Kerkrade, Limburg, Netherlands
Authentic and results-driven HR leader with 20+ years’ experience in international HR, Global Mobility, and strategic projects. Known for a straightforward, factbased, and peopleoriented approach. Build trust through transparency and fairness, with strong expertise in stakeholder management and developing high-performing teams. Combines deep content knowledge with influencing skills to successfully deliver complex HR initiatives. Highly skilled in operational execution and driving change within dynamic, international organizations.
Provide leadership and support to the German HR team responsible for 4 plants and one office location, the largest legal entity within the ARLANXEO Group, and promote a culture of continuous learning, development and improvement. As Head of HR Germany, I have overall responsibility for the implementation of global HR strategies, policies and programmes and their alignment with German laws and regulations. In addition, I work with the HR team in Germany to develop and implement local initiatives in line with the organisation's objectives. Work with senior management at both functional and cross-functional company level and the German Managing Director's team to identify (HR) priorities and opportunities for the organisation. Maintain and be responsible for relations with employee representatives in 3 locations and a General Works Council.
Responsible for managing of, advisory on and developing of global mobility policies and services, covering, but not limited to: HR, tax, social security, immigration, relocation support, and vendor management for international ARLANXEO employees To accomplish this I work closely with relevant HR teams, the business and apply exceptional senior stakeholder management. As a result, I have a proven track record of managing all dimensions of global mobility. As a member of the Global HR team l’m involved in Business and HR Projects for a successfully execution of our HR strategy. In doing so, I offer HR colleagues and cross functions colleagues worldwide dedicated support.
HR Workstream Lead for a Large Capital Project. The expansion of our company to a new country, Saudi Arabia. Setting up HR for a new legal entity, hiring and selecting international and local staff, support in selecting and setting up training programs/institutes. In close cooperation with and support from cross-functional teams and a local Saudi team from our parent company in KSA.
Compensation & Benefits, Performance Management and Cross border employment & Taxes. HRBP for the Group Function Finance As HRBP Finance, my main objective at the time was to work with an interim finance director to build a completely new AP and AR team, recruiting 70% new staff including new finance leaders, and to develop people into leaders to deliver the organization’s changes and goals over the coming years and to proactively respond to the market environment in which DocMorris operates. In a dynamic organization with a German culture, operating from the Netherlands and focused on the German market, I have built cross-functional relationships to give HR visibility, but also built relations with works council, and to help employees adapt to change and different working cultures.
Responsible for overall operational management and HR Advisory on executive level, acting as a Business Partner and responsible for Global Mobility Management, total integrated services (tax, social security, payroll, immigration, Compensation & Benefit, policy, relocation), case management and strategic consulting. Responsible for various global related projects, such as benefit and strategic mobility consulting, policy development and implementation and interim projects. Building partnerships with clients, being: business leaders, global HRBP, Global Mobility Manager and C&B Managers. Develop and provide training and education to HR managers and HRBP for Global Mobility compliancy and awareness.
As of January 2010: Practice leader Global Mobility Tax (wage tax and income tax); planned, organized, lead and supervised the tax department. Advisory on Executive level. Global Vendor Management. Technical specialist in cross border employment situations especially advising on employments Netherlands /Belgium and Netherlands/Germany. As of July 2006: Established the practice from the ground-up, including an own independent international partner netwerk. Advisory on services regarding (int) wage, income and social security tax. Global Mobility case Management
I started my career in 2003 as member of Human Resource Services Group of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Netherlands. I worked as expat (tax) consultant at the International Assignment Solutions department of PWC in Eindhoven. I was a member of a specialized team who provided complete international assignment services to organisations deploying staff across international boundaries.
Several internships at the Dutch Tax Authorities.