At the beautiful main location of Bevaplast BV in NL-Arnhem, a 1:1 job opening has arisen for a professional PA with HR expertise. This role supports the Managing Partner who is responsible for HR and Business Improvement Projects. Are you interested in joining a top team that daily realizes the mission of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely”? Do you understand the importance of entrepreneurship, customer focus, and a mindset of possibilities in achieving growth ambitions? Would you like to excel with a strongly growing and agile niche player? Are you passionate, knowledgeable, reliable, and loyal? If you identify well with the profile described, we would like to receive your application including CV, a concise motivation letter, and a recent digital (passport) photo, via maartje.smeenk@smeenks.com by July 24, 2023, 12.00 Noon (also see our application information below).
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JOB OPENING: PROFESSIONAL PERSONAL ASSISTANT HR, MANAGING PARTNER, BEVAPLAST BV, NL-ARNHEM (24-32 hrs/wk)
The organization
Bevaplast BV is a thriving Dutch company engaged in the development and supply of private label medical and sports medical products. This includes items such as plasters, bandages, first aid kits, blister care, tapes, bandages, and hot-cold therapies. They also offer various products related to outdoor and sports experiences, customized to fit any brand style and requirements. With two locations, they serve almost every sector of the European market, ranging from drugstores, retail chains, healthcare professionals to sports stores and automotive companies. The organization’s daily focus is on showcasing what is possible when one can move freely, with approximately 40 enthusiastic professionals dedicated to this concept. The main location in Arnhem, with around 35 employees, has a vacancy for a professional Personal Assistant with HR expertise to support the Managing Partner responsible for HR and Business Improvement Projects.
Culture
The collective core values guiding all activities of this dynamic and fast-growing niche player are customer-oriented, entrepreneurial, and pragmatic. Strong collaboration with both customers and suppliers is central, along with achieving high-quality standards, maintaining clear communication channels, and making concise agreements. The internal culture is best described as passionate, knowledgeable, loyal, down-to-earth, transparent, reliable, direct, agile, and in transition.
Employment conditions and weekly hours
Bevaplast offers excellent primary and secondary employment conditions (including competitive compensation, profit sharing, pension contribution, 31 vacation days, remote work policy, and travel reimbursement) based on 36-40 hours per week. You will be part of a dynamic and fast-growing niche where no day is the same. Working with a passionate and ambitious team, you will contribute sustainably to further organizational growth and make a meaningful impact. Additionally, Bevaplast provides an informal, professional work environment, opportunities for personal development, an enjoyable staff association, a beautiful view of the river landscape, and convenient accessibility. And… the best coffee in NL-Arnhem!
The role
You will support and assist the Managing Partner HR and Business Improvement Projects, 1:1 and from A to Z. Your responsibilities will include proactive support, progress monitoring, forward-thinking, and identifying, initiating, and coordinating actions to be taken.
Some of your tasks will involve:
- Being a business and sparring partner;
- Assisting with HR processes, such as recruitment and selection of new employees, maintaining contact with recruitment agencies, providing explanations of employment conditions, monitoring HR policies, and personnel changes;
- Co-managing Facility, IT, and Office Management at the Arnhem location (external partners are involved);
- Preparing, planning, organizing, coordinating, and taking minutes during team meetings
- Monitoring follow-up on action points, decisions, procedures, regulations, and yearly planning
- Preparing, organizing, and coordinating various other meetings, events, and calls;
- Coordinating information flows;
- Handling mail and email correspondence;
- Welcoming guests and candidates;
- E-archiving;
- Other business support tasks as required.
Position requirements
The ideal candidate
You are an entrepreneurial, tactful, and dedicated PA! You are fully committed to supporting your Managing Partner and the organization and have a keen interest in developing your HR skills. You possess a helicopter view, are energetic, proactive, resilient, decisive, and a true team player. You handle confidential information with care, have a sense of proportion, and adapt quickly to changes. Moreover, you are no-nonsense, reliable, and cheerful. You are a connector, decisive, and perform well both independently and in a team. Whenever possible, you are eager to take tasks off your colleagues’ hands. You are sociable, have good communication skills, and are driven to help an enthusiastic and ambitious team achieve further growth ambitions. This is how you can add optimal value.
Criteria
- Interest in and affinity for the world of Bevaplast;
- Bachelor’s/Master’s degree or equivalent in relevant field (e.g., Master’s in HR Management, Bachelor’s Degree in Hotel & Hospitality Management, or Schoevers MBA Executive Support);
- Several years of relevant HR-oriented work experience in a professional environment;
- Excellent command of Dutch and English (good command of German is a plus);
- Proficiency in MS Office; tech-savvy;
- Available to work 24-32 hours per week;
- Strong desire to contribute to the mission of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely”!
Competencies
- At home in a dynamic, rapidly growing quality niche;
- Self-starter; proactive and decisive (taking initiative);
- Sensitive, reliable, and accountable;
- Quality- and service-oriented, even under pressure;
- Results-driven, both independently and as part of a team;
- Presentable with a good sense of humor.
Application information
In short, would you like to join a top team that daily achieves the mission of “Showing what is possible when you can move freely”? A team that understands better than anyone that entrepreneurship, customer focus, and a mindset of possibilities are essential for realizing growth ambitions? Do you strive to perform optimally in this thriving and dynamic niche player? Are you passionate, knowledgeable, reliable, and loyal? And do you identify well with the profile described? Then we would be delighted to receive your application, including your CV, motivation letter, salary expectation, and a digital (passport) photo, via maartje.smeenk@smeenks.com by July 24, 2023, 12.00 Noon.
Exclusivity
The search for this vacancy is exclusively handled by Smeenk’s Top Personal Assistants. Direct applications to Bevaplast BV or any of its subsidiaries will not be considered.
Application process
- Deadline for applications: July 24, 2023;
- Introductory interviews with Smeenk’s Top Personal Assistants: NL-Arnhem: July 2023, to be determined;
- Interviews with Bevaplast BV, NL-Arnhem: July 2023, to be determined;
- Start of employment: as soon as possible, ideally by September 1st, 2023;
- Employment type: permanent, 24-32 hrs/wk.
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