HR Business Partner - Commercial Function at IPL Schoeller

Hoofddorp, North Holland, Netherlands -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

12 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

14 May, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

HR Business Partnering, Organizational Design, Change Management, Performance Management, Workforce Planning, Talent Assessment, Stakeholder Management, Commercial Strategy, Data Analysis, Succession Planning, Reward Alignment, Employee Relations

Industry

Plastics Manufacturing

Description

Who we are On July 1, 2025, IPL Plastics merged with Schoeller Allibert to form IPL Schoeller (the ‘company’). Its operations are split across North America (11 manufacturing plants), The UK and Lommel (6 manufacturing plants) and Europe (9 manufacturing plants). The company is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. IPL Schoeller is a leading manufacturer of sustainable rigid packaging solutions across a range of end market segments including returnable transit packaging, consumer and industrial packaging, environmental containers and agricultural packaging. The company employs c.4,100 employees across North America (1,600 employees) and Europe (2,500 employees). The role The HR Business Partner - Commercial will act as the strategic HR partner to the global Commercial function across IPL Schoeller, supporting the organisation through a critical period of commercial transformation, performance improvement, and organisational evolution. The business is operating in a challenging market environment with pressure on sales growth, requirement for margin performance, customer retention, and commercial effectiveness. This role will partner closely with Commercial leadership to ensure the organisation has the structure, capability, leadership, accountability, and performance culture required to stabilise and improve commercial results. This is not a traditional generalist HRBP role. The position requires a commercially credible, data-driven, and execution-focused HR leader who can operate effectively in a fast-paced PE-backed manufacturing environment undergoing significant transformation. The role will support: Commercial organisational redesign Capability and talent assessment Performance and accountability improvement Sales leadership effectiveness Workforce productivity and cost optimisation Incentive and reward alignment Change management and organisational effectiveness Workforce planning and succession pipelines The successful candidate must be comfortable operating in environments with ambiguity, pace, restructuring activity, and high-performance expectations. Key Responsibilities Strategic Commercial Partnership Act as trusted advisor to the VP Commercial and Commercial leadership teams globally Translate commercial strategy and business priorities into actionable people plans Support the business in improving commercial performance, productivity, and organisational effectiveness · Challenge and influence leaders constructively using data, insight, and commercial understanding Commercial Transformation & Organisation Design · Support redesign of the commercial operating model where required · Assess organisational effectiveness, role clarity, spans and layers, and decision-making effectiveness · Drive simplification, accountability, and alignment across commercial teams · Partner with leadership during restructuring, integration, and change initiatives · Support implementation of globally consistent job architecture and organisational design principles Performance & Accountability · Drive a high-performance culture with clear accountability and measurable outcomes · Support leaders in managing performance effectively and consistently · Embed robust performance management practices linked to commercial outcomes · Use workforce and performance data to identify capability gaps and improvement opportunities Talent, Capability & Succession · Identify critical commercial capability gaps impacting business performance · Partner with leaders to strengthen succession pipelines and internal mobility · Support development of sales leadership capability and management effectiveness · Build practical development approaches focused on business outcomes and commercial impact Reward & Workforce Planning · Partner with Reward to ensure incentive structures support desired commercial behaviours and business objectives · Support workforce planning aligned to revenue, margin, and growth priorities · Contribute to implementation of pay transparency and reward governance requirements · Ensure organisational decisions balance performance needs with cost discipline Change Leadership & Employee Relations · Support delivery of complex transformation and change activity across the Commercial organisation · Lead organisational change activity in partnership with Legal and local HR teams where required · Ensure employee relations approaches are pragmatic, commercially balanced, and legally compliant · Support leaders through ambiguity, organisational redesign, and workforce changes Data, Metrics & Business Insight · Use HR and commercial data to drive decision-making and prioritisation · Support development of business-relevant people metrics linked to commercial outcomes · Monitor trends relating to turnover, capability, productivity, engagement, and organisational effectiveness Drive evidence-based decision making rather than activity-based HR Qualifications and Experience Minimum of five years’ experience in HR Business Partnering, organisational effectiveness, or transformation roles Strong track record supporting commercial, sales, or customer-facing functions Demonstrated experience operating within complex, fast-paced, multi-site, or international organisations Proven ability to support transformation initiatives, restructuring, and performance improvement programmes Exposure to private equity–backed, manufacturing, industrial, or matrixed environments is advantageous Well-developed understanding of organisational design, workforce planning, and performance management Proven capability to influence and engage senior stakeholders and leadership teams Applies a constructive and appropriately challenging perspective, not solely a support role Outcome-focused with a commercially pragmatic and results-driven approach If you have the above experience and are looking for a role where you can make a real difference, apply today to find out more!

Responsibilities

Act as a strategic HR partner to the global Commercial function to drive organizational redesign, performance improvement, and commercial transformation. Focus on enhancing sales leadership effectiveness, workforce productivity, and aligning incentive structures with business objectives.