Join us at Wavin: Where purpose comes to life.

You’re purpose driven. Growth minded. Ready to stretch your potential. Welcome to Wavin – an Orbia business where our purpose to advance life around the world drives our entire global team.

Every day, we are thinking big and working smart to solve some of the toughest challenges impacting our world. Whether it’s facilitating clean drinking water for communities, creating climate resilient cities, or designing more comfortable living spaces, we never settle for “good enough” when there’s an opportunity to make life better.

Where purpose comes to life, it changes lives. This is what we live for. How about you?

At Wavin, we advance life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments. And where is our help most needed? The very places we live in: our cities where drinking water is leaking away, greenery is disappearing, streets are flooding after heavy rain, and outdated sewer systems are polluting our groundwater. It’s time to join forces with us, join our team, and help build more sustainable environments! 

We want to build a team of champions. That’s why Wavin is currently looking for a(n) (HR) People Services Desk Specialist. If you want to make a difference and work for a purpose-led company, please read on.

The role

As the People Services Desk Specialist you are part of the People team for Wavin Benelux and together with the People Business Partners you are responsible to make our People Strategy alive in alignment with our purpose and our business strategy. This role is located at the Wavin organization in Hardenberg, combined with working from our home office. In Hardenberg, the added value manufacturing site is located. Besides that, our state of the art Wavin Academy and our commercial teams are operating out of Hardenberg.

Our People Services Desk team consists of a total of 3 people and serves support for HR related questions and processes. We provide process and project support to employee’s, managers and the organization.

Main Tasks & Responsibilities

• You are part of our backbone in the People team with regards to all operational People Services supporting all entities in Wavin the Netherlands: Wavin Global Head Office in Amsterdam, Wavin Technology & Innovation in Dedemsvaart, Wavin Netherlands in Hardenberg (approximately 600 employees).
   
• Supporting and executing different People topics in our People Services Desk:
  • Payroll
    (ensuring a correct, complete and timely monthly payroll process and outcome)
  • Onboarding & offboarding
    (ensuring correct, complete, timely activities and follow up for new hires and leaving employees).
  • Data & Reporting
    (ensuring correct data is in the employee information systems (e.g. SAP SuccessFactors) by regular updates, analyzing and auditing data, ensuring follow up for corrections; running recurring reports).
  • Document Management
    (ensuring documents (templates, policies, procedures, etc.) are up to date, visible to employees where needed; recurring document reviews)
  • Employee & Manager support
    (answering first-line questions, referring to and explanation of policies, contribute to positive employee and manager experiences)
  • Other operational matters, such as: lease car management; drafting employment documentation; time off registration; purchase order administration; et cetera)

• Participating in, supporting, and initiating processes to optimize our services towards the organization
   

• We are looking for someone who:
  • Has a bachelor degree (HBO) or a secondary vocational education in Human Resources or relevant field (MBO). Or a secondary vocational education in HR or relevant field (MBO); 
  • Has a minimum of 3 years of experience in payroll activities. And preferably experience in the HR field as well as working with AFAS.
  • Is available for a minimum of 32 hours per week.
  • Enjoys working in different environments with varying needs ((inter)national, dynamic, production, commercial, etc.);
  • Is a team player, flexible, eager to support in various requests and actions and is a good communicator;
  • Is accurate and remains focused on data changes and its consequences;
  • Is sensitive towards different needs of different people.

Wavin offers

Do you want to make a difference by working with a purpose? Count on a warm welcome at Wavin! At Wavin, we encourage all our employees to develop their talent and to become the best version of themselves with great innovative programs. Here, we take responsibility for each other and our company. We stay brave in pursuing calculated risks that fuel innovation. And we embrace diversity in perspectives, skills and talents to transform the way we work and the impact we have on the world. Together, as a strong team, we grow and deliver on our purpose every day. Wavin is the place to be if you truly wish to make an impact. In addition to working with an enthusiastic, professional team in an international environment, we offer a competitive compensation and benefit package.

Organization

Orbia’s Building and Infrastructure business Wavin is an innovative solutions provider for the global building and infrastructure industry. Backed by more than 60 years of product development experience, Wavin is advancing life around the world by building healthy, sustainable environments for global citizens. Whether it’s to improve the distribution of clean drinking water, to make sanitation accessible for everyone, to create climate resilient cities, or to design comfortable living spaces, Wavin collaborates with municipal leaders, engineers, contractors, and installers to help future-proof communities, buildings and homes. Wavin has 12,000+ employees around 65 production sites worldwide, serving over 80 countries through a global sales and distribution network.

Wavin is a business of Orbia. A company driven by a shared purpose: to advance life around the world. Orbia operates in the Polymer Solutions (Vestolit and Alphagary), Building and Infrastructure (Wavin), Precision Agriculture (Netafim), Connectivity Solutions (Dura-Line) and Fluorinated Solutions (Koura) sectors. The five Orbia business groups have a collective focus on expanding access to health and wellness, reinventing the future of cities and homes, ensuring food and water security, connecting communities to information and accelerating a circular economy with basic and advanced materials, specialty products and innovative solutions. Orbia has commercial activities in more than 110 countries and operations in over 50, with global headquarters in Boston, Mexico City, Amsterdam and Tel Aviv. The company generated $9.6 billion in revenue in 2022.

Contact us

If you have questions or you want to know more about the position, please contact Marloes Nijland (Manager Global Head Office & Benelux People B&I) via marloes.nijland@orbia.com.