Strengthening Zermelo through the enhancement of HR strategy and operations.The dedicated workforce at Zermelo serves as the cornerstone of our organization. By collaborating closely with the management team and the Director of Operations, I not only aim to refine and elevate the human resources strategy and its execution but also actively contribute to the sustained growth of the organization.

As the CHRO, I reported directly to the CEO and was a vital member of the Executive Team. Key achievements included launching a new culture program, selecting an HR outsourcing vendor, leading a 40-member HR team across Europe, Australia, and New Zealand, and guiding staff reduction efforts across the organization.

As the HR director leading Europe, I spearheaded the support for the Commercial Leadership team in achieving their business goals by providing comprehensive HR strategies encompassing resourcing, talent management, organizational development, change management, employee relations, and compensation.I functioned as a strategic partner to the business's leadership, including the Chief Commercial Officer (CCO), with ultimate accountability for local HR operations. This involved overseeing talent management performance management , complex employees issues resolution, strategic workforce planning, and other crucial aspects.Collaborating extensively, I worked closely with other HR functions such as Rewards & Analytics and Learning & Development to cater to the specific needs of the Commercial business within the region.To ensure holistic HR coverage across Norgine, I actively engaged with other HR Business Partners (HRBPs) in different functions. Additionally, all country-level HR operations across Europe reported directly to me. This encompassed countries such as UK&I, Germany, France, Iberia, Italy, Nordics & Alps, Benelux, and Australia/NZ.

​HR Director​Responsibilities:• Act as Liaison and HR representative for US/Japan/Netherlands regarding EMEA PV, EMAE-RA, EMEA-CRQA, EMEA-DO• Participating in the different Management teams as HR business partner• Support business during re-organizations and change management processes• Trusted advisor for SVP’s in Medical and Development functions globally• Member of the global M&D HR management team• Member of the local HR management team• Manage recruitment in the Netherlands and implement new ways of recruitment• Advisor for employee’s opinions and anticipate the needs and concerns 2011-2014​Associate HR Director ​Responsibilities:• (HR) set-up of the Dubai affiliate• Support APNL/Mena/Ssa/Shared Services/IGD• Act as a liaison between the line and HR local/Europe to ensure HR services are delivered and aligned• Part of MT APNL• Part of MT Mena/Ssa• Manage specific project programs such as implementation oflearning portal/vendor management• Support business in change management• Manage recruitment in the Netherlands and implement new ways of recruitment• Foster and maintain strong internal relationships with key HR functions and Business Leaders• Advisor for employee’s opinions and anticipate the needs and concerns

Global design and implementation of HR shared services for TomTomMember of the Global HR management team for TomTomPeople managementManage relationship between HR, Finance, ITManage third partiesBudget ownerMain achievements; Designed 3 year roadmap to implement shared service for TomTomImplemented Peoplesoft on time within budgetImproved HR data quality to 99% accuracy

Delivery Account Director for Unilever ​​Jan. 2007 - 2010 Responsible for managing HR business process outsourcing for Benelux, Germany, Switzerland and NordicsEnsure that Accenture transition is delivering the correct set-up for the service.Manage in start-up phase the operation teams delivering the service for 7 service lines such as Recruitment, Learning, Payroll.Providing human recourse services such as: recruitment, workforce administration, learning, contact center.Guide client on change managementManage the relationship with country HR directors/ service delivery manager Unilever.Reporting based on SLA to Client on a monthly basisResponsible for resolving escalations, budget responsibility, vendor managementManager of shared service center.Service are provide from on and off-shore location. Main achievements: ​Build strong relation with client despite rough first year.Green SLA's​​​Managed successfully change in delivery centre Prague.​​​Managed within budget.

Workforce Manager General Western Europe and Germany Jan. 2004 – Jan 2007 People manager of 8 consultants on workforce management in 9 countries.Act as interface between EMEA and countries.Translate Worldwide and EMEA programs to the GWE region.Being part of Business HR team in GWELead change of Workforce management organization in GWEBudget responsible. Managing Third-party SLA’s for hiring activities. Main achievements:​Cut cost of hiring with 3 mlj.​​​Saved operational cost of 200.000 Euro y\y​​​Turned around hiring process in 9 countries​​​Introduced solution for global mobility HR manager ​​​Jan. 2000- Dec. 2004 Part of business team for Managed Service in GWE. Act as advisor, coach and implement programs such as organizational changes. I covered the role as HR principal in large outsourcing deals. Act as interface between 8 HR managers in GWE and European HR managers on all HR related topics in managed Services. Main achievements:​Part of bid teams that where successful in closing large deals such as Sarelee DE, Nokia, Ericsson, P&G.​Successfully transition over 150 employees on HP pay-roll in NL​Downsized MS organization. HR manager ​​​ Jan. 1997-Jan 2000 For HP services organization, Test and Measurement, Chemical analytical group in the Netherlands. This included the sales force. Was part of the 3 management teams and was responsible for implementing programs as hiring, organizational changes, workers council meetings etc. Main Achievements: Successfully hired critical employees in all 3 units (100+)​​​Implemented program on work/live balance​​​Trusted advisor of all 3 BU leaders and rest of management team.​​​

I covered the role as HR Consultant for three stores. The function ranged from advising management in areas such as change management, labour law and recruitment to advising employees on career development and personal issues.Special projects e.g;Reorganizing staff of store As project member involved in setting up a new performance evaluation tool