HR Operations Specialist (Medior)
Wunderman Thompson Commerce, Netherlands

We are Wunderman Thompson Commerce. A quirky, global, full-service digital agency that successfully inspires and grows retailers, brands, manufacturers amp; wholesalers in eCommerce, CX / UX and PIM / PXM. Our goal is to make our customers happy with the ultimate user experience across all channels. We are a family, pragmatic and always deliver! We are a WPP Company.

We are an inclusive group of people. Our reputation is based on inspired people who are straight-talking and who really want to understand not just our clients but also their customers. We are passionate about innovation in everything we do, and proud of what our people achieve, empowering and respecting every one of them.

Our business is growing and developing and therefore we are looking for a HR Operations Specialist (Medior)to join our HR team to facilitate this growth.

The focus of our HR team is to support our growing and developing business, elevate our HR department, to get aligned with the global Wunderman Thompson and WPP companies and to support our people focused culture. As a growing company in a volatile market, our HR Operations Specialist needs to be flexible, stay up to date with the market and HR practices, be innovative and creative in finding solutions and have an organized mind.

Are you organized, full of initiatives and up for a challenge?

Who we are looking for?

• You are a self-starter, flexible, and resilient;
• You have a lot of energy and know how to create sanity out of chaos;
• You are passionate about HR and like to stay up to date regarding law and legislation within the HR field;
• You are experienced in HR processes and are able to create them where needed;
• You have experience in handling payroll mutations and preparations;
• You are good with people and are service oriented;
• You are not scared of responsibilities and you are proactive in signaling improvement area’s and to make them yours;
• You know what needs to be done in order to become a people focused, process and data driven function;
• You NEVER use the sentence ‘this is how I have always done it’, but continue to look for ways to grow along with the needs of the business and market developments.
  

Your responsibilities will be, but are not limited to:

• Taking care of the HR administration, including absence, sickness cases, contracts, etc ;
• Taking care of the expat process and administration; the IND process, 30% tax ruling application and supporting expats in their queries and arrival in the Netherlands;
• Taking care of the onboarding of our new colleagues and work closely together on this with our Talent Acquisition Specialist;
• Prepare the monthly payroll, by collecting mutations and communicating them to Finance and our payroll provider;
• Setting up processes and maintaining/guarding them;
• Manage the personnel files and keeping them up to date;
• Being the first point of contact and support for the business in all their HR related queries and needs;
• Work with suppliers to onboard contractors timely so our projects can continue;
• Build reports to update the management on sickness and other relevant HR information;
• Build relationships with the business, stakeholders at Finance, IT, Planning, with colleagues within the Wunderman Thompson and WPP group and with our partners amp; suppliers;
• Collaborate in HR projects on a global scale.
  
  It would be great if you fit this profile:
  
• You have a minimum of 3 years of experience in a similar role and in a similar market;
• You are analytical and have at least an HBO (college) degree in a relevant area;
• You have experience in the use of HR systems, preferably Tentoo and/or Workday;
• You are a ‘people person’ with great communication skills;
• You are process minded and are able to set these up where needed;
• You have organization skills and are detail oriented;
• You can build reports;
• You are an excellent speaker amp; writer in both Dutch and English.
  
  

Does this sound like your dream job?

What we have to offer

• A lot of freedom in your work and in taking initiatives;
• We have an international and inclusive culture, with colleagues coming from all over the globe;
• We are part of a big global organization and network which offers a lot of expertise and knowledge and great people to work with;
• Lots of opportunities to develop and grow;
• Laptop and mobile phone;
• Nice lunches when we are back in the office (also vegetarian/vegan) provided by our lovely facility ladies;
• Plenty of fun social (online) events with our great colleague

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