HR Business Partner - Hybrid

The Role

We have an exciting opportunity for an HR Professional to join our Belgium team! This role offers the chance to make a real impact within a supportive, global FMCG company of 25,000+ employees. As our HR Business Partner Belgium, you’ll work with local leaders to shape People & Culture (P&C) strategies, coach managers, and ensure compliance.

You’ll also be part of key P&C projects across the France-Benelux region, collaborating with our centres of excellence. This is a fantastic role for a proactive HR professional looking to drive growth and make a difference.

Principal Accountabilities

• Act as a strategic people partner, working with local management and people leaders to address business needs, design relevant P&C strategies, and support in people management.
• Collaborate with “centres of excellence” to meet business needs, including training plans, performance management, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Organize and oversee works council (OR) and health & safety (CPBW) meetings, ensuring compliance with legal and organizational standards.
• Lead internal P&C communications on various platforms, including national sales meetings and market meetings, and manage related reporting.
• Oversee payroll and personnel administration, directing employees and leaders to the centralized “people portal” for P&C information, while serving as an escalation point.
• Coordinate complex cases involving termination, internal mobility, structural changes, and other personnel matters, ensuring all actions comply with company policies and legal requirements. Continuous improvement initiatives.

Skills & Experience Required

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field, with experience in a similar role.
• Strong knowledge of both "hard" and "soft" HR functions, including talent management, employee relations, payroll, and compliance.
• Fluent in Dutch (native level), with strong proficiency in both French and English, and good communication skills across all three languages.
• Ability to work proactively and independently, reaching out to employees and leaders to assess and respond to P&C needs.
• Experience in managing social dialogue, works councils, and legal compliance within P&C, ideally in a multinational environment.
• Proven capability to lead and embed both local and regional P&C projects, aligning initiatives with specific business needs and employee development goals.

What We Offer

In return for playing your part in building our future, you will receive a comprehensive compensation package with salary and many extras including a great pension scheme, and generous holiday entitlement. Here at Imperial we will give you the opportunity to grow and learn, innovate at pace and be a part of our purpose to forge a path to a healthier future for moments of relaxation and pleasure for our consumers.

Next Steps

Interested applicants should apply with their CV highlighting their suitability for the role.

Everyone Belongs

Everyone belongs in Imperial. We are proud of being a truly inclusive organisation. We encourage and welcome applications from people of all ages, genders, ethnicities, nationalities, disabilities, sexual orientation, religions or beliefs and of neuro divergence. We give fair and equal consideration to all our applicants. Please contact us at resourcing@uk.imptob.com to let us know if we can provide support in helping you complete an application and/or attend an interview.

About Imperial Brands

We're a truly international company, fourth largest in our industry and operating across 120 markets. An inclusive, innovative global FMCG business supported by 25,000 employees. As we embrace a new era of growth, we are transforming. Our ways of working and culture are driven by a challenger mindset, constantly questioning the status quo where people can bring their best selves to work. Our agility and collaboration are driving our ambitions, innovation and success all supported by our award-winning development programmes that creates exciting and rewarding career opportunities for all. Encouraging inclusion at local levels and supporting a developing and robust diversity agenda globally, we’re fully committed to creating and maintaining an environment that celebrates and respects difference.