leentje: Human Resources Director - Belgium

 

iCEO™: 97539

Position: Human Resources Director

Nationality: Belgium

Home Country: Belgium

 

Senior Global HR leader with 18+ years’ experience across EMEA and the Americas. Drives strategic transformation while nurturing inclusive, high-performing cultures. Skilled in scaling HR functions and leading companies through change and growth paths. Aligns people strategy with evolving business priorities.________________________________________

-Built and scaled the workforce organization for a greenfield automotive factory in Croatia, hiring 18 roles in 6 months and achieving -10% time-to-productivity. -Led decentralization and restructuring of global departments (BE→RO/MX), using virtual and AI enabled learning platform to capture and transfer knowledge, cutting costs by 20% while preserving critical talent -- Designed group-wide L&D strategy and rolled out a leadership curriculum for 600+ managers, strengthening the succession pipeline • Directed HR due diligence and integration for complex cross-border divestment, managing TUPE/payroll migrations, averting €6M in legal exposure, harmonizing HR strategy & policies across 7 countries and retaining 95% of critical talent - Averted €2,5M in claims by resolving legacy employment cases in Italy pre-divestment; partnered with legal teams to build defensible positions and ensure clean exit. - Delivered €3M in cost savings through restructuring programs while preserving leadership capability and creating cultural alignment.