Hunter Douglas is the world’s leading manufacturer of window coverings and a major manufacturer of architectural products. We are a brand that you know and trust. With more than 100 years of innovation, we’ve defined our industry with proprietary products that deliver revolutionary style and functionality and can be found in millions of homes and commercial buildings globally.
We are searching for candidates that are driven, intelligent, creative, and entrepreneurial. By offering challenging and accelerated opportunities for growth, powered by a shared hunger for success, we create a space for your career to thrive. In return for your expertise, we are committed to providing competitive and robust total compensation and benefit packages to ensure you feel valued. Our dream is to become the fastest growing, most loved, window covering company in the world. What’s yours?
Hunter Douglas is seeking a ZBB People Specialist who will play a pivotal role in managing, analysing, and enhancing the visibility of people-related costs across the EMEA region, supporting the Zero-Based Budgeting (ZBB) transformation at Hunter Douglas.
In this role you will ensure alignment of actuals, budgets, and forecasts while partnering closely with HRBPs to create consistent routines, dashboards, and data-driven insights. This position identifies risks and opportunities, recommends KPIs, and seeks automation opportunities, including AI, for scalable and sustainable people cost management.
Key responsibilities:
- Analyse and report on ZBB People performance across EMEA, including key cost drivers (e.g., inflation, merit increases, one-off payments, accruals, new hires, exits and others)
- Update the People Forecast through regular meetings with HR Business Partners and Division Heads of Finance
- Ensure consistency and compliance of payroll-related policies across EMEA
- Support the annual EMEA People Budget process
- Provide analytical support for compensation reviews and planning with HRBPs
- Develop visibility tools and dashboards to improve people cost management across functions
- Identify and implement automation opportunities (e.g., dashboards, AI applications)
- Contribute to the expansion of the ZBB People cost model from SG&A into COGS areas (e.g., direct labour, overheads).
Interested in this role? Here’s what we’re looking for:
- Degree educated, preferably in Finance, HR, Business, Economics, or a related field.
- Strong analytical background with advanced Excel skills and a continuous learning mindset.
- Preferred experience with compensation programs, payroll systems, and MBO/bonus/ performance frameworks
- Exposure to dashboard development tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau) is advantageous.
- Experience or interest in automation and AI is a strong plus.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate across matrix structures.
- Resilient, hands-on, and eager to grow in a fast-paced, performance-driven culture
If this sounds like you, we would love to hear from you. Please apply by submitting your resume/CV.
At Hunter Douglas, you’ll be part of a forward-thinking team committed to excellence. We offer a supportive environment for professional growth, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to make a real difference.
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What We Do
Hunter Douglas offers premium, intelligent window fashions that beautifully transform natural light and enhance your home's interiors. Our products are thoughtfully engineered to craft your perfect light, and many designs offer additional energy efficiency and child safety benefits. A versatile product portfolio and broad selection of innovative operating systems—including advanced automation—allow you to effortlessly choose the look you desire and how your window treatments function.
