People Partner Bean to Bar

At Tony's Chocolonely, we are committed to ending exploitation in cocoa. We are an impact company that makes chocolate, not a chocolate company that makes impact. Our people are the driving force behind our mission, and creating an environment where every Tony can thrive, grow and perform at their best is essential to achieving lasting impact.

As our People Partner Bean to Bar, you play a critical role in enabling our Operations, Factory, Super Store and Tony's Open Chain teams to be the most impactful versions of themselves. By partnering closely with leaders, coaching teams, developing talent and ensuring a healthy, inclusive and high-performing workplace, you help translate business ambitions into people success.

You will partner closely with approximately 15 people leaders and support a population of 80 to 100 employees across multiple functions and geographies. Through strategic people partnering, employee relations expertise, leadership coaching and talent development initiatives, you will help create an environment where people can grow, perform and stay engaged.

Key responsibilities:

• Partner with leaders across our supply chain: Operations, the Factory, Super Store and Tony's Open Chain to translate business priorities into effective people strategies, organizational design initiatives and workforce plans that enable business success.
• Coach and advise people leaders on the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, performance management, talent development, succession planning, employee engagement and offboarding.
• Drive talent and leadership development by identifying capability gaps, facilitating development initiatives and partnering with the Talent team to create growth opportunities that strengthen organizational effectiveness.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, including performance improvement processes, absenteeism cases, workplace wellbeing initiatives, severance processes and the consistent application of People & Culture policies.
• Act as the subject matter expert on wellbeing, partnering with occupational health providers and leaders to improve employee wellbeing, reduce absenteeism and ensure compliance with relevant legislation and regulations.
• Lead and develop the Bean to Bar People Partnering team by coaching and supporting People Partners, ensuring consistency in ways of working, capability development and knowledge sharing across the team.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in HR advisory, HR business partnering or People Partnering roles, within FMCG, manufacturing, supply chain or operational environments.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and coaching managers on a wide range of people topics, including performance, organizational development and employee relations.
• Strong knowledge of Dutch employment law and experience working within international or EMEA-based organizations.
• Proven experience managing complex employee relations cases, wellbeing initiatives, absence management and organizational change.
• Effective stakeholder management, building trusted relationships, influencing decisions and challenging stakeholders constructively across all levels of the organization.
• Experience leading projects and driving cross-functional People & Culture initiatives from concept through implementation.
• Comfortable working with HR systems, people analytics, Excel and reporting tools to generate insights and support decision-making.
• Fluent in English and Dutch, both written and verbal. French language skills are considered a strong advantage.

Benefits:

• Opportunity to be part of something extraordinary and make real impact in the world.
• Training programs, regular feedback cycles, coaching and a generous learning and development budget.
• Delicious vegetarian lunch, company bonus, a minimum of 28 holidays, inspirational team updates, unforgettable events and unlimited chocolate.