It’s not just about your career or job title… It’s about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it’s for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, we Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you’re in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us. **Wabtec Corporation** is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. **Wabtec Netherlands** provides technological products and services to the international train and railway industry, general industry, and installation technology. This is done under the brand names Mors Smitt, Nieaf Smitt, and Akapp-Stemmann, with activities focused on designing, producing, and maintaining relays and circuit breakers, dynamic energy systems, and testing and measurement equipment We are currently looking for a **Human Resources Manager** for our production site in Ede, the Netherlands. **How will you make a difference?** The HR Manager ensures strategic and operational excellence in workforce management by attracting, developing, and retaining talent. Foster a positive work environment, drive organizational growth, ensure compliance, and align HR policies with business goals to enhance employee engagement, performance, and company success. **What will your typical day look like?** + **Policy Development & Advice:** Design and implement strategic HR policies in coordination with HR Corporate and Centers of Expertise, focusing on recruitment, career planning, compensation, and employee relations. + **Organizational Strategy** : Collaborate with management to define HR objectives, manage budgets, and enhance staffing and training efforts while overseeing HR systems like Workday. + **Performance Monitoring** : Supervise budgets for HR initiatives and evaluate performance against KPIs to ensure alignment with strategic goals. + **Information Management:** Generate and maintain key HR reports, handbooks, and documentation, including compliance with corporate guidelines and social reporting. + **Team Leadership:** Direct HR department activities, including staffing decisions and employment terms, in partnership with both corporate and local leadership. + **Communication & Consultation:** Serve as the main HR liaison for managers and employees, leading recruitment and dismissal processes and aligning global and local HR policies. + **Authority & Decision-Making:** Implement HR policies, set departmental priorities, and drive initiatives to meet organizational goals. + **Operational Responsibility:** Ensure adequate staffing, enforce budgetary compliance, and contribute to a dynamic, future-ready HR environment. **What do we want to know from you?** + At least 5 years of proven experience as an HR Business Partner or HR Operations Manager, demonstrating a strong track record in strategic and operational HR management within international or matrixed organizations. + A completed education at a minimum bachelor's level, preferably in HR, Business Administration, or Organizational Psychology. + **Native Dutch and fluency in English** + Strong hands-on mentality with independent execution capabilities. + Proficiency in HR systems such as Workday/ATPS. _Successful candidates will be employed under local employment conditions and must already satisfy local employment/work permit and residency regulations._ **Who are we?** Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems. Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers’ potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! http://www.WabtecCorp.com **Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:** Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated. To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world’s brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better. We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles… People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.