HR Director

Human Resources Director 

Arval Belgium   Full time Zaventem 

Executive Committee (COMEX) member 

Arval - Who we are:

At Arval, we keep businesses moving. For over 30 years, we’ve supported customers with full-service leasing, modern fleet management, and mobility solutions that adapt to a fast-changing world. As part of BNP Paribas, we combine local roots with global strength—and we’re leading the shift to more sustainable, flexible, and digital mobility. How do we do that? With a strong team spirit and a lot of joy in everything we do.

BNP Paribas: 

BNP Paribas – the bank for a changing world

We’re Europe’s leading bank and World’s Best Bank for Sustainable Finance 2023 (Euromoney). We work on a first-name basis, value diverse thinking, and invest in long-term careers. We’re here to help our people grow in a future-proof and purpose-driven environment.

Your Mission

Our business is evolving—fast. Skills, expectations, and ways of working are shifting. To stay ahead, we need more than strong HR operations. We need strategic workforce insight, sharp business understanding, and a clear talent roadmap.

As HR Director, you shape how Arval Belgium attracts, develops, and retains the people we need to deliver today and grow tomorrow.

You challenge the status quo, connect people strategy to business strategy, and turn future needs into present action. You lead by listening, anticipating, and making things happen.

Tasks & Responsibilities

You lead the full HR agenda for Arval Belgium, across four key areas:

• HR strategy & business partnering – Be the sparring partner of choice for our leaders
• Talent & leadership – Drive development, engagement, and succession strategies
• Workforce & skills planning – Align current and future skills with business priorities
• People insights & benchmarks – Use internal and market data to guide decisions
• You also steer transversal topics such as wellbeing, mobility, events and employer branding
• You champion local DE&I initiatives
• You manage a team of 7 composed of HRBP’s, Recruiters, Compensation and Benefits Specialists as well as L&D expert

What you’ll do :

• Understand the business and translate challenges into people solutions
• Anticipate future skills and build clear, actionable workforce plans
• Define and lead strategic HR initiatives with real business impact
• Use benchmarks, data and market trends to guide our people priorities
• Bring a strong business mindset to budget discussions and resource planning
• Facilitate collaboration between HR teams, managers, and employees
• Ensure alignment across the HR team on shared goals and roles
• Inspire, coach, and mobilise teams across all levels of the organisation
• Be an active member of the Regional Benelux DACH region 
• Strengthen our reputation as a caring, ambitious, and future-ready employer

Your skills & expertise

• A degree in business, human resources, psychology or equivalent by experience
• 10+ years’ experience in a leadership role within human resources
• Proven track record working in matrix environments within an internation context
• Solid knowledge of human resources;project management, change management, and process optimisation
• Strong people management skills
• Analytical mindset with strong organisational and conceptual thinking
• Excellent communication, influence, and stakeholder management skills
• Fluent in English, French and/or Dutch is a plus
• Experience within financial services is an advantage
  
• You don’t just deliver projects. You change how things are done.
• You bring clarity where others see complexity.
• You’re comfortable with ambiguity—but you don’t stay there.
• You listen, challenge, and lead with purpose.
• You connect people to the ‘why’, not just the ‘what’.

What we offer 

An attractive market-conform salary and benefits, including:

• 32 vacation days for full-time employment
• Electric company car with charging card
• Mobility plan
• Performance-related bonus
• Group and hospitalization insurance
• Outpatient care insurance and dental coverage
• Laptop and smartphone
• Home working allowance
• Meal vouchers and eco vouchers
• A good work-life balance thanks to flexible hours and a hybrid working environment
• A personal development plan and a wide range of training opportunities
• A fast-growing international environment that believes in the power of diversity, inclusion, responsible entrepreneurship, and well-being
• Fun events with your colleagues where atmosphere and fun are guaranteed!
• Open and appreciative communication culture

Your contact with us is Kim Van Assche – gladly on a first-name basis.

If you have any questions, please contact us at any time by e-mail at kim.vanassche [at] arval (dot) be

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds. If you don’t meet every requirement but feel this role speaks to you, we encourage you to apply. We hire for mindset, not checkboxes.

Do you want to help shape a changing world?
 Apply now!