Senior HR Manager

Move forward as Senior HR Manager at DSV in Venlo/Dordrecht

Are you passionate about HR and eager to play a key role in a dynamic, international environment? As a senior HR Manager, you'll be pivotal in aligning the HR strategy for our various divisions and locations with the overall business strategy. Ready to make an impact and strengthen the HR landscape within DSV? Your experience as an HR Manager will be invaluable at one of the top players in the logistics market.

You get it done

Strengthening the position of HR within the organization, while considering the culture and differences across divisions or regions. Your focus will be on developing a clear mid-term strategy. You'll create concrete plans for where HR needs to be in three years and determine what is required to achieve this. Thanks to your dedication and forecasting, you ensure that our HR strategies and processes remain aligned with the needs of the organization: your contributions will be evident.

How do you do this? As an senior HR Manager, you play a key role in bridging two different divisions and several staff departments such as IT and Customs. The Air & Sea division is entrepreneurial and flexible in a fast-moving market, while the Road division focuses on customer orientation, structure, and precision.
As the driving force behind our dedicated HR team, consisting of 4 to 5 colleagues spread across locations in Schiphol, Venlo, Dordrecht, Rotterdam, Maastricht, Eelde, and Eindhoven, you are responsible for the further professionalization of HR. Together with your team, you translate the HR strategy of our national policy into the specific needs of the Air & Sea and Road divisions.

Your ability to navigate between different cultures and levels within the organization is essential. You simplify complex HR processes for line management to handle effectively. Among other responsibilities, you manage all HR processes within the divisions, execute and guide talent management and succession planning, and contribute to national HR projects. Additionally, you work on bringing the divisions closer together under the "ONE DSV" policy, ensuring the divisions are future ready. You achieve this by:

• developing and rolling out national HR policies within the divisions;
• leading a team of enthusiastic and professional HR Business Partners;
• providing strategic advice and translating HR strategy into actionable plans for your divisions;
• contributing to or leading projects at a national level, but also within the divisions or locally.

Your team stands out within DSV for your ability to bring out the best in each other. Our locations are operations where unity and personal contact are central! This is true not only within your own team but across our entire organization.

We are DSV, we grow

DSV is a global provider of transport and logistics services. With offices in more than 80 countries and a growing network of partners, there is no place in the world we cannot reach via transport by air, sea, rail, courier or road or where we can offer storage in warehouses.

As a Senior HR Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to connect our dynamic teams and elevate the HR strategies to the next level. Ready to make an impact with a smile and a good dose of humor?

says Walter de Wilde, HR Director.

In the Netherlands, we operate from over 25 branches, with more than 3,000 colleagues. Together we rise to the challenge of a rapidly changing environment. We make quick decisions at every level and combine ambition and teamwork. This is how we move forward and make a difference together.

You bring

• experience working in complex and international environments and are willing to regularly be present at various sites including Dordrecht, Venlo, and Schiphol;
• a proven track record in developing and implementing national HR policies;
• experience with integration processes and international HR management;
• strategic thinking ability and the capacity to operate at multiple organizational levels;
• fluency in both Dutch and English;
• the ability to provide a VGB (certificate of good conduct).

It all counts for this Senior HR Manager vacancy in Venlo/Dordrecht. Moreover, it’s essential that you feel at home with us. This will certainly be the case if you like to take action, have courage and humor, and want to grow with DSV.

You get

Working at DSV means working at one of the top players in the logistics market. DSV is entrepreneurial and competitive, which is why we always want to grow as an organization. That is why we are looking for people who want to grow with us. Besides a challenging job in an international environment we also offer:

• a salary depending on the knowledge and experience you bring, supplemented with a 5% bonus paid in November;
• 24 vacation days, 4 additional leave days, and 8% holiday pay;
• an electric company car including a charging card;
• a favorable pension scheme, part of which is premium-free, with a personal contribution of 5%;
• a friendly team of young and experienced colleagues who ensure that no day is the same.

Move forward

Send your resume with motivation or leave your details and we will contact you. Any questions about this vacancy? Our corporate recruiter Manouk Lips will answer all your questions via +31 (0)6 5188 5961 or manouk.lips@dsv.com.

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