HR Advisor EMEA

About Our ClientJiffy Group

is a truly global company. Our headquarters are in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands. We also have locations in the US, Canada, Sri Lanka, Japan, Norway, Denmark, Sweden, France, Spain, and Estonia. Jiffy harvests its own peat on bogs in Sweden, the Baltic and Canada; blends quality substrates in the Netherlands, Estonia and Canada, and produces the Preforma bonded plugs in the Netherlands, USA, Spain and Japan. We also manufactures a complete line of coir products at our own facilities in Sri Lanka.

Our broad Jiffy portfolio offers you an incredible variety of options to create tailor-made solutions for your business. And we are always willing to listen to you, our clients, to help us all technically improve in order to feed and beautify the world while caring for the environment. With our portfolio of pots, pellets, coir products, substrates and plugs we aim to help your company find the best solution for your growing needs.

Jiffy is perhaps best known for the "Jiffy Pot". This root protection and plant propagation product was launched in the early 1950s and gained huge success in the US & European markets.

Another innovative Jiffy product which is equally well-known in the growing industry today, is the Jiffy-7 pellet. This product was launched in the late 1960s and began production in North America in 1982. Today, billions of plants all over the world are started in a Jiffy in many various types of plant propagation systems.

Thanks to the 2002 acquisition of Preforma Plant Plug Jiffy became a world leader in state-of-the art plant propagation systems. Most recently, we also become leaders in the coir (coconut fibre) market, with our own pellet factory based in Mirigama, Sri Lanka.

This facility produces not only the new Jiffy-7C pellet, but also top-quality hydroponic media such as Jiffy Growbags and Jiffy Growblocks made from RHP certified coir - as well as ingredients for Jiffy's wide range of peat-reduced and peat-free substrate mixes. Jiffy blends quality substrates at the production locations in Estonia, The Netherlands and Canada.

Jiffy's vision is to be the "Innovation and service leader in sustainable plant growing solutions, to feed and beautify the world". We are committed to offering solutions, services, and products that meet and/or exceed our clients' expectations, to ensure excellent customer service and great customer experience that drives the organization towards success.

To ensure that, we honor a set of sustainable principles and requirements on which we lay the foundation to commit to provide continual improvements in Occupational Health and Safety, working environment, Quality, Food Safety, and Environmentally-friendly solutions, services, and products.Job DescriptionThe HR Advisor pro-actively participates in identifying and developing initiatives to increase employee satisfaction and engagement. Streamlining and aligning processes such as performance management, reimbursement policies, discussing and/or advising on training and development programs and on-boarding are important functions of this position. Starting from the global HR-Strategy, the HR advisor EMEA takes the lead in ensuring uniform processes and procedures for our locations and legal entities in Europe. Next to that he/she take responsibility for EMEA-payroll administration.

The HR Advisor EMEA is a member of our Global HR Team, meeting monthly to review, develop and discuss our global HR initiatives and policies, sharing best practices and contribute to our global Jiffy Strategy. Today the HR Team is represented by HR specialists from Benelux, Canada, EMEA, Sri Lanka and the US.

The position of HR Advisor EMEA reports directly to the Chief Organization & Development Officer (based in The Netherlands), and does interact with Local Managers, Sales Managers (sales, marketing, innovation, and solution support), Financial department and IT.Contributing, identifying and making initiatives to increase employee satisfaction, engagement and feeling of involvementParticipate in developing and implement identified initiatives such as talent programs, leadership programs, traineeship, employee development, etc.Administration and implementation of processes related to HR managementSupport and execute the employee benefits program, ensuring it complies with legal requirementsUpdating existing and developing new job descriptionsParticipation in staff recruitmentDevelopment and coordination of on-boarding programs for new employeesCoordination and monitoring performance managementMonitor HR indicators such as retention rate, illness rates, etc.Advise and guide managers and employees on all matters relating to human resourcesPromote well-being at work (hygiene, safety, ergonomics, accident prevention)Coordinate the European company car fleet

We expect the candidate to travel to our production locations in Europe to align HR policies and initiatives with local management.

The Successful ApplicantStrong verbal, written and interpersonal communication skillsAble to write business correspondence and to converse professionally with e.g. lawyers, authorities, and employeesAnalytical skillsProficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related softwareStrong presentation skillsEmpathetic, trustworthy, integer, relationship-builder, autonomous, accessible and team workerDetail oriented with strong organization and time management skillsProactively manage time to meet deadlines and targetsA Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources (or equivalent working experience)Three to five years of relevant experience in an international HR job, preferably in a manufacturing/production environmentExperienced in development and implementation of HR initiatives such as talent programs, traineeship, employee development, etc.Dutch and English language fluently in word and writing, other languages will be an advantageKnowledge of and experience in employment legislationAdditional training/experience in Payroll Management and Employee Benefits such as personnel insurances, pension schemes, etc. is considered an advantageWhat's on OfferCompetitive package

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