Global Head of People & Culture — Scale-Up Leader

Karsten International; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Amsterdam office

Fresh lunches

Well-being support

Sports activities

Company events

Job summary

Karsten International seeks a strategic and hands-on Head of People to shape the people strategy and culture while leading our People & Facilities team. You will partner with the CEO, COO and MT, translating business ambitions into people practices across the Netherlands and China.

This is a leadership role that combines strategic thinking with operational excellence, building a scalable People function and driving organisational design, workforce planning and performance.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in HR Management or Business Administration.
• 10+ years HR experience with 3+ years in a senior strategic role.
• Experience leading a scale-up or international company.
• Change management and culture transformation experience.
• Coaching C-level executives and senior leaders.
• Dutch employment law and HR compliance knowledge.
• Strong commercial judgement and data-driven mindset.
• Excellent communication in Dutch and English.

Responsibilities

• Developing a multi-year People strategy aligned with company growth plans and MT priorities.
• Advising and coaching senior leaders on organisational design, workforce planning, leadership effectiveness and people risk.
• Defining and embedding leadership behaviours and cultural values across the Netherlands and China.
• Building approaches to performance management, succession planning, talent identification and learning and development.
• Measuring organisational health, acting on employee feedback and reporting people KPIs to the MT.
• Leading the People workstream in organisational change and equipping managers to guide their teams through it.
• Leading and developing the team across Talent Acquisition, HR Business Partnering, HR Operations and Facilities.
• Overseeing compliant HR operations, policies, systems and external partners across the Dutch and Chinese entities.
• Managing the People & Facilities budget and aligning workforce plans with business planning cycles

Skills

Leadership

Strategic HR

Executive coaching

Organizational design

Change management

People analytics

Dutch law knowledge

Communication skills

Education

Master's degree in HR Management or Business Administration

Job description

Karsten International seeks a strategic and hands-on Head of People to shape the people strategy and culture while leading our People & Facilities team. You will partner with the CEO, COO and MT, translating business ambitions into people practices across the Netherlands and China.

This is a leadership role that combines strategic thinking with operational excellence, building a scalable People function and driving organisational design, workforce planning and performance.