Gembloux, Walloon Region, Belgium
★ Senior Human Resources Expert with 15 years of academic and professional experience in various sectors such as the radio/pharmaceutical and chemical industry, the IT, the automotive sector, and the space industry. ★ Specialities: Organisation and Management of Labour; Talent acquisition; Human Resources Strategy; HR Policy Recommendation; Labour law and employee standards; Relationship with Trade Unions; Training & Organisation Development; Coaching & Performance Management; HR Communication & Team Building; Salary and Benefits; and Employee Relations. ★ Master’s degree in Labour Science and Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources Management. ★ Passionate about personal development, psychology, and coaching; painting; traveling around the world, and learning about other cultures.
● Leading the overall HR strategy and operations for Full-Life Technologies in Belgium, aligning HR initiatives with both local and global business objectives, and ensuring compliance with all applicable labor, health & safety, and regulatory frameworks. ● Serving as a key member of the leadership team in Belgium, acting as a strategic advisor on all people-related matters and contributing to cross-functional decision-making at site and group levels. ● Driving organizational development by leading talent strategies, succession planning, workforce planning, and change management efforts to build a resilient and future-ready organization. ● Representing the Belgian HR function in group-wide HR programs and initiatives, ensuring local alignment and advocating for site-specific priorities within the broader corporate HR agenda. ● Managing and mentoring the Belgian HR team, fostering a high-performance culture and building strong relationships with business leaders and stakeholders to co-develop impactful people solutions. ● Overseeing all aspects of talent acquisition, onboarding, and employer branding to attract and retain top talent, in close collaboration with internal teams and external partners. ● Championing employee engagement, inclusion, and well-being initiatives that support a strong organizational culture and contribute to business success. ● Leading employee relations strategy and handling complex individual and collective cases with a focus on transparency, compliance, and long-term resolution. ● Overseeing compensation and benefits strategy, supporting competitive total rewards programs, and contributing to annual salary reviews and benchmarking exercises. ● Ensuring operational excellence in HR processes, systems, and data analytics, using insights to inform and adapt HR strategy and decision-making. ● Coordinating and supporting internal and external audits, ensuring robust HR governance and risk management practices.
● Building strong partnerships with the group HR Team and local managers to deliver effective HR solutions across all areas ● Developing and designing HR solutions, including policies, guidelines, and supporting materials; ensuring smooth implementation, ongoing maintenance, and continuous improvement while considering budgetary constraints and the company culture ● Collaborating on strategic initiatives such as succession planning, workforce planning, and change management to ensure a future-proofed and adaptable workforce ● Leading and executing a collaborative recruitment and selection process, working closely with management, as well as external partners, to identify, attract, hire top talent, and ensure a smooth onboarding experience ● Providing strategic HR guidance to line managers across all HR areas, empowering them to make informed decisions and build strong employee relations ● Resolving complex employee relations issues, both individually and collectively ● Fostering strong communication channels with central and local HR colleagues to ensure seamless collaboration ● Utilizing HR data and analytics to generate reports and insights for informed HR strategy decisions ● Developing and delivering impactful training programs to equip employees with the skills and knowledge needed in their roles ● Championing and overseeing core HR processes, including employee development initiatives, performance management, etc. ● Spearheading and actively participating in employee engagement initiatives to foster a positive and productive work environment ● Managing employee benefits programs and contributing to competitive salary reviews, ensuring a comprehensive and attractive total rewards package for employees ● Ensuring and supporting internal and external audit activities
● Overseeing all Human Resources operations and ensuring they are aligned with Eurofit’s business goals ● Creating partnerships & supporting the Group and plant managers in all relevant HR fields ● Responsible on a group level for HR fields like employer branding, recruiting & selection or competency, learning & training Management by developing new ideas & suggesting solutions ● Developing & designing stakeholder-oriented HR solutions like policies, guidelines, and relevant material to ensure implementation & further maintenance including their continuous development considering budget & corporate culture ● Managing & executing international recruitment & selection activities in collaboration with central & local management as well as external consultants/services ● Consulting line management by providing daily HR guidance on all HR fields ● Managing and resolving complex collective or individual employee issues ● Preparing & ensuring close communication with central & local HR colleagues ● Regular evaluation & action derivation of HR-KPIs ● Responsible for special HR competence areas on a group level ● Maintaining in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, ensuring compliance in external & internal perspective ● Managing & supporting regular HR processes like employee development and budget processes ● Ensuring and supporting internal and external audit activities related to group or headquarter HR task
● HR management at the international level (Africa, USA, France, Germany, Belgium) from Brussels ● Development and implementation of the company’s HR Strategy ● HR Project management including appraisals; onboarding & offboarding; training & coaching and other ad-hoc projects ● In charge of the entire recruitment process ● Setting up of an HR information system and a Learning Management System ● Responsible for the legal & ethical compliance of all HR processes and activities in Belgium and Africa (around 15 countries) ● Freelancers & salaried contracts’ management, drafting and follow-up of contracts and amendments ● Payroll management ● Compensation & benefits optimisation ● Responsible for the HR internal communication ● Responsible for the relations between the company and external officials in Belgium and abroad ● Identification of potential subsidies and support schemes for the company, drafting and follow-up of applications
● Design and implementation of strategies and processes related to recruitment & selection, training, onboarding, apprenticeship, safety & well-being for temporary and permanent staff for various international companies such as: Baxter, NGK, Thales, Shire, Godiva, etc. ● Client portfolio management: guidance and counselling in HR matters such as recruitment policies, labour law, safety & well-being, training, onboarding, apprenticeship, staff administration ● LMS management: creation, customization and administration of e-learnings and various tools such as interview questionnaires and evaluation sheets ● Work stations’ analyses ● Drawing up and monitoring of budgets and specifications ● Project implementation, coordination and follow-up ● Development of HR communication tools ● Training given to temporary and permanent staff ● Translation EN/NL > FR of HR communication tools ● Administrative and technical tasks: billing, development and follow-up of dossiers, planning, contract management, timesheet management & reporting
● Recruitment & selection of temporary staff for major global corporations such as: Baxter, Godiva, European Commission, Audi, etc. ● Client portfolio management: guidance and counselling in HR matters such as recruitment policies, labour law, safety & well-being, staff administration ● Planning activities through various tools (Excel, Quintiq, clients’ own programs) ● Administrative and technical tasks: contracting, official and social documents issuing, “DIMONA” declarations, worked hours management, vacations & medical leaves management, creation and follow-up of candidates and workers’ files, medical check-ups’ organisation ● Godiva “In-house office” managed autonomously: - ½ time to the client’s company, ½ time in agency - Recruitment & selection of temporary staff - Temporary staff administration - Coordination and mediation between the different stakeholders of the temporary work relationship (HR services, managers, social partners, workers) ● Counselling in HR matters such as labour law, safety & well-being, staff administration ● Successfully passed the “Federgon” exam with great distinction in 2010