Ready to start a crunchy career?

HR Manager

As HR Manager for our teams at our Swiss HQ,  Germany, Austria and Italy our, you are the direct point of contact for all HR activities and play a crucial role in developing and implementing HR strategies that are aligned with our business objectives, fostering a positive work environment and ensuring compliance with employment laws.
HR team in our HQ, Belgium

Job description

  • Fostering a TOP culture and promoting a positive workplace culture and employee engagement across all sites, you will be working with the teams based in the International HQ in Switzerland and the Sales Offices in Germany, Austria and Italy. You operate in a multi-stakeholder environment and this role reports directly to the Group HR Director in Lembeke, Belgium.
  • Focusing on attracting talent, you collaborate with hiring managers to identify staffing needs, develop job descriptions, manage recruitment processes, install effective talent pools and leverage recruitment channels like our global career site & Linkedin.
  • Next to attracting, you also focus on retaining talent. You coordinate learning and development initiatives to enhance employee skills and professional development, assess training effectiveness and support employee development initiatives.
  • You oversee employee compensation and benefits administration, ensuring competitiveness and equity across sites, including market research and salary benchmarking to support compensation strategies.
  • As the local owner of HR activities, you implement global HR policies, processes and tools in a way that it re-enforces the country specific HR strategy. You develop and optimize these local policies, processes and tools in compliance with employment laws and regulations.
  • Developing and maintaining HR metrics and reports in line with company standards and delivering recommendations to senior management to enhance the HR strategy is also part of this role.

Profile

To be able to achieve the above and be successful in this role we believe you need to have:

  • A strong academic background with a Master’s degree in Human Resources, Economics or a related field, combined with at least 8 years of experience in an HR Generalist role, preferrably in a fast moving, international context.
  • Considerable experience in working with both operational and strategic HR topics and regulations, specifically in Switzerland (any other country of the above is a plus).
  • A good understanding of HR technology and systems, fluency in English and (Swiss) German and a willingness to travel to the different countries depending on their needs.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, an entrepreneurial mindset and a hands-on mentality.
  • A result-driven and solution-minded approach on both long- and short term.
  • A good fit with our TOP values Team Spirit, Open dialogue and Passion.
Lotus Bakeries Employee with Biscoff Ice cream

"Working at Lotus Bakeries feels like a privilege. A privilege to be part of a strong growing international organization, with a clear vision towards the future. Being able to contribute to this growth in one way or another is also what makes me proud. Proud to be part of the Lotus family."

Testimonial - Evy Vandenbrande

Evy Van den Brande

HR Manager

Offer

Grasp the opportunity to join an ambitious and driven team with a mix of talents! Being part of a fast growing, international company, you will get tons of on-the-job-learning and acquire new insights. In addition, you will be part of a culture where passion, team spirit and open dialogue are our main drivers. And of course, on top of that, you can enjoy delicious branded snacks every day!

Apply for this job
... Or get to know the team

Do you want to be part of a terrific team with the ambition to create small moments of happiness every day? Meet our people, discover their unique skills and get excited to join them in a great work environment.

Meet the team

Share this job