlands and Belgium.

• Maintain the smooth HR & payroll operations in close collaboration with an HR admin and our external provider
• Ensure compliance with labour laws and actively guide managers and employees across all entities
• Collaborate with works councils and trade unions and conduct negotiations about new collective labour agreements together with the General Manager
• Collaborate with the Global Talent Acquisition team to ensure current recruitment and future resourcing needs are met
• Supporting the delivery of recruitment, onboarding and internal succession planning
• Deliver the cyclical in-country HR process / transactional activity and HR projects
• Drive engagement and wellbeing, reflecting our commitment to the health and happiness of our colleagues

• To be successful in this position, you preferably have a degree in Business, HR, Management or similar. Furthermore, you should have professional working experience, preferably in operational HR or a similar role, strong communication skills, and customer service orientation. Experience within Payroll is needed to fulfil this role

• Knowledge of HR administration processes is necessary, and you must have a problem-solving approach with a “can do” attitude

• Ability to work efficiently and independently and have proven stakeholder management skills, allowing you to deal with various people, locally and regionally

• Be self-motivated, people - and team-oriented. Furthermore, you are fluent in Dutch and English, both oral and written

  Bachelor’s degree in HR, business or another relevant field
• Strong employee relations background
• Knowledge of the Dutch and Belgian employment laws and regulations and CLAs
• Well-versed in working with works council - Netherlands and Belgium
• Used to work in global organisations in faster-paced environments
• Demonstrates the highest level of integrity and confidentiality
• Dynamic interpersonal skills and the ability to effectively communicate with diverse audiences and stakeholders at all levels

Element is one of the fastest growing testing, inspection and certification businesses in the world. Globally we have more than 9,000 brilliant minds operating from 270 sites across 30 countries. Together we share an ambitious purpose to ‘Make tomorrow safer than today’.

When failure in use is not an option, we help customers make certain that their products, materials, processes and services are safe, compliant and fit for purpose. From early R&D, through complex regulatory approvals and into production, our global laboratory network of scientists, engineers, and technologists support customers to achieve assurance over product quality, sustainable outcomes, and market access.

While we are proud of our global reach, working at Element feels like being part of a smaller company. We empower you to take charge of your career, and reward excellence and integrity with growth and development.

Industries across the world depend on our care, attention to detail and the absolute accuracy of our work. The role we have to play in creating a safer world is much bigger than our organization.

At Element, we always take pride in putting our people first. We are an equal opportunity employer that recognizes diversity and inclusion as fundamental to our Vision of becoming “the world’s most trusted testing partner”.

All suitably qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment on the basis of objective work related criteria and without regard for the following: age, disability, ethnic origin, gender, marital status, race, religion, responsibility of dependents, sexual orientation, or gender identity or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws or other characteristics in accordance with the applicable governing laws.

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c) 

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