Global HR Compliance Specialist

Vanderlande Industries B.V.; Veghel; Hybrid; EUR 61,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

40 vacation days

Hybrid workplace (40% home)

Health & Wellbeing budget €300/year

Commuting allowance

Pension scheme

On-site gym and health services

Vanderlande Academy

Job summary

Vanderlande seeks a Global HR Compliance Specialist to own the international HR compliance framework across employment law, data protection and end-to-end HR processes. You will translate regulatory requirements into practical standards embedded in daily HR operations, coordinating with Legal, Privacy, HR Technology and Process teams.

You will drive governance, identify risks early, and ensure compliance is a proactive part of HR service delivery, not just audits, contributing to a resilient

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Law, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in HR compliance, employment law, governance, or operations in an international organisation.
• Experience building a compliance framework from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the global HR compliance framework covering employment law, data protection and record keeping.
• Design and run a recurring control and testing cycle across global HR end-to-end processes and data.
• Track changes in employment legislation and data protection rules and translate impact into requirements.

Skills

Analytical skills

Regulatory translation

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in HR/Law/Business

Tools

Workday

Job description

Job Title Global HR Compliance Specialist

At Vanderlande, our people are the foundation of everything we achieve. As we continue to grow across North America, EMEA and APAC, the complexity of managing the end-to-end HR policies, the employee data and the workforce processes across different legal and regulatory environments continues to increase. Ensuring compliance is therefore not only a matter of meeting legal obligations. It is about safeguarding our employees, anchoring the integrity of our HR operations, and creating the confidence that our people practices are fair, consistent and trustworthy wherever we operate. As Global HR Compliance Specialist, you play a pivotal role in making this happen. You are the custodian of the HR compliance framework that underpins our global End-to-End HR service delivery. Working at the intersection of HR, Legal, Privacy, HR Technology and Process Management, you translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, practical standards that can be embedded into daily operations. You help ensure that compliance is not an afterthought or a periodic audit exercise, but a natural part of how HR serves employees and managers every day. This role requires a unique combination of analytical rigor, business pragmatism and stakeholder influence. You will identify risks before they become issues, drive accountability across the organization, and help shape a culture where compliance enables better decisions rather than constraining them. In doing so, you will contribute directly to a global HR function that is trusted, resilient and fit for the future. A successful Global HR Compliance Specialist understands that effective compliance is not measured by the absence of findings, but by the presence of strong governance, transparent processes and the confidence that employees, managers and leaders can place in the way HR operates. This is your opportunity to build that foundation on a global scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Compliance Framework: Build and maintain the global HR compliance framework, covering employment law obligations, end-to-end process adherence, data protection and record keeping. You define the requirement. The Functions own the policies that answer it and the Global Process Owner Hire to Retire owns the process design. The Service Delivery is accountable for the day to day adherence and execution.
• Monitoring and Assurance: Design and run a recurring control and testing cycle across global HR end-to-end processes and data. Identify gaps, quantify the risk, agree remediation with the respective accountable owners and track it to closure and anchoring.
• Regulatory Watch: Track changes in employment legislation, data protection rules and HR reporting obligations in the countries where we operate, where applicable together with global functions such as Comp & Benefits leaders. Translate the impact into a clear requirement and route it to the right owner.
• Data Privacy and Records: Safeguard the lawful handling of employee data across the HR technology landscape, including retention, access and cross border transfer. Act as the HR counterpart to Privacy and Legal.
• Internal and External Audit: Act as the single HR point of contact for audits, both internal and external. Coordinate the scope with Internal Audit, prepare the evidence and manage findings through to sign off. Support external audit on HR controls and on payroll data originating from HR.
• Advisory and Reporting: Act as the escalation point for complex HR compliance questions, and report compliance status, open risks and remediation progress to HR leadership.

Day-to-Day Activities

• Set-up and maintain & continuous improve the global HR compliance framework.
• Run compliance checks and controls on global HR processes and data.
• Analyse legislative changes and translate them into requirements for the right owner.
• Advise HR colleagues and people leaders on complex compliance and employee data questions.
• Build and maintain compliance documentation, control descriptions and work instructions.
• Coordinate audit requests, gather evidence and follow up on findings.
• Contribute to global HR transformation and integration projects from a compliance perspective.

Your Profile

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Human Resources, Law, Business Administration, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in HR compliance, employment law, HR governance, or HR operations in an international organisation.
• Proven track record of building a compliance or control framework from scratch, not only running an existing one.
• Working knowledge of employment law principles and data protection legislation, including GDPR, and the ability to work with local counsel on country specifics.
• Demonstrable experience with internal and external audit cycles, from evidence gathering to remediation follow up.
• Experience with Workday or comparable HR systems, and with working in a matrix organisation where you set the requirement but do not own the policy or the process.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong analytical and risk assessment skills, with high attention to detail.
• Ability to translate legal and regulatory language into practical, usable process guidance.
• Excellent stakeholder management, able to build credibility with senior HR leaders.

What do we offer?

This position offers a competitive salary range of € 5.500 to € 6.700 per month (excluding 8% holiday allowance).

• 40 vacation days (20 statutory days and a flexible budget worth 20 days).
• Flexible working hours.
• A hybrid workplace (40% working from home and 60% in the office).
• A Health & Wellbeing budget worth €300,- per calendar year.
• Commuting allowance, including full reimbursement of travel by public transport.
• Working from home allowance.
• Collective pension scheme and discount on additional health insurance.
• On-site company health centres with a gym, physiotherapists and occupational therapists.
• Vanderlande Academy and training facilities to boost your skills.
• A variety in Vanderlande Network communities and initiatives.
• And a great company restaurant and coffee bar with barista.

Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande embraces diversity in all its forms. We welcome qualified applicants regardless of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, or disability status.

Every day, millions of people rely on Vanderlande without even knowing it. From baggage checked in at the airport to parcels on their way to someone’s doorstep, our automation solutions help keep the world moving. Vanderlande designs, delivers, and supports automation technology, operational software, and lifecycle services for leading airports and parcel operations worldwide. Across more than 100 countries, our customers rely on us to keep their operations moving reliably, efficiently, and sustainably. Behind every solution are the people who make it happen.

At Vanderlande, how we work matters just as much as what we deliver. Our values, Every Day Better, We Care, and Team Play, guide how we collaborate, support each other, and create value for our customers. Here, you can work with colleagues across disciplines and cultures, contribute to work that makes a difference, and build your future in an organisation that invites you to grow. Explore what is possible at Vanderlande and discover how you can make an impact. Aspire. Grow. Achieve. Together.