Strategic HR Operations Lead – Payroll & Compliance

Navinfo; Eindhoven; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work: 3 days in office, 2 days'

Learning budget

Long-term role with potential Indef

Job summary

NavInfo Europe BV in Brainport Eindhoven region seeks a proactive HR Operations Manager who owns HR end-to-end in an international, informal, high-tech environment. This standalone role involves advising the GM, coordinating payroll input, drafting contracts, and keeping HR running with support from the office manager and external advisors.

You will manage payroll coordination, HR administration, recruitment, employee lifecycle and international compliance, while delivering HR insights and

Qualifications

• Several years as an HR (Operations) Manager or similar in the Netherlands.
• Strong grasp of Dutch HR processes: payroll, absence, employee lifecycle admin.
• Experience with Wet Verbetering Poortwachter and related compliance.
• Collaborates with Finance, IT, Quality and external advisors on multidisciplinary processes.
• Proficient in Dutch employment law; fluent Dutch and business English.
• Willing to commute to Eindhoven 3 days per week.

Responsibilities

• Payroll & HR administration — coordinate monthly payroll input with Finance and external advisors; maintain GDPR-compliant files.
• Agreements & requests — draft, review and manage contracts, letters and other HR requests.
• Recruitment — own end-to-end process; manage agencies, funnel in Recruitee, conduct HR interviews, prepare offers.
• Employee lifecycle — attracting, hiring, onboarding, developing, retaining, and offboarding.
• International & compliance — support visa/IND, relocation, 30% ruling; coordinate sickness absence and audits.
• Advice & insight — advise managers on relations, absence, performance; deliver HR reports and improve templates.
• Cross-functional partnership — provide HR analytics for Finance and business teams; align HR with workflows.

Skills

HR operations

Payroll coordination

Employee relations

HR reporting

Excel

Tools

Exact Synergy

Nmbrs

Recruitee

Job description

NavInfo Europe BV in Brainport Eindhoven region seeks a proactive HR Operations Manager who owns HR end-to-end in an international, informal, high-tech environment. This standalone role involves advising the GM, coordinating payroll input, drafting contracts, and keeping HR running with support from the office manager and external advisors.

You will manage payroll coordination, HR administration, recruitment, employee lifecycle and international compliance, while delivering HR insights and