HR Advisor with Dutch

In this role, you have the opportunity to have a visible impact on the Philips society by supporting our colleagues  from The Netherlands in administration & payroll area.

You are responsible for

• Ensuring that incoming inquiries to the Philips People Services are answered in a professional and efficient manner (e.g. via case management system, telephone or chat)
• Gathering all required information as the first point of contact to ensure that customer inquiries can be resolved at earliest opportunity with minimal handoffs, capture an accurate record of a customer queries in the case management system,
• Adequate understanding, interpreting and managing incoming inquiries to the Philips People Services
• Providing support to employees, people managers, HR Managers and  HR Business Partners to enable them to effectively use the HR Portal and other relevant on-line tools for completing transactions
• Providing proper feedback to the customer if problem is referred
• Generating reference, visa application letters.
• Processing personal data changes of Philips employees (Workday, downstream systems)
• Processing changes in employees’ employment lifecycle accordingly to country payroll calendar and global guidelines
• Processing  employees’ absence requests (Workday, downstream systems)
• Generating HR reports – regular and ad-hoc
• Contributing to continuous improvement activities in the PPS Center through identification of recurring employee/line manager/HR Business Partner issues to simplify and enhance policies, processes and technologies
• Provide support during the implementation of new initiatives, programs, policies, and services by acting as an employee’s first line of contact.

• Collaborating with vendors, external providers and other supporting departments (benefits provider, IT department, finance, etc.)
• Collaborating with members of country local team on HR related topics.
• Participating in regional/global improvement projects. Delivering sound customer solutions.

You are a part of our Global Competence Center in Łódź, where we centralize our business processes. We bring together supporting roles within HR, Finance, Procurement, Customer Service,  Supply Chain and other,  enabling you to have a career in an international, cross functional environment. Your future colleagues speak 25+ languages and represent 15+ different nationalities, supporting our operations in 50 countries on a daily basis.

You will be part of Philips People Services team, supporting Philips employees based in The Netherlands.

The Philips People Services Center Europe is based in Łódź, Poland and is part of Philips People Services. PPS is the Human Resources Shared Services organization of Philips. A team of HR professionals delivering HR Services to Philips employees and managers at all stages of the career cycle. PPS delivers cost-effective people services by leveraging economies of scale, globalizing processes and simplifying the ways of working, while delivering superior HR experiences by listening and acting on our customers’ feedback.

To succeed in this role, you should have the following skills and experience:

• Graduate with Bachelor/Master degree
• Fluent knowledge of Dutch and English language (both orally and in writing)
• Knowledge and understanding of HR processes and policies is an additional asset
• Experience in payroll will be an additional asset
• Workday/ SAP HR system knowledge is a plus
• MS Office literacy
• Highly developed communication skills
• Detail oriented
• Ability to effectively prioritize and organize workload, multi-task is essential
• Personal integrity when handling confidential information
• Ability to work in a changing environment to meet demanding deadlines and timescales
• Excellent teamwork skills and ability to work independently
• Effective listening and highly developed interpersonal skills

In return, we offer you

The unique combination of a critical and challenging role and a creative and empowering office environment. You will be actively encouraged to make improvements, establish best in class service and have a direct impact on the success of Philips on a daily basis.

• Annual bonus based on performance achieved
• Private medical care with option to extend it to family members
• Benefit System cards
• Discount for Philips’ products
• Language courses
• Relocation package applicable for people moving in from outside of Łódź region
• Promotion of healthy lifestyle in the office (fruits twice / week in the office, gym, massage chairs, various events)

Why should you join Philips?

Working at Philips is more than a job. It’s a calling to create a healthier society through meaningful work, focused on improving 3 billion lives a year by delivering innovative solutions across the health continuum. Our people experience a variety of unexpected moments when their lives and careers come together in meaningful ways.