Strategic HR Business Partner – Germany & Netherlands
Location: Germany (with regional travel)
Salary: Competitive + bonus
My client is a growing, international organisation undergoing significant expansion through acquisition. With an evolving operating model and a strong focus on integration and performance, they are looking to appoint a Strategic HR Business Partner to support their businesses across Germany and the Netherlands.
This is a genuinely strategic role, sitting at the centre of business transformation. You will partner senior leadership to shape and deliver a people agenda that supports growth, drives performance, and brings consistency across a newly integrated landscape.
The Role
Acting as a trusted advisor to regional leadership teams, you will:
- Partner with senior stakeholders to align people strategy with commercial objectives across Germany and the Netherlands
- Lead on organisational design and workforce planning activity in line with ongoing M&A integration
- Support the embedding of a consistent operating model, balancing local nuance with global direction
- Drive performance and talent agendas, including succession planning and leadership capability
- Use data and insight to influence decision making and improve organisational effectiveness
- Work closely with centres of excellence to ensure effective delivery of reward, talent, and employee relations initiatives
- Navigate complexity across multiple entities, cultures, and legacy structures
The Profile
You will bring a strong track record operating as a strategic HR Business Partner within complex, international environments. Experience within organisations that have grown through acquisition or transformation is particularly valuable.
- Proven ability to influence and challenge senior stakeholders
- Experience supporting multi-country populations, ideally across Germany and the Netherlands
- Strong commercial acumen with the ability to link people strategy to business performance
- Experience in organisational design, change, and integration activity
- Comfortable operating in ambiguity and pace, with a pragmatic and delivery-focused mindset
- Data-led in your approach, using insight to shape decisions and outcomes
- Fluency in German and English is essential
Why Join
