Ben De Smedt

HR Business Partner

Kortenberg, Flemish Region, Belgium

About

I am passionate about building bridges between HR and business, ensuring that people strategy supports organizational goals in a practical and sustainable way. What defines me is my drive for continuous, steady improvement — whether in processes, collaboration, or personal growth. With a pragmatic mindset and a people-focused approach, I aim to create long-term value by aligning human potential with business needs.

Experience

  • HR Businss Partner at SMT Belgium
    Jun 2024 - Present · 2 yrs 1 mo

    Building the brigde between our business and HR.

  • HR Business Partner at Renewi
    Oct 2022 - Jun 2024 · 1 yr 9 mos

    I started at Renewi in May 2019 as a consultant through ClearXperts, and was later given the opportunity to join the company as a permanent employee. I initially worked as an HR Business Partner for our sites in the Antwerp and Limburg regions. Later, due to the absence of a colleague, I also took on responsibility for Hainaut and Brussels. In my most recent role at Renewi, I served as HR Business Partner for Sales profiles across Belgium, where I was responsible for fostering mutual understanding between Operations and Sales and for contributing to the development of the new bonus plan.

  • clearXperts (Full-time · 4 yrs 2 mos)
    • HR Consultant
      Sep 2020 - Oct 2022 · 2 yrs 2 mos

      Also mentor for 6 ClearXperts consultants: coaching & follow up their careers. I was HR Consultant for different projects where I used different HR skills and approaches.

    • HR Junior Consultant
      Sep 2018 - Sep 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

  • Talent Acquisition Trainee at PepsiCo
    Sep 2017 - Feb 2018 · 6 mos

    During my internship I am responsible for the recruitment process within HQ Zaventem -Conducting interviews and business cases. -Coordination and planning -Employer branding -Ensure a correct administrative follow up of offer proposals and employment contracts -Organizing a big in-house selection day We have a complementary food and beverage portfolio that includes 22 brands such as Pepsi Max, Mountain Dew, Lay's, Tropicana, 7 Up, Doritos, Cheetos, Miranda, Alvalle, Naked, Looza, Duyvis, Quaker.

  • jobstudent at METRO/MAKRO Cash and Carry
    2011 - 2017 · 6 yrs

    Regelmatig als student gewerkt bij verscheidene afdelingen in Makro Machelen.