HRbp Benelux

Solenis is a leading global producer of specialty chemicals focused on delivering sustainable solutions for water-intensive industries, including consumer, industrial, institutional, food and beverage, and pool and spa water markets. Owned by Platinum Equity, the company’s product portfolio includes a broad array of water treatment chemistries, process aids, functional additives, and cleaners and disinfectants, as well as state-of-the-art monitoring and control systems. These technologies are used by customers to improve operational efficiencies, enhance product quality, protect plant assets, minimize environmental impact, and create cleaner and safer environments.

Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware, the company has 69 manufacturing facilities strategically located around the globe and employs a team of over 16,100 professionals in 130 countries across six continents. Solenis is a 2024 US Best Managed Company, recognized three years in a row. For more information about Solenis, please visit


We are excited to go to market for our new a HR professional to cover the Benelux region.

As an HR Professional, you thrive on working independently and handling all HR matters for our offices in Belgium. You will collaborate with your HR colleagues from the Benelux team, based in Enschede and Utrecht.

Responsibilities:

- Smooth Payroll Operations: Ensure payroll runs efficiently.
- Daily HR Management: Handle daily HR tasks and maintain HR administration.
- Manager Advisory: Advise managers on performance, talent management, and absenteeism issues.
- Innovative Development: Develop tools and ideas with your HR colleagues to help employees contribute to the organization's growth.
- Challenges and Opportunities:

- Dynamic Environment: Embrace working in a challenging, non-ready-made setup.
- Integration Efforts: Contribute to the integration of business processes, focusing on COEs and HR OPS.
- Adaptability: Adapt to significant changes within the Benelux HR team, requiring a proactive, generalist HR approach.
- Team Collaboration: Work closely with a team of 4 HR professionals in the Benelux region, each focusing on areas like absenteeism and vitality, legal and employment conditions, culture and performance, and projects and support.

Work Environment:

- Act as a sparring partner for managers and a sounding board for employees.
- Independent and Collaborative: Work independently from Beringen while initiating improvements with your colleagues in the Netherlands.
- Global Implementation: Implement global processes, training, and tools to contribute to organizational goals.
- Diverse Tasks: Handle a variety of tasks from advising on dismissals, labor law, or absenteeism to participating in international project meetings or drafting employment contracts.
- Close-knit Team: Work in a small, close-knit team with short lines of communication, ensuring your ideas come to fruition within an international corporate context.

What We Expect:

- Self-Assessment: We trust that you can assess whether you have enough experience for this role.
- Modern HR Perspective: We seek someone with a modern HR perspective and experience with common HR topics.
- Essential Knowledge: Knowledge of labor law and/or absenteeism is essential.
- People Skills: Ability to connect with people, address issues, and get things done.
- Educational Background: An HBO or WO level education may be helpful, but we are open to different backgrounds.
- Operational Experience: Operational HR experience is crucial.

Language Requirement: Fluency in Dutch is essential.

At Solenis, we recognize that our people are our greatest asset. We offer attractive compensation, comprehensive benefits, and abundant opportunities for professional growth and development. If you're passionate about working for a world-class company and enjoy tackling complex challenges, we invite you to consider joining our team.

Solenis is committed to fostering an inclusive workplace and is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Affirmative Action Employer. We value diversity and do not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability status.

Join us to make a real difference by working on practical solutions and contributing to the growth of our organization.