HR Business Partner

As HR Business Partner at Marktlink, you are the trusted advisor to managers and leadership teams, turning HR strategy into practical action in a rapidly growing international environment.

Marktlink supports entrepreneurs at every stage of their business journey. As an independent international advisor, Marktlink combines deep market knowledge with a personal and pragmatic approach. The company is growing rapidly across Europe, and this role helps ensure that growth works for both people and business.

Description

Your goal

As HR Business Partner at Marktlink, you are the trusted advisor to our managers and leadership teams. You are closely connected to the business. You understand what managers need, challenge them when necessary and turn HR strategy into practical action. From preparing a performance review cycle to advising on a complex absence case or forecasting the people needed for a growing team, you bring structure, insight and a human approach.

Marktlink is growing rapidly across Europe. Your role is to help make sure that growth works for our people as well as our business. You connect the dots between managers, employees, Recruitment, HR Operations and the ML Academy, while continuously looking for ways to improve how we work.

This is not an HR role where you wait for questions to come your way. You spot what needs attention, step in and help build what’s next.

Your responsibilities

• You will be working from our office in Deventer. Locations you will be responsible for are: Deventer, Doetinchem, Leek, Hengelo, Den Bosch and Maastricht.
• You will act as a trusted HR advisor and coach to managers and leadership teams across your business units.
• Advise managers on performance, absence, return-to-work, conflicts, team dynamics and other complex people situations.
• Prepare and guide managers through performance review cycles, from timelines and data to the conversations themselves.
• Analyse performance, turnover and absence trends and translate data into clear recommendations and actions.
• Forecast hiring needs 6–12 months ahead and work closely with Recruiters to turn growth plans into concrete recruitment pipelines.
• Partner with ML Academy on individual development plans, learning initiatives and mandatory training follow-up.
• Support managers in maintaining a strong and consistent culture as Marktlink continues to grow internationally.
• Translate company-wide HR initiatives, such as EVP, compensation and culture programs, into practical actions within the business.
• Collect feedback from managers and teams and identify opportunities to improve HR policies, processes and ways of working.

Requirements

Your profile

• You have between 3-5 years of experience as an HR Business Partner, preferably within professional services or a fast-growing organisation.
• You have a Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in HR, Business Administration or a related field.
• You are comfortable operating between day-to-day HR support and longer-term strategic advice.
• You combine analytical thinking with strong organisational sensitivity: you understand both the numbers and the people behind them.
• You are confident advising managers and leadership teams, including when conversations are complex.
• You are comfortable working with HR technology such as Personio.
• You are fluent in Dutch and English.
• You enjoy working in an international, entrepreneurial environment where things move quickly and not everything is already figured out.

Why us?

At Marktlink, we’re not just dealmakers, we’re future-shapers. With a strong focus on tech, data, and AI, we’re redefining the world of M&A. Here’s what you can expect when you join our fast-growing, entrepreneurial team:

• Opportunity to shape the future of a leading European firm.
• Unlimited holidays. A unique blend of freedom and responsibility.
• Competitive salary and annual bonus.
• Company car.
• Pension plan via ASR.
• HP laptop and iPhone.
• Responsibility from day one, with flexible working hours and entrepreneurial colleagues.
• Tailor-made training and personal development.
• Opportunity to participate in our funds under favorable conditions.
• Yearly company ski-trip, Marktlink Gala and Marktlink Connect.