About Royal Van Leeuwen
Royal Van Leeuwen is an international distribution company specializing in steel pipes, and pipe and tube applications. The family-owned company, with its head office in Zwijndrecht, the Netherlands, was founded in 1924 and is active in virtually all industrial sectors. The company has 75 branches spread across 32 countries throughout Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Australia, and North America. Van Leeuwen’s 2,200 employees have specialist knowledge of sourcing, processing, project management, logistics and stock planning and work closely together with customers in its markets. The combination of global logistics and knowledge of products and customer applications makes Van Leeuwen a leading company in its markets.
Within this context, the HR team plays a crucial role in supporting the business strategy and ensuring business continuity and growth.
About the team
To achieve our strategic ambitions and maintain our leading global position in steel pipes and tubes, we count on the strength of a diverse team of skilled and passionate professionals. Our People Strategy is dedicated to helping our colleagues grow and to nurturing a culture where learning is part of everyday work. By encouraging development through a clear, structured approach and by embracing digital solutions, we actively fuel the company’s long‑term success. Van Leeuwen strives to be a place where people feel inspired to contribute, develop, and stay—today and in the years ahead.
The HR team has defined key priorities, amongst which driving people development, efficiency and compliance through structured processes and digitalization, accelerating global leadership capabilities through focused leadership development, and supporting strategy implementation. We ensure consistent ways of working to attract, retain and develop a pipeline of outstanding diverse talent with the skills we need for the future, lead the development of a continuous learning, innovation and belonging culture, and ensure organizational capability globally and skills building for different target groups in the organization.
The Corporate HR team is led by the Group HR Director and consists of a Global Talent & Development Manager, a Global Compensation & Benefits Manager (this vacancy), a Workday specialist and a Group HR manager. Also, you have over 10 HR colleagues in the regions where Van Leeuwen operates with whom you meet regularly online and in person.
Your role
The aim of this role is to develop, manage and coordinate the global compensation and benefits strategy, policies, and activities in an effective and customer focused way to optimally meet the needs of the business and support the realization of the strategic objectives. This role focuses mostly on the part of the people strategy around rewarding and recognizing employees. The global compensation and benefits processes have been fully professionalized in the last years and are powered by Workday. You will work closely with the Group HR Director and other global HR team members and the Workday specialist will report to you. Also, you will align with senior leadership, and regional HR colleagues to guide and challenge them on all related compensation and benefits topics.
Your main responsibilities will be:
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Develop an annual compensation & benefits plan and monitor progress on compensation & benefits projects
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Be responsible for an effective Global Job Framework including job evaluation and global (and local) grading systems
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Continually professionalize the Van Leeuwen global reward policies (e.g., promotion, mobility, pensions) supporting the realization of business objectives
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Drive compliance on Pay Transparency
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On demand and pro-actively give advice to senior management on compensation & benefits related themes
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Fulfil the role of expert advisor and provide advice to the different operational companies in the area of reward, variable pay and benefits
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Drive and manage the annual global compensation cycle (salary and bonus)
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Ensure effective use, development, and maintenance of Workday (HCM, Recruitment, Absence, Peakon, Expenses)
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Further build on HR KPI Dashboard
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Manage, motivate, develop, and coach the Workday specialist
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Provide input for global HR strategy and policies from your own expertise area
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Ensure salaries and benefits comply with the current local legislations about human rights and pay equity
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Monitor international competitive trends that are relevant to Van Leeuwen
Your background
This role is an ideal step if you are driven to deliver outstanding reward and recognition services on a global level with a can-do pragmatic attitude. Next to your indepth expertise in compensation and benefits, you also have a strong HRIS background and an interest in broader HR projects and HR digitization. You are eager to learn and self-starting, but also like to develop others and work together in the Global HR team.
Furthermore, you recognize yourself in the following:
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Relevant master in e.g., Business Administration, HRM or Business Psychology
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Experience in working in professional and international environment
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Proven and considerable experience with global compensation & benefits and change processes and projects, either in an internal or consultancy role
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Extensive knowledge and expertise in HRIS (Prefably Workday)
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Proven track record in digitization projects and interest in AI developments
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Working knowledge of compensation and benefits practices and trends
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International experience and experience with organizational change
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Successful record of implementing new processes and projects, with impactful results on the business
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You have business and financial acumen and are excellent in stakeholder management
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You can convince others about your ideas and are organizationally sensitive
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You have an entrepreneurial mindset and are flexible
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You are numerically strong, meticulous and are an expert in Excel and preferably also in Workday
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You demonstrate self awareness, have a positive attitude and build trust easily
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You are an excellent communicator in English and flexible in travelling for work
