Graduation: Strengthening manager effectiveness through workforce insights

Vanderlande Industries GmbH; Veghel; Remote; EUR 5,600 - 6,100; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Internship allowance

Commuting allowance

On-site health center

Active employee communities

Restaurant & coffee bar

Job summary

Vanderlande in Veghel, Netherlands seeks a Graduation assignment focused on turning workforce data into business impact. You will explore how managers use HR tools and data to drive decisions across recruitment, development, performance, and workforce planning.

You will design practical recommendations and a future-state vision to boost manager effectiveness, enhance the Manager Hub and Report Shop, and drive adoption through learning interventions and change strategies.

Qualifications

• Mandatory enrolment in Dutch education system and resident of The Netherlands.
• Bachelor or Master in HRM, business admin, organizational psychology or related field.
• Strong analytical and communication skills; able to work with stakeholders globally.
• Experience with qualitative research, change management, or project work is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Map key people decisions throughout the employee lifecycle and assess how HR tools and workforce insights support them.
• Conduct interviews, surveys, and workshops with managers and HR stakeholders to identify support needs and barriers to data usage.
• Analyze process, capability, and adoption gaps regarding data interpretation and decision-making.
• Benchmark best practices in manager enablement and data-informed leadership.
• Develop practical recommendations and a future-state design to improve manager effectiveness and tool adoption.
• Create an implementation roadmap and present findings to HR leadership and business stakeholders.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder engagement

Qualitative research

Change management

Education

Bachelor/Master in HRM, business admin or related field

Job description

Assignment type: Graduation

Start date: February 2027

Assignment duration: 6 months

Location: Veghel

Education level: Bachelor / Master

Desired study: Human resource management, Business administration, Organizational psychology or related field

Language: Dutch / English

Description of assignment

Are you passionate about turning workforce data into real business impact? Every day, managers at Vanderlande make key decisions about recruitment, talent development, performance, and workforce planning. While we offer rich reports and self-service tools, having access to data is only the first step. The real challenge is empowering managers to translate these insights into confident, smart decisions throughout the employee lifecycle.

In this strategic graduation assignment, you will dive into the manager experience to uncover decision-making challenges, capability gaps, and barriers to tool adoption. You will design practical recommendations and a future-state vision to boost manager effectiveness. From enhancing solutions like the Manager Hub and Report Shop to creating engaging learning interventions and change strategies, your work will directly shape data-informed leadership across Vanderlande.

Department description

You will join the Global Specialists team within Global HR Services. This team shapes and improves HR services, processes, and solutions to support employees and managers worldwide.

Working closely with the Distribution domain, managers, and HR Partners, you will explore how to better enable leaders in making informed people decisions. This role offers practical experience in organizational development, manager enablement, and change management within a global company.

Tasks/responsibilities

• Map key people decisions throughout the employee lifecycle and assess how current HR tools and workforce insights support them
• Conduct interviews, surveys, and workshops with managers and HR stakeholders to identify support needs and barriers to data usage
• Analyze process, capability, and adoption gaps regarding data interpretation and decision-making
• Benchmark best practices in manager enablement and data-informed leadership
• Develop practical recommendations and a future-state design to improve manager effectiveness and tool adoption
• Create an implementation roadmap and present findings to HR leadership and business stakeholders

Your profile

• Strong analytical and conceptual thinking skills with an interest in organizational effectiveness and data-informed decision-making
• Enjoys stakeholder engagement, conducting research, and translating insights into practical recommendations
• Comfortable working independently and collaborating with stakeholders across a global organization
• Experience with qualitative research, change management, continuous improvement, or project work is preferred
• *Mandatory enrolment to a Dutch Education System & resident of The Netherlands

What we offer

• A monthly internship allowance (based on a 40-hour work week):
  Bachelor: €500 per month
  Master: €550 per month
• Full commuting allowance, including public transport, depending on whether you have access to free public transport or not
• On-site health center with gym
• Active employee communities and initiatives
• Excellent company restaurant and barista coffee bar