HR Business Partner Manager

About the Role

The HR Business Partner Manager partners with leaders and employees to create a positive, inclusive, and high-performing workplace. You will help shape people strategies that support both business objectives and employee experience, while ensuring HR practices are effective, compliant, and aligned with organizational values.

Working closely with site and functional leaders, you will provide guidance across the employee lifecycle, including workforce planning, employee relations, talent development, organizational change, and leadership support. You will also manage and support one HR Advisor, helping to build capability and deliver a consistent HR service across the business.

This is an excellent opportunity for an HR professional who enjoys building relationships, solving people challenges collaboratively, and contributing to the success of both employees and the business.

How You Will Contribute

• Partner with site and functional leaders to understand business priorities and provide people-focused HR support and guidance.
• Lead the delivery of key HR initiatives and programs, ensuring a consistent employee experience across the operation.
• Support recruitment, onboarding, learning, and development activities to help attract, retain, and grow talent.
• Provide guidance on employee relations matters and support the application of HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Drive performance management, succession planning, and career development initiatives that support individual and team growth.
• Use workforce data and insights to identify trends, opportunities, and areas for improvement.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation, company policies, and customer or audit requirements.
• Partner with employee representative bodies and external workforce providers where applicable.
• Oversee HR reporting, systems, and budgets to support effective HR operations.
• Coach and support one HR Advisor, fostering their development and contribution to the wider HR team.
• Promote employee engagement, well-being, communication, and inclusion initiatives across the business.

What You Will Bring

• Experience in an HR Business Partner, HR Manager, or similar HR role supporting operational or business teams.
• Knowledge of Dutch employment law and HR best practices.
• Fluency in Dutch and English.
• The ability to build trusted relationships and work effectively with employees, managers, and stakeholders at different levels.
• Experience using HR systems and workforce data to support decision-making and continuous improvement.
• Strong communication, organization, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities.
• Experience in logistics, supply chain, manufacturing, or another operational environment would be beneficial.

Compensation

DP World offers exciting and challenging roles within a growing international organization. We strive to hire and develop the right people, locally and globally, stimulating personal growth and self-development within an informal atmosphere. We offer a market competitive compensation package.

About DP World

Trade is the lifeblood of the global economy, creating opportunities and improving the quality of life for people around the world. DP World exists to make the world’s trade flow better, changing what’s possible for the customers and communities we serve globally.

With a dedicated, diverse and professional team of more than 120,000 employees spanning 75 countries on six continents, DP World is pushing trade further and faster towards a seamless supply chain that’s fit for the future.

We’re rapidly transforming and integrating our businesses -- Ports and Terminals, Marine Services, Logistics and Technology – and uniting our global infrastructure with local expertise to create stronger, more efficient end-to-end supply chain solutions that can change the way the world trades.

What's more, we're reshaping the future by investing in innovation. From intelligent delivery systems to automated warehouse stacking, we’re at the cutting edge of disruptive technology, pushing the sector towards better ways to trade, minimising disruptions from the factory floor to the customer’s door.

WE MAKE TRADE FLOW

To Change What's Possible For Everyone

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