People & Culture Partner

Stora Enso

HR Partner providing strategic and operational support for 120 employees at Stora Enso. Engaging with business leaders to translate HR strategy into practical initiatives.

Posted 7/11/2026full-timeDe Lier • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Act as the trusted People & Culture partner for managers and employees across your designated business areas, supporting approximately 120 employees.
Build strong relationships with managers, providing professional advice and coaching on all people-related topics, including performance management, talent development, employee relations, leadership, and organizational effectiveness.
Manage absenteeism cases and support managers in applying the company's absence management processes and Dutch employment legislation.
Support and facilitate the annual performance management cycle, including objective setting, performance reviews, development planning, and talent discussions.
Partner with business leaders on organizational changes, workforce planning, restructuring initiatives, and change management.
Support the integration and embedding of Stora Enso's culture, values, and leadership behaviours across the different business entities.
Advise managers on employment legislation, HR policies, and best practices, ensuring consistent and compliant application across the organisation.
Support recruitment, onboarding, internal mobility, learning and development, and succession planning where appropriate.
Work with HR data and people analytics to provide insights that support informed business decisions.
Ensure effective use of HR systems, including Workday and AFAS, maintaining high-quality employee data and supporting continuous improvement of HR processes.
Contribute to BU Western Europe People & Culture projects and initiatives, including the Engage employee survey, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) programmes, leadership development initiatives, wellbeing activities, and other strategic people priorities.
Take ownership of, or actively contribute to, cross-functional People & Culture projects that support the BU Western Europe people agenda and drive continuous improvement.
Build and maintain constructive relationships with employee representatives and other internal stakeholders where applicable.
Identify opportunities to simplify, improve, and professionalise People & Culture processes and ways of working.

Requirements

What you’ll need

A Bachelor's or Master's degree, or an equivalent level of thinking and working.
Several years of experience as an HR Business Partner, People & Culture Partner, or in a comparable broad HR advisory role.
Experience supporting multiple business units, departments, or employee groups within an international organisation.
Strong knowledge of Dutch employment law and HR best practices.
Experience with absenteeism management, performance management, employee relations, organisational development, and change management.
Experience supporting cultural integration and organisational change.
Strong coaching, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build credibility at all levels of the organisation.
Experience working within an international and preferably matrix organisation.
Experience using HR systems such as Workday and AFAS.
Affinity with HR data, reporting, and people analytics.
A proactive, resilient, and solution-oriented mindset with a strong sense of ownership.
Excellent communication skills in both Dutch and English.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A company car is included as part of the employment package to support regular travel between locations.

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Hard Skills & Tools

Absenteeism ManagementPerformance ManagementEmployee RelationsOrganizational DevelopmentChange ManagementCultural IntegrationPeople AnalyticsHR Best PracticesRecruitmentOnboarding

Soft Skills

Coaching SkillsInfluencing SkillsCommunication SkillsProactive MindsetResilience