Senior HR Generalist with English and Dutch

Brown-Forman

Amsterdam, NLonsitePosted Jul 3, 2026
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Skills

workday

About the role

Nothing Better in the Market

We believe great people build great brands. And we know there is Nothing Better in the Market than a career at Brown-Forman. Being a part of Brown-Forman means you will grow both personally and professionally. You will have the opportunity to solve problems, seize opportunities, and generate bold ideas. You will belong to a place where teamwork matters and where you are encouraged to bring your best self to work.

Total Rewards

At Brown-Forman, we believe in recognizing the bold ideas, ethical decisions, and winning results that make the company’s short- and long-term success possible. This recognition comes in many forms, to include your base salary, holiday bonus, and any incentives you may earn.

Learning is at the heart of our culture

We create an environment that nurtures and prioritizes continuous learning. At Brown-Forman, you are empowered to take charge of your own development with a variety of customized, award-winning programs available for every step of your career journey.

Meaningful Work From Day One

Senior HR Generalist responsibilities involve administering HR processes, maintaining organizational information, problem solving, and collaborating across HR business partners to complete assignments to include reporting, analysis, workforce planning, performance management, onboarding, and organizational changes. Also serves as the HR point of contact for employees on day-to-day business HR matters.

The working style for this role is 4 days a week in the office and Fridays at home.

What You Can Expect

Responsible for data integrity, serving as the Workday subject matter expert for the team. Manages employee data and supports HR Business Partners (HRBPs) as it relates to open positions, employment offers, compensation/job evaluation, benefits-related communication (i.e. pension), termination process, performance management process, diversity initiatives & metrics, new hire communication, orientation and onboarding.

Partners with Global Talent Acquisition and leaders in the recruitment and selection process, from job description development, interviewing, talent selection and offer.

Partners with HRBPs to ensure a successful onboarding experience for new employees including communication with employees, and partnering with the hiring manager to ensure a robust onboarding plan is in place for each new hire.

Provides basic HR guidance to employees on various topics and issues in partnership with the HRBPs.

Works closely with the HRBP team providing support as it relates to employee data and reporting, deploying workforce planning, performance management and all HR related matters. Researches and analyzes data as it relates to HR.

Develops and maintains close working relationships with a broad scope of employees across Brown-Forman to ensure timely coordination and accomplishment of assigned responsibilities.

Identifies opportunities for continuous process improvement and implements changes within scope of role.

Partners with HR to understand and own the process of creating files necessary to load organization changes into Workday. Coordinates with HRIT who will actually load the changes. Audits organization changes to ensure integrity of data.

Supports HRBPs on special projects/administrative needs

Supports Amsterdam office operations including but not limited to seamless office operations, communication to inform and update local employees on local HR and office matters.

Support local employee engagement initiatives and activities, such as internal and external events, lunches, Town Halls, etc

What You Bring to the Table

Minimum of 5 years experience in the HR function, with a strong understanding of HR Information Systems (ideally Workday) and basic employment law.

Advanced English (written and spoken), Dutch fluent (mandatory)

Strong knowledge of local labor laws and social security regulations, HR practices, and cultural considerations within the region.

Demonstrated proficiency in standard office software, including word processing, spreadsheets, presentations, and shared file management.

Must be able to plan, organize, work independently, and complete assignments promptly and with little oversight; demonstrated professionalism and attention to detail.

Detail-oriented, process-oriented, customer-focused, problem solver; able to work with a team and independently

Demonstrates excellent organizational skills in planning and prioritizing work to execute multiple projects.

Excellent communication, teamwork, and interpersonal skills.

What Makes You Unique

Certification: PHR, SPHR

Workday system experience

Who We Are

We believe great people build great brands. And we know there is Nothing Better in the Market than a career at Brown-Forman. Being a part of Brown-Forman means you will grow both personally and professionally. You will have the opportunity to solve problems, seize opportunities, and generate bold ideas. You will belong to a place where teamwork matters and where you are encouraged to bring your best self to work.

What We Offer

Total Rewards at Brown-Forman is designed to engage our people to ensure sustainable and profitable growth for generations to come. As a premium spirits company, we offer equitable pay structures for individual and company performance alongside a premium employee experience. We offer a range of premium benefits that reflect our company values and meet the needs of our diverse workforce.

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Brown-Forman Corporation is committed to equality of opportunity in all aspects of employment. It is the policy of Brown-Forman Corporation to provide full and equal employment opportunities to all employees and potential employees without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, veteran status, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, physical or mental disability or any other legally protected status.

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