Are you ready to accelerate your HR career, champion employee success, and resolve key employee relations challenges within a global technology leader? Trimble is looking for a collaborative, early-career HR professional to guide managers, support our Netherlands team, and shape a positive workplace culture across essential industries.
About Us: Trimble is a global technology company that connects the physical and digital worlds, transforming the ways work gets done. With relentless innovation in precise positioning, modeling and data analytics, Trimble enables essential industries including construction, geospatial and transportation. Whether it's helping customers build and maintain infrastructure, design and construct buildings, optimize global supply chains or map the world, Trimble is at the forefront, driving productivity and progress. For more information about Trimble (Nasdaq:TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com.
What Makes This Role Great: In this role, you will take ownership of employee relations and case management, serving as a trusted partner to local managers while developing your advisory skills in a supportive, international environment.
Key Exciting Responsibilities:
Cultivate a healthy work environment by applying fair investigation and mediation skills to manage dynamic employee relations cases.
Partner with and coach managers on handling daily leadership opportunities, performance development, and team dynamics.
Manage local short-term and long-term absence cases to ensure full compliance with Dutch legislation, including Wet Verbetering Poortwachter.
Collaborate with international HR Centres of Excellence to deliver and implement impactful global people initiatives locally.
Support local business goals by driving practical HR solutions and talent initiatives across the Netherlands organization.
Essential Skills & Experience:
2-3 years of HR experience with an active focus on handling employee relations and general casework.
Applied knowledge of Dutch labor law alongside foundational experience with Dutch absence management regulations.
Native or fully fluent in Dutch, paired with strong professional English communication skills.
Educational background in Human Resources, Business Administration, Psychology, or a related discipline.
Bonus Points For:
An interest in expanding into cross-border labor relations.
Experience operating within an agile, matrixed global business structure.
Logistics:
Location: Best OR Bodegraven, Netherlands (Hybrid)
Travel Requirement: 0-10%
Why You'll Love Working With Us
At Trimble, we're not just a company that does good—we are a team dedicated to making a tangible, positive Real-World Impact. We build innovative solutions designed to solve the world's most critical challenges. From construction sites to transportation hubs, our work tangibly improves how people live, build, move, and grow.
You'll work on projects that truly matter: Our purpose-driven culture means you'll be helping to build and deliver solutions that make work faster, safer, and more sustainable for millions of people worldwide. Our impact is tangible, from connected machines that save fuel to data-driven insights that reduce waste.
Collaborate with like-minded people: Our strong internal culture is a hidden gem. You will work with a collaborative, supportive team that shares your purpose and fosters a genuine sense of belonging. We're a company of visionary pragmatists who think boldly and build things that work.
Be an owner: Trimble thrives on individuals who take initiative and embrace ownership. You'll find an entrepreneurial spirit where success is often self-authored, empowering proactive doers.
Keywords: HR Advisor, HR Generalist, Human Resources Advisor, Dutch Labor Law, Absence Management, Wet Verbetering Poortwachter, Employee Relations, Bodegraven HR Jobs, Best HR Jobs, Performance Management.
How to Apply: Please submit an online application for this position by clicking on the ‘Apply Now’ button located in this posting.
Join a Values-Driven Team: Belong, Grow, Innovate.
At Trimble, our core values of Belong, Grow, and Innovate aren't just words—they're the foundation of our culture. We foster an environment where you are seen, heard, and valued (Belong); where you have an opportunity to build a career and drive our collective growth (Grow); and where your innovative ideas shape the future (Innovate). We believe in empowering local teams to create impactful strategies, ensuring our global vision resonates with every individual. Become part of a team where your contributions truly matter.
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Skills Required
- 5+ years of progressive HR or People eXperience experience with increasing responsibility
- Strong, applied knowledge of Dutch labor law and international HR best practices
- Native Dutch speaker with full professional fluency in English and excellent communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Business Administration, or closely related field
- Mature mediation and investigative skills to resolve complex employee relations
- Experience managing human resources within the Belgium market or strong curiosity for international markets
- Prior experience operating effectively within a fast-paced, matrixed global organization
Trimble Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Trimble and has not been reviewed or approved by Trimble.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — An employee stock purchase plan with a discount and lookback, plus RSUs in some roles, makes equity participation accessible. The ESPP is often highlighted as a standout part of the package.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid parental leave in the U.S. is characterized as solid and well-regarded. This support is repeatedly positioned as a strength within the broader benefits offering.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — PTO is described as generous, with some groups using flexible or unlimited models. Paid holidays and flexible time-off approaches contribute meaningfully to work-life support.
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What We Do
Trimble is transforming the way the world works by delivering products and services that connect the physical and digital worlds. Core technologies in positioning, modeling, connectivity and data analytics enable customers to improve productivity, quality, safety and sustainability. From purpose built products to enterprise lifecycle solutions, Trimble software, hardware and services are transforming industries such as agriculture, construction, geospatial and transportation. For more information about Trimble (NASDAQ:TRMB), visit: www.trimble.com. Trimble products are used in over 141 countries around the world. Employees in more than 30 countries, coupled with a highly capable network of dealers and distribution partners serve and support customers worldwide. As the market leader in most of our businesses, we offer a compelling value proposition to our customers based on productivity, return on investment and environmental stewardship. Come position yourself with an innovative industry leader and position yourself for success.
