HR Business Partner

and long-term departmental needs in a cost-effective manner. Play an active 'liaison' role between the business and HR teams.

**What are your duties as HR Business Partner?**:

- Processes: drive workforce planning and, in collaboration with Talent Acquisition and Learning &. Development to meet staffing and capacity needs.
- Analysing: organisational structures, span-of-control, depth of organisation,.... analyse and advise on the further optimisation of these structures to ensure Lineas has an effective and cost-efficient organisation.
- Budgeting: ensuring that we are as cost-efficient as possible in terms of staffing and external resources
- Recruitment: participating in the recruitment processes for leadership positions and critical positions to ensure that we attract talent for our current and future needs
- Learning & Development: As part of the Talent Strategy, you will work closely with managers for talent and performance management within their departments to ensure a strong talent pool for critical positions, create and implement action plans.
- Leadership: Look for solutions to complex situations together with your internal client, supporting them in the search for improvement opportunities to ensure a healthy social climate in the department. You manage the organisation and safeguard the culture in transformation programmes (incl. restructuring, investments, acquisitions, business alliances, etc.)

As HR Business Partner, you will maintain an environment within the assigned business units that attracts, retains, develops and motivates top-quality staff.

**What is your profile?**:

- Master's degree in Human Resources, Psychology or Business Administration with 8+ years of experience
- Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and Dutch. Good communication in French.
- Driving license B, you will mainly work at our locations in Antwerp Port and Ghent Seaport.
- Strong strategic and conceptual thinking; solid business acumen
- A consultative leadership style that builds high-performing teams in multidisciplinary projects that consistently achieve targets and realise organisational benefits
- A strong communicator with excellent influencing skills.
- Proactive, stress-resistant, pragmatic, results-oriented, flexible and a leader in change
- Pragmatic, hands-on, structured and able to manage (change) projects
- Good people and coaching skills
- Experience in HR management positions, ideally in an international environment
- Knowledge of modern people and organisational development
- Knowledge of social legislation
- MS Office proficiency

**Information**:

- Full-time indefinite contract.
- 13th-month & bonus.
- Car
- Benefits: hospital insurance, private accident insurance, group insurance for guaranteed income and pension.
- Meal vouchers and eco vouchers.
- 23 vacation days, one additional day after one year, 9 ADV days, and one extra vacation day every five years of seniority.
- Head office Brussels, with the possibility of remote work.
- Day work.

**Who are we?**:
We are Lineas, the largest private rail freight operator in Europe. We convince companies to shift the transport of their goods from road to rail. Because that's much better for the climate and mobility. We make this Modal Shift a reality with the best train products and innovative services.

We, the FREIGHT FORCE, dedicate ourselves day after day to the freight transport of our customers. And to really make a difference

At Lineas, diversity is fundamental. We believe skills and talents are not related to gender, ethnicity, age, social background, sexual orientation, or philosophical or religious beliefs. Help us promote an inclusive and supportive work environment.