(senior) HR Business Partner

Rockpanel is looking for an HR Business Partner who is going to manage, drive and implement the people agenda aligned with the business strategy. Key words are: HR strategy, business partnering, internationalization, stakeholder-management and operational activities. Are you an entrepreneurial HR professional with international experience, ready to support and challenge Rockpanel MT for further growth and professionalism?

In this role you become part of the Rockpanel Management Team. You are responsible for the strategic people agenda of Rockpanel and act as a business partner for the Managing Director and 6 MT-members. The headquarters is located in Roermond and our workforce (100fte) is active in 10 different countries across Europe with the ambition to expand further! In alignment with other Rockwool OPCO’s and with our global HR Center of Excellence you drive the HR agenda and deliver support in achieving our business strategy. You will ensure optimal support (also hands-on support) for Rockpanel in enhancing business performance by establishing an effective organisational set-up, driving employee engagement by the use of the available HR processes / tools and proactive partnering with the business. 

What are you going to do? 

• You drive the global HR agenda for Rockpanel by ensuring compliance with global HR processes
• Responsible for the alignment of strategic HR agenda to meet the OPCO business strategy
• Ensures the most efficient support for OPCO MT in improvement of business performance through people engagement, succession- & talent management and change management
• Prepares and monitors long-term HR plans, goals and budget
• Ensures change capabilities supporting OPCO MT in executing strategy and setting the right team and competences
• Actively identifies gaps, proposes and implement changes necessary to cover risks
• Drives Strategic Workforce Planning, designs, maintains and challenges operational company organizational design
• Analyses OPCO HR Business Plan, sets and monitors HR goals as well as financial budget (salaries, educations); Aligns OPCO HR Plan with regions and other RW OPCO’s
• Actively participates in global HR projects driven by HR Centre of Excellence

Where are you going to work? 

As HR Business Partner, you will take on a self-managing, independent role with a focus on business partnering, analysis, and advice. You will be based in our Roermond office, but with a strong international scope. This means you will regularly travel to other offices across Europe to build your network, align with stakeholders, and represent Rockpanel in your MT role. In this position, you will report directly to the Managing Director. While you will have a great deal of autonomy, you will always have colleagues and peers available to brainstorm and provide support as needed.

As part of the ROCKWOOL Group, Rockpanel releases the natural power of stone to enrich modern life. This is what we stand for. As an employee at an innovative and leading supplier of ventilated cladding, you will be part of an ambitious team contributing to the development of sustainable and innovative solutions that make the boldest design visions become reality. You will enable our stakeholders to realize their design dreams while creating safe and sustainable building solutions. A variety of exciting tasks and regular local and global interactions ensure that you will thrive with us. You will contribute with your knowledge to further applying the strengths of our attractive and aesthetic products to modern life.

What do we ask? 

• Bachelor or Master Degree in HRM
• 5+ years’ International HRM experience and experience in driving a strategic HRM agenda
• 5+ years’ experience in Performance, Succession and Talent Management processes
• Strong project management skills, strong business acumen, project and change Management, analytical, problem-solving, negotiation, presentation and facilitation, coaching and influencing skills
• Excellent communication skills in English and Dutch (written and spoken)
• Willingness to travel internationally (5-10%) and work 4 days a week (32 hours)

What do we offer? 

Besides a good basic salary, we offer attractive fringe benefits with a collective pension scheme, holiday allowance, discount on your health insurance, travel allowance and a 13th month within an innovative sustainable organisation. ROCKWOOL encourages a healthy lifestyle and vitality for our employees through our bicycle plan. We also consider a healthy work-life balance important and offer a discount on your fitness subscription. In addition to 25 regular holidays, you build up a 13 paid-leave days, giving you plenty of time for relaxation alongside work. ROCKWOOL guarantees a good working atmosphere with an active staff association and of course the opportunity to buy our own products at a reduced rate.  

This is how you can apply 

We value diversity and therefore welcome all applications regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity. 

We look forward to receiving your application! Please respond via the application button and we will be happy to engage with you. We will reply to your application as soon as possible. If you have any questions, please contact our recruitment manager Dave Coppen directly on +31 6 15 62 01 30 or email dave.coppen@rockwool.com.