HR Director & Business Partner Naval NL

Thales is growing and one of the  key tasks of this role to ensure the right skills and competences are in place at the right time. This enables you to directly impact the development of the organization and by working together achieving our goals.  

In your role as HR Director & Business Partner you are a strategic and pragmatic sparring partner who perfectly knows how to support and challenge our managers and employees in the light of our strategy. You are the sparring partner for the Naval  Management Team, where (strategic) HR topics are an important part of the agenda. Besides this you have regular contacts with HR colleagues in a broad range of topics like strategic workforce planning, international mobility, learning and development.

You are the first point of contact for the Works Council Hengelo and together with the VP Naval meeting on a regular base also to prepare and review requests for advice. . Your week as HR Director & Business Partner is really diverse. Together with the HR community we start with a standup meeting to keep each other posted and share important topics and information.

You are part of the HR Management Team and with this an active contributor to the development and continuous improvement of the HR strategy.

You can also participate in HR projects of your choice to broaden your horizon.

Thinking out-of-the-box and thinking along about cultural changes within the organization are also aspects that come to light in your role.

You are leading a team of 5 HR Business Partners ensuring they can develop and deliver to their full potential. You are also working with various stakeholders in our matrix organization. 

In your role you are constantly switching between the interests and needs of the organization, the employees and managers. Acting like a coach is important in this.

You also provide support, coach and challenge in the broad range of the HR field. Also diversity and inclusion is an organizational-wide topic that you are continuously part of.

You are reporting directly to the VP HR Thales Netherlands.

Why you'd be a good match

You are able to keep the overview and ‘challenge’ the interests of managers, employees and other stakeholders. You proactively contribute in obtaining the organizational goals by translating HR goals and questions into practical solutions. Besides acting as an interlocutor, it is important that you can easily connect with your colleagues in the HR department.

• A Master’s degree (WO) in HRM/Business Administration;
• Experience as HR professional within a complex international matrix organization;
• Good knowledge of Dutch HR legislation and HR instruments;
• A pragmatic, flexible and solution oriented mindset;
• A hands on valuable interlocutor who can easily switch between different levels and connect with stakeholders;
• Excellent communication skills, honorable, team player;
• Drive to together achieve desired outcomes in a VUCA environment;
• Ability to engage and develop teams and influencing key stakeholders;
• People manager who builds trust, empowers and enables teams to grow and develop.
• Good command of the English & Dutch language.

• A challenging job in a great team within our high-tech, innovative work environment. Including the freedom for initiative and good ideas.
• Room for personal and professional growth within our organization, for example in technical, commercial or international skills.
• Valuable international collaboration with coworkers from 68 different countries around the globe.
• A comfortable work space in a modern environment, with a focus on flexibility and the right work life balance.
• You can usually work where and when you want to be able to do your work as well and efficiently as possible. Within Thales we implement hybrid working, where you can, for example, work from home two days a week if your role allows it.
• A good salary, fitting travel allowance, and the ability to personalize your employment conditions: for instance, you can trade days off for internet costs, our bicycle plan, company fitness and relocation costs.
• 40 days off per year (PTO). Yes, really.

The Human Resources department is responsible for all employee related activities in the most broad sense. The HR Department plays a vital role to the success of the NL organization. The Dutch HR department is multi-disciplinary and exists of HR Directors, HR Business Partners, HR Shared Service Centre, together with a number of Centers of Excellence (CoE); Compensations & Benefits, Professional Development, Payroll, HRIS, HR Legal, Talent Acquisition, Talent & Culture and the “Pensioenbureau”. The HR team supports all Dutch offices; Hengelo, Huizen, Eindhoven, Delft, Breda and Rotterdam.

In HR our motto is: be good, get better and we strive to be a service oriented organization. In this we act together as one. Do you want to contribute to this? We are expanding our Naval NL organization at our HQ in Hengelo and are looking for an enthusiastic, inspiring and flexible HR Director & Business Partner

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