Talent Management Lead – Emerging Markets & Succession

The Kraft Heinz Company; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

The Kraft Heinz Company is seeking an experienced Talent Manager to strengthen the talent and leadership pipeline across Emerging Markets from its Amsterdam office. You will own regional talent reviews, succession planning, mobility, and development programs while translating global priorities into practical regional action.

You will work with senior stakeholders across multiple markets, ensuring governance, consistency, and robust pipelines to support business continuity and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Advanced English proficiency.
• Strong experience in talent management, succession, leadership pipeline, and talent review processes.
• Experience operating across multiple markets in a matrix environment.
• Experience working with senior stakeholders and cross-functional partners.
• Strong analytical and reporting capability.
• Strategic thinking with strong business orientation.
• Influence without formal authority.
• Executive communication and narrative-building.

Responsibilities

• Own the regional Talent Review & Succession framework.
• Drives governance, consistency, and evolution of succession and talent review practices across the zone.
• Build and sustain a zone-wide talent marketplace.
• Establishes and maintains visibility of talent, skills, and mobility opportunities across Emerging Markets.
• Drive the 6Bs strategy and talent mobility agenda.
• Uses data and insight to identify pipeline gaps, mobility opportunities, and talent risks.
• Ensure consistent execution of global talent processes across the zone.
• Cascades global talent management processes and standards across countries.
• Support calibration and talent governance across BUs.
• Participates in and supports BU calibrations, helping ensure stronger consistency, fairness, and decision quality in talent discussions.
• Provide strategic reporting and executive insight on talent, succession, and mobility.
• Consolidates talent data, risks, and recommendations into clear materials that support better executive decision-making.
• Translate global frameworks into regional execution.
• Connects global direction with regional implementation, adapting and operationalizing global policies, standards, and practices pragmatically across markets while protecting enterprise guardrails.
• Own and evolve trainee and fast-track programs across the zone.
• Ensures common standards, governance, and strong development experiences for zone-wide early career and acceleration programs

Skills

Advanced English

Talent management

Leadership pipeline

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Kraft Heinz Company is seeking an experienced Talent Manager to strengthen the talent and leadership pipeline across Emerging Markets from its Amsterdam office. You will own regional talent reviews, succession planning, mobility, and development programs while translating global priorities into practical regional action.

You will work with senior stakeholders across multiple markets, ensuring governance, consistency, and robust pipelines to support business continuity and growth.