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People Experience Manager - Employee relations

Location: Netherlands - Capelle Ad Ijssel

About the role:

As People Experience Manager – Employee Relations for the Netherlands - you will be a value adding and integrated member of the local People Experience (HR) team, reporting to the People Experience Lead BioPharma for Benelux , closely cooperating with the wider global People Experience organization and the local country organization (+/- 220p) on different projects and initiatives.

Your priority focus will be leading the interactions with the works council in support of the Country Manager, keeping both colleagues’ and business needs and priorities in mind.

For your own business group or for the whole organization, you will also provide in-depth People Experience expertise and be a trustful partner on all relevant PX topics, tasks, and activities in the Netherlands, leading or supporting initiatives as needed, in line with the global PX agenda.

Main responsibilities:

Employee Relations

• Act as primary PX point of contact for the works council; establish and maintain good, stable and healthy works council relations contributing to a constructive social climate in Pfizer Netherlands.

• Advise (with support of the PX Lead Benelux as needed) on approaches and strategies; prepare and follow up on all requests (for advice / for approval), participate to regular and ad-hoc works councils meetings.

PX (HR) Manager

• Coach the leaders in leveraging the key people processes and managerial skills to effectively manage their team

• Provide PX Client Facing support to your dedicated departments and based on the site / functional needs, lead and/or contribute to local / global PX initiatives or projects that contribute to our culture and support business achievements.

• Support the execution of annual PX processes and programs (performance, compensation processes, career management), in alignment with global and country practices; identify opportunities for continuous improvement, make recommendations and implement, in partnership with Centers of Excellence’s & Pfizer Colleague Services

• Manage (or assist Leaders in managing, depending on situation) employees labor law related processes (e.g., disciplinary cases, PIPs, restructuring, court claims, etc.)

• Support organizational changes and transformations and provide appropriate solutions to the Business, in respect of colleagues and in compliance with the local legislation

• Ensure high performance and consistent delivery, by building effective working relationships with the hubs and colleagues in our Global Shared Service Centre and the Center of Excellences

• Responsible for keeping all Dutch People Experience information and policies up to date.

• Ensure compliance with employment legislation & labor laws.

• Oversight of Personnel Administrative activities & templates in close cooperation with the supporting hubs.

About you:

• Master Degree, by preference in HR Management or Business/economics

• Language Requirements: Dutch and English fluent

• Min 5 years of professional experience in a human resource function

• Min 2 years of experience with works councils in NL and a good knowledge of NL labor laws

• Ability to handle multiple priorities and have a strong sense of business ethics including the ability to appropriately handle confidential information.

• To have an inclusive approach, embracing a wide range of perspectives, enjoying getting things done while bringing energy.

• Flexibility, highly focused on simplicity, empathy, and ability to interact with different personalities, perspectives, and profiles.

Nice to have

• Strong communication skills, ability to embrace change, agile approach, and active listening.

• Ability to work well on your own initiative and have experience of many different parts of the broad PX work.

• Resilience and capacity to influence in a positive manner.

What do we offer?

Innovative company Pfizer has a pipeline full of innovative medicines for a variety of conditions. As a Pfizer colleague, you'll have the opportunity to maximize the impact of medicines for patients in a variety of ways. In short, you make a real difference.

Development opportunities We are always looking for top talent. We believe you will never stop learning and there will always be a new opportunity for your development. That is why we have broad opportunities in the Belux organization. There are regular opportunities for training or to gain experience in a different field or even advancement to an international position.

A culture where you can be yourself We are a large, international organization with people from all over the world. At Pfizer everyone should be able to be themselves, that's what we strive for and live by.

Work/life balance At Pfizer, we know that if you really want to make an impact on people's lives, it's important that your people are at their best. That's why we offer our colleagues good working conditions, such as an appropriate salary and opportunities to work from home. Working a lot of overtime is not the norm for us. We also believe that work and having fun should go hand in hand. That's why, for example, you can participate in all kinds of activities outside of work.

Are you interested?

Do you know enough and have you decided to respond? We are curious about you and invite you to submit your application via the apply button below. You don't have to worry about a deadline to respond. We keep looking until we have found the right candidate for this position.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

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Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.

Pfizer's aim is to provide equality of opportunity in the recruitment process by avoiding any bias or potential discrimination on any grounds including (but not limited to): sex, age, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation or disability. At Pfizer we are creating an organization and promoting a culture that respects each individual's unique character and life experiences and reflects the diversity of our society, customers and markets. We will achieve this through fostering and sustaining an environment in which every colleague feels valued and supported.

Disability Inclusion:

Onze missie is om de kracht van al onze mensen te ontwikkelen en ruimte te geven. We zijn trots om een inclusieve werkgever te zijn, die aan alle kandidaten met een beperking gelijke kansen biedt. We moedigen je aan om jezelf te zijn en dat met ons te delen, wetende dat wij ons best gaan doen om jouw sollicitatie en toekomstige carrière te ondersteunen. Jouw reis bij Pfizer begint hier!

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