AD EU HR Services Transformation manager

What are you looking for?

What do we offer?

• To be courageous
• To live wholeheartedly
• To keep growing

What do you bring?

• A service-oriented attitude
• Excellent analytical skills
• A can-do mentality

Why Ahold Delhaize

• Huge Impact
• Work with fun and smart colleagues
• (Inter)national growth opportunities

How you can
make a difference

As the Project Manager - Transformation, you will operate at the heart of our European, fast-moving business. By driving and coordinating our transformation initiatives, you ensure that our European Ahold Delhaize’s brands keep on track of our HR services transformation and strategy, while delivering high standards in HR Operations and processes. This role is pivotal in driving HR Services Transformation, focusing on workforce skills, capability building and strengthening our HR organization, therefore we are looking for an experienced Project Manager who loves to work in a dynamic organization.

About Ahold Delhaize

We’re Ahold Delhaize, one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together with our 17 strong local retail brands in the United States, Europe and Indonesia, we make a meaningful difference in the lives of our brands’ customers, our people and the world around us. We offer a highly dynamic, international work environment in which our associates thrive.

Your new work environment

As Project Manager Transformation, you will be joining our HR department. Our HR department is the driving force behind the people in our organization. Powered by our 'Growing Together’ strategy, our HR teams ensure we’re fully aligned to attract, retain, and develop people to perform to the best of their abilities. As Ahold Delhaize and the field of HR evolve continuously, we encourage our associates to grow with us. Personal development and learning are vital. The more we learn, the better we’re able to ensure that the rest of the organization learns and develops too. We’re collaborative, ambitious and open, taking ownership of our work, and continuously challenge ourselves and each other. That said, we work hard and have lots of fun along the way, too.

You will be given the freedom and responsibility to take ownership of your work and broaden your horizons by working together with knowledgeable colleagues from different countries who have an abundance of expertise in many areas. We will continuously support you and help you build on your talents and skills for the future.

Key responsibilities of your role

The Project Manager leads and supports the development and implementation of key programs to accelerate progress on strategic HR topics linked to the AD EU&I business agenda; these are programs either common to all countries or programs that are related to innovation and best practice development to be subsequently implemented in the local countries/brands.

Your role is highly diverse and encompasses various responsibilities. Here are the key ones:

• HR Transformation: You will drive and support the development and implementation of our HR Business Services Transformation program and manage transformation programs impacting AD Business Services HR processes, for example the set-up of career centers in several countries.
• HR Projects: You will enhance organizational effectiveness through strategic HR projects and ensure a common way of working and define an efficient and effective blueprint, leveraging our Belgrade Services HUB including transitioning of work.
• Stakeholder Management: Manage stakeholder expectations and satisfaction, cooperate with internal and external stakeholders to realize project goals. Provide advice while maintaining the right balance between conflicting interests.
• Capability frameworks: you will design and review business capability frameworks.

This role will concentrate on improving and developing the HR Services organization, including processes and methods of working within brands. The position reports to the VP Business Services HR.

What’s in it for you?

Aside from what we ask of you in this role, we also have a great deal to offer you: plenty of growth opportunities and various cross-brand career options; flexible working hours; a hybrid working model (we ask you to spend at least 50% of your working time at the office); and the chance to drive meaningful change on a global scale. You can look forward to a good work-life balance, and the chance to work in an inclusive environment that wholeheartedly encourages growth and welcomes you just the way you are.

Plus:

• A gross annual salary of € 71,800 to € 87.000 based on full-time employment
• Attractive bonuses
• A first-rate pension plan
• 20 vacation days and the option to buy an additional 12,5 days from your personal ‘flex budget’
• Travel expenses or an NS travel card
• A laptop and smartphone

Requirements

• We think you’ll be best geared for success if you meet the following requirements:
• Proven experience in project management, particularly in Transformation programs
• Strong understanding of HR processes and best practices
• Excellent leadership and team management skills
• Ability to translate strategic vision into actionable directives
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Willingness to travel within Europe

Aside from these hard skills, we think you should also bring some much-valued soft skills to the table: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and a proactive approach. In addition to these, the ability to work collaboratively in a global environment, empathy, and enthusiasm will take you far.

What matters to us?

Ahold Delhaize is one of the world’s largest food retail groups and a leader in both supermarkets and e-commerce. Together, we help people eat well, save time and live better – it’s how we make a difference. And we do it because we care: for our customers, our people and the world around us.

Be courageous

"I realized how much impact you can truly have as an individual, working for such a huge international company.” Colleague Name, Role

Live wholeheartedly

“The support this company has always offered means the world to me." Colleague Name, Role

Keep growing

“I feel the freedom to show initiative, propose changes and try new things. Having that freedom gave me wings to fly.” Colleague Name, Role