Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East

Posted:
10/4/2026, 10:21:03 PM

Location(s):
Rungis, Ile-de-France, France ⋅ Missouri, United States ⋅ New South Wales, Australia ⋅ Dulles, Virginia, United States ⋅ Kentucky, United States ⋅ Greater London, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Edmonton, Alberta, Canada ⋅ Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico ⋅ Seoul, South Korea ⋅ Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil ⋅ Guangdong, China ⋅ Penang, Malaysia ⋅ Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina ⋅ Capital Governorate, Bahrain ⋅ Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico ⋅ Veghel, North Brabant, Netherlands ⋅ Telangana, India ⋅ Puerto Rico, United States ⋅ Madison Heights, Michigan, United States ⋅ Michoacán, Mexico ⋅ Neuenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ⋅ Queensland, Australia ⋅ Seattle, Washington, United States ⋅ Shenzhen, Guangdong, China ⋅ Maryland, United States ⋅ Wuhan, Hubei, China ⋅ Puebla, Mexico ⋅ Orlando, Florida, United States ⋅ Florida, United States ⋅ Las Vegas, Nevada, United States ⋅ Buffalo, New York, United States ⋅ State of Mexico, Mexico ⋅ Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand ⋅ Køge, Region Zealand, Denmark ⋅ Dubai, United Arab Emirates ⋅ Hong Kong, China ⋅ Beijing, China ⋅ British Columbia, Canada ⋅ Middlewich, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Quintana Roo, Mexico ⋅ Santpedor, Catalonia, Spain ⋅ Rheinstetten, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ⋅ Ohio, United States ⋅ Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico ⋅ Eskilstuna, Sweden ⋅ Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ⋅ North Holland, Netherlands ⋅ Texas, United States ⋅ Loveland, Colorado, United States ⋅ Erp, North Brabant, Netherlands ⋅ Michigan, United States ⋅ Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico ⋅ Guangzhou City, Guangdong, China ⋅ Illinois, United States ⋅ Durgapur, West Bengal, India ⋅ Dammam, Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Prague, Czechia ⋅ Lombardy, Italy ⋅ Kozhikode, Kerala, India ⋅ Bavaria, Germany ⋅ Bogota, Bogota, Capital District, Colombia ⋅ Hubei, China ⋅ Hilden, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ Virginia, United States ⋅ Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey ⋅ Silao (Ciudad), Guanajuato, Mexico ⋅ Taiyuan City, Shanxi, China ⋅ Shanghai, China ⋅ Birmingham, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Colorado, United States ⋅ San Jose, California, United States ⋅ Medina Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Pune, Maharashtra, India ⋅ Nanning, Guangxi, China ⋅ Nevada, United States ⋅ Ezhou, Hubei, China ⋅ Manama, Capital Governorate, Bahrain ⋅ Limburg, Netherlands ⋅ Hyvinkää, Uusimaa, Finland ⋅ Fujian, China ⋅ Dhofar Governorate, Oman ⋅ Lerums kommun, Sweden ⋅ Maharashtra, India ⋅ Santa Catarina, Brazil ⋅ Henan, China ⋅ Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ North Carolina, United States ⋅ Ahmedabad, Gujarat, India ⋅ White, Georgia, United States ⋅ Shanxi, China ⋅ Eindhoven, North Brabant, Netherlands ⋅ Calhoun, Georgia, United States ⋅ Victoria, Australia ⋅ Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ Utah, United States ⋅ Eastern Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Gadki, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Copenhagen, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark ⋅ Suzhou City, Jiangsu, China ⋅ Charlotte, North Carolina, United States ⋅ Jalisco, Mexico ⋅ Capital Governorate, Kuwait ⋅ Thuringia, Germany ⋅ Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China ⋅ Overijssel, Netherlands ⋅ Brisbane, Queensland, Australia ⋅ Riyadh Region, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark ⋅ Tianjin, China ⋅ Ontario, Canada ⋅ Western Australia, Australia ⋅ Muscat, Muscat Governorate, Oman ⋅ Kunshan, Jiangsu, China ⋅ Nanjing City, Jiangsu, China ⋅ Hanak, Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Acworth, Georgia, United States ⋅ East Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Jammu and Kashmir, India ⋅ Hangzhou City, Zhejiang, China ⋅ Hyderabad, Telangana, India ⋅ Lima, Peru ⋅ Zonhoven, Limburg, Belgium ⋅ Java, Indonesia ⋅ San Francisco, California, United States ⋅ Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ Special Capital Region of Jakarta, Java, Indonesia ⋅ Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada ⋅ Gujarat, India ⋅ New Delhi, India ⋅ Dallas, Texas, United States ⋅ Northampton, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Munich, Bavaria, Germany ⋅ Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ⋅ Ile-de-France, France ⋅ Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh, India ⋅ Zhengzhou, Henan, China ⋅ Jeddah, Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Eisingen, Bavaria, Germany ⋅ Region Zealand, Denmark ⋅ Cincinnati, Ohio, United States ⋅ Atlanta, Georgia, United States ⋅ Kuwait City, Capital Governorate, Kuwait ⋅ Karnataka, India ⋅ Uusimaa, Finland ⋅ Utrecht, Netherlands ⋅ Aguascalientes, Mexico ⋅ Guangxi, China ⋅ Gelderland, Netherlands ⋅ Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil ⋅ Łódź, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Panamá Province, Panama ⋅ Gauteng, South Africa ⋅ Paris, Ile-de-France, France ⋅ Sinaloa, Mexico ⋅ Ontario, California, United States ⋅ Nashville, Tennessee, United States ⋅ Massachusetts, United States ⋅ Medina, Medina Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada ⋅ Cartersville, Georgia, United States ⋅ Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India ⋅ Kansas City, Missouri, United States ⋅ Alberta, Canada ⋅ Virginia Beach, Virginia, United States ⋅ Florence, Kentucky, United States ⋅ Austin, Texas, United States ⋅ Chengdu, Sichuan, China ⋅ The Municipal District of Clane — Maynooth, Ireland ⋅ Marietta, Georgia, United States ⋅ Bengaluru, Karnataka, India ⋅ Erlanger, Kentucky, United States ⋅ Newnan, Georgia, United States ⋅ Veenendaal, Utrecht, Netherlands ⋅ Guanajuato, Mexico ⋅ Qingdao, Shandong, China ⋅ Goa, India ⋅ Buenos Aires, Autonomous City of Buenos Aires, Argentina ⋅ Cancún, Quintana Roo, Mexico ⋅ São Paulo, Brazil ⋅ Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, United States ⋅ Tonbridge and Malling, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Taipei, Taiwan ⋅ Bahia, Brazil ⋅ San Diego, California, United States ⋅ Jiangsu, China ⋅ Jiaxing, Zhejiang, China ⋅ Zaandam, North Holland, Netherlands ⋅ Baltimore, Maryland, United States ⋅ San Juan, Puerto Rico, United States ⋅ Andhra Pradesh, India ⋅ St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⋅ Xian County, Hebei, China ⋅ Muscat Governorate, Oman ⋅ New York, New York, United States ⋅ Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico ⋅ Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa ⋅ Baja California, Mexico ⋅ Cuautitlán Izcalli, State of Mexico, Mexico ⋅ Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ California, United States ⋅ Hesperia, California, United States ⋅ Sichuan, China ⋅ Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, Germany ⋅ Quebec, Canada ⋅ West Bengal, India ⋅ Bogota, Capital District, Colombia ⋅ Perth, Western Australia, Australia ⋅ Moscow, Russia ⋅ Canberra, Australia ⋅ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia ⋅ New York, United States ⋅ Almelo, Overijssel, Netherlands ⋅ Zhejiang, China ⋅ Baden-Württemberg, Germany ⋅ Portland, Maine, United States ⋅ Dobra, Łódź Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Salinas, California, United States ⋅ Alicante, Valencian Community, Spain ⋅ Tabuk Province, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Haps, North Brabant, Netherlands ⋅ Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil ⋅ Los Angeles, California, United States ⋅ Panama City, Panamá Province, Panama ⋅ Villa de La Paz, San Luis Potosi, Mexico ⋅ Jinhua, Zhejiang, China ⋅ Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia ⋅ Georgia, United States ⋅ Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ⋅ Odisha, India ⋅ Mönchengladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ Shandong, China ⋅ Washington, United States ⋅ Istanbul, Turkey ⋅ Ridderkerk, South Holland, Netherlands ⋅ La Paz, Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico ⋅ Saronno, Lombardy, Italy ⋅ Zaltbommel, Gelderland, Netherlands ⋅ Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil ⋅ La Paz, Puebla, Mexico ⋅ San Luis Potosi, Mexico ⋅ Baja California Sur, Mexico ⋅ Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile ⋅ Valencian Community, Spain ⋅ Prague, Prague, Czechia ⋅ Łódź Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ Charnwood, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Gdańsk, Pomeranian Voivodeship, Poland ⋅ South Holland, Netherlands ⋅ Auckland, New Zealand ⋅ Visalia, California, United States ⋅ Bielefeld, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany ⋅ Xiamen, Fujian, China ⋅ Boston, Massachusetts, United States ⋅ Tokyo, Japan ⋅ Hebei, China ⋅ Tennessee, United States ⋅ Uttlesford, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Bedford, England, United Kingdom ⋅ South Carolina, United States ⋅ North Brabant, Netherlands ⋅ Aguascalientes City, Aguascalientes, Mexico ⋅ Bhubaneshwar, Odisha, India ⋅ Cairo, Cairo, Egypt ⋅ Espírito Santo, Brazil ⋅ Chicago, Illinois, United States ⋅ Kerala, India ⋅ Maine, United States ⋅ Jiangmen, Guangdong, China ⋅ Erfurt, Thuringia, Germany ⋅ Toronto, Ontario, Canada ⋅ Boycetown, The Municipal District of Clane — Maynooth, Ireland ⋅ Cairo, Egypt ⋅ England, United Kingdom ⋅ Daventry, England, United Kingdom ⋅ Makkah Region, Saudi Arabia ⋅ Dubai Emirate, United Arab Emirates ⋅ Cornwall, Ontario, Canada ⋅ Salt Lake City, Utah, United States ⋅ Lima, Lima, Peru ⋅ Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile ⋅ Catalonia, Spain ⋅ Limburg, Belgium

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
People & HR

Workplace Type:
Remote

Job Title

Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East

Job Description

Are you passionate about driving people strategy in a fast-growing and entrepreneurial region? As Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East, you will lead the regional HR Partner organization and act as a trusted advisor to business leaders to drive organizational effectiveness and employee engagement across the region.


Your role

As Regional HR Partner Lead Middle East, you are responsible for leading the people agenda across the region and supporting business leaders in achieving strategic objectives through effective people management and organizational development. You will act as a trusted HR advisor and play an important role in supporting leadership teams through change, organizational development, talent decisions and workforce planning.


You will lead the HR Partner organization across the Middle East and ensure that global HR initiatives are translated into impactful regional execution while taking local needs and market dynamics into account.


This role combines senior HR partnering with hands-on execution of (a.o.) HR cycle topics.


Your responsibilities

  • Lead, coach, and develop the regional HR Partner organization across the Middle East.
  • Act as a trusted advisor to business leaders on organizational design, workforce planning, talent management, engagement and succession planning that support business growth.
  • Ensure effective execution of HR processes, policies, and programs, including integration programs such as the Vanderlande Logistics integration
  • Drive local implementation of Vanderlande’s people strategy, its global and regional HR initiatives across the region.
  • Lead organizational development and change management initiatives.
  • Ensure effective execution of talent, performance, rewards, mobility, engagement, DEI, health & wellbeing and learning & development programs.
  • Ensure compliance with local labor legislation, regional employment practices and company policies.
  • Manage complex employee relations and people-related matters.
  • Analyze workforce trends and metrics and provide people insights to support business decisions.
  • Collaborate closely with regional HR teams, Global HRBPs, and HR Functions.

Your team

You will be part of the Global HR organization and report to the global Head of Regional HR Global Services. You will lead HR Partners across the Middle East and work closely with regional leadership teams and global HR stakeholders to support sustainable business growth.


Your profile

Essential

  • You have significant HR leadership experience within an international environment.
  • You are a trusted advisor to senior leaders within a complex international organization.
  • You have strong business acumen and a results-oriented mindset.
  • You have experience working within Middle Eastern markets with proven knowledge of labor legislation and employment practices in Middle East.
  • You have proven experience leading and developing HR teams.
  • You have experience in change management and driving organizational transformation.
  • You possess strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.
  • You can effectively work across different cultures and organizational levels.
  • You communicate effectively across cultures and organizational levels.

Travel: 20-40% of your time, depending on business needs and regional priorities.


Preferred

  • You have experience supporting large-scale business growth and transformation within multinational organizations.
  • You have experience within technology, engineering, logistics, manufacturing, or industrial environments.

We know the right person is not always the one who ticks every box. If this role excites you and you meet most of the essentials, we would love to hear from you.


Contact

Interested in this opportunity? Submit your application through Workday.


Diversity & Inclusion

Vanderlande is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will be considered without regards to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.


Vanderlande Industries

Website: https://www.vanderlande.com/

Headquarter Location: Veghel, Noord-Brabant, The Netherlands

Employee Count: 1001-5000

Year Founded: 1949

IPO Status: Private

Industries: Computer ⋅ Information Technology ⋅ Logistics ⋅ Transportation ⋅ Warehouse Automation

Visa Sponsorship: Sponsors work visas