HR Manager Belgium

Cabot Corporation (NYSE: CBT) is a leading global specialty chemicals and performance materials company headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.

Our businesses deliver a broad range of products and solutions to customers in every corner of the globe, serving the transportation, infrastructure, environment and consumer industry sectors. We bring the power of innovative chemistry to solve customers' challenges today while preparing them to meet tomorrow’s needs. Our commitment to innovation is driven by a passion to advance our customers' businesses through our deep understanding of their applications and the global trends that impact their operations.

If you do not meet every requirement, or your experience is slightly different that what we have listed, we still encourage you to apply! 

Cabot is seeking a dynamic and strategic HR Manager to lead our people agenda in Belgium. This is a unique opportunity to join the leadership team of a well-established manufacturing operation and play a key role in shaping employee experience, talent development, employee relations, and organizational performance.

Our Loncin manufacturing facility produces masterbatches and conductive compounds containing carbon black, additives, and thermoplastic resins used across a wide range of industries, including construction, automotive, agriculture, and packaging. Since launching operations in 1970, the site has grown into an important part of Cabot's global network and today employs more than 60 people. The Loncin team works closely with colleagues at our second Belgian facility in Pepinster, located approximately 30 kilometers away.

As Country HR Manager Belgium, you will serve as a trusted advisor to General Manager and the Leadership Team. As a member of the Belgian site leadership team, you will help drive business performance, operational excellence, workforce capability, social partnership, and a strong culture of safety and inclusion across both of our Belgian sites.

How You Will Make an Impact:

 HR Strategy and Business Partnership 

• Act as the HR business partner to the Facility General Manager and site leadership team. 
• Translate global and EMEA HR strategy into practical local actions for Belgium. 
• Support organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and change management. 
• Provide proactive HR guidance to managers on performance, engagement, retention, and organizational effectiveness. 

Employee Relations and Social Dialogue 

• Manage collective labour relations with unions and employee representatives. 
• Prepare and support Works Council and social body meetings. 
• Support negotiations, collective agreements, and social climate management. 
• Advise management on employee relations, disciplinary cases, and conflict resolution while maintaining a constructive and compliant social dialogue. 

Legal Compliance and HR Governance 

• Ensure compliance with Belgian labour law, social regulations, and Cabot policies. 
• Maintain HR policies, procedures, and governance documents. 
• Support legal cases, audits, and interactions with authorities or legal advisors. 
• Ensure confidentiality and GDPR compliance in employee data management.

Payroll, Compensation and Benefits 

• Ensure accurate and compliant payroll processes. 
• Oversee contracts, benefits, absences, and HR administration. 
• Monitor labour costs and HR budgets in collaboration with Finance. 
• Provide relevant HR analytics (headcount, absenteeism, turnover, productivity). 

Talent Acquisition, Development and Performance 

• Lead local recruitment strategy and ensure efficient hiring processes. 
• Drive performance management, talent reviews, and succession planning. 

Leadership, Coaching and Culture 

• Coach managers on leadership, communication, and people management. 
• Promote Cabot’s values, ethical standards, and leadership behaviours. 
• Strengthen employee engagement, trust, and organizational alignment. 
• Act as a role model for integrity, fairness, and collaboration. 

SH&E, Quality and Site Compliance Support 

• Support and reinforce the site safety culture through HR processes. 
• Ensure onboarding and training include safety, quality, and compliance requirements. 
• Support consistency in disciplinary practices related to safety rules. 
• Contribute to audits, investigations, and continuous improvement initiatives. 

Internal Communication and Corporate Interface 

• Lead or support HR communication related to organizational changes and policies. 
• Act as a key interface between local sites, EMEA HR, and corporate functions. 
• Ensure clear, consistent, and timely communication across both Belgian sites. 

What You Will Bring to Cabot:

• Strong knowledge of Belgian labour law and social relations  
• Master’s or Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Law or related field  
• Minimum 7 years of progressive HR experience, including HR management responsibilities  
• Experience in an industrial and unionized environment
• Experience in a multinational matrix organization
• Fluency in French and English 

How We’ll Support Your Success:

• Dynamic, Flexible, Team Environment – We are collaborative and growing.
• Growth –Great training, great peer coaching and support, and the ability to personally grow your influence, your position, and your compensation.
• Meaningful Work that is Valued –The work we do is visible, and is helping to create a more abundant, affordable, and more resource efficient future. It is an awesome feeling to know you’re making a living by making a positive impact in the world; and to be able to say, “I was a part of that.”
• Benefits, Vacation, Etc. – We offer a competitive package of benefits and are interested in long term collaboration.
• Feedback – we are committed to giving and receiving feedback in a direct and open fashion.
• Support – you are part of a team and deserve to feel encouraged and supported. You will be part of a team that cares about you personally and professionally. Our success depends on your success.

At Cabot, we bring the power of innovative chemistry and a spirit of partnership with our customers to advance solutions that will enable a sustainable future. Our strength in research and development is a major reason why we have been an industry leader for more than 135 years in products such as reinforcing and specialty carbons, battery materials, aerogel, fumed metal oxides, inkjet colorants, masterbatches and conductive compounds.

Our employees around the world are united by our shared purpose: Creating materials that improve daily life and enable a more sustainable future. Through our corporate strategy, “Creating for Tomorrow,” we are focused on our core strengths to lead in performance and sustainability – today and into the future.