"The Tessenderlo Group is represented in more than 20 countries across the globe. To implement the group’s business strategy, important strategic projects are taking place all around the world. A great many employees are involved in these projects with the result that we need qualified HR professionals both in the short and in the long term. When one of our HR colleagues went on maternity leave, we urgently needed outside support in the field of (legal) HR. We got in touch with HR Builders last year and were pleasantly surprised to find that they could quickly provide a number of suitable interim HR managers. HR Builders understood our need immediately and came up with profiles which might fit the bill. We selected the interim HRM, who started immediately. During 2011, some other ad hoc projects cropped up, which meant that we needed different profiles of interim HR managers. Based on our initial experience, we continued to work with HR Builders. Once again, they were able to provide us with the most suitable candidates for these jobs and they have really proven to be successful in their assignments. HR Builders clearly aims for a win-win situation and targets a strong long-term relationship with its clients."
Steven Claes, Group Reward Manager TESSENDERLO GROUP

"Our ECOVER company has achieved a strong and memorable performance in recent years. Belgium and our five international offices are the starting points for distributing our products to 30 or so countries around the globe. Teething   problems are to be expected from time to time, hence the importance of having an efficient Human Resources department. When our HR Manager temporarily bowed out, we had an urgent need for out-of-company support in terms of human resources. We got in touch with HR Builders around Christmas time and were very pleasantly surprised to discover that holiday or no holiday, snow or no snow, they were very soon able to propose a few suitable and available HR Interim Managers. Greet pinpointed our needs straight away, spotting which profiles might fit our culture like a glove. Before the end of the Christmas holiday season the final Interim HR Manager was identified. Our dedicated HR Builder has been hard at work with us since January and the official's value-adding qualities have been demonstrated time and time again. What was striking was the short induction period and how soon the Consultant settled down into our business culture. Even now, with the HR Manager back at his post, we continue to rely on our external HR Consultant for ad hoc HR projects, thereby ensuring progress on several fronts. The upshot is we only have positive things to say about the working relationship with HR Builders and "our" out-of-company HR Consultant."
Michael Bremans, Chairman ECOVER INTERNATIONAL

"I had the privilege to be HR Builders’ first client (even before the name HR Builders existed!) while working with my previous employer.
The major strength is the instant response you get: one hour after a meeting, Katrien is already searching for the right match (I don’t even dare to say how long this took one of her competitor’s…).
Then I receive the CVs, with a personal comment, in my mailbox. The second benefit is that these profiles always correspond to our demands and criteria.
Only a couple of days later we meet some of these candidates, who match our expectations very well, we take a decision and we’re off to go!
First we had two interim managers (in the field of Compensation and Benefits) provided by HR Builders, and some time later we engaged an interim manager DHR, who is replacing me at this very moment.
I’m convinced that HR Builders always works like this!"
Jean-Marie Doumont, CEO ONA

"There were a couple of criteria connected to granting the assignment. HR Builders reacted very quickly and proceeded extremely pragmatically in approach and follow-up.
Moreover, they listened carefully to my needs and demands being a client. HR Builders didn’t only understand the content of the assignment, but also had a good perception of our company’s culture and background, so they could send the right person here.
The selection of our interim HR Manager didn’t only had to do with the correct technical abilities for the job but also with the “match” with our company. They had well considered whether the candidate would fit in our HR team and in the company’s culture.
By adding this extra value, HR Builders has made the difference to me. So I’d say: keep on building it up like this!"
Ivan Smeets, HR Director, Coca Cola Company Belgium & the Netherlands

"Whenever I have to start looking for professional and integer ad interim employers, I immediately count on the help of this young but very efficient company. I met Katrien a couple of years ago as a very energetic and strong lady, so it didn’t surprise me at all that she founded her own company in 2008.
Nearly from the beginning, HR Builders helped me find the right ad interim HR colleague. At that moment I was looking for a senior HR professional to support me during a year in a couple of European HR projects. Within the same week, she got me into contact with the right consultant.
When I suddenly didn’t have an HR Manager anymore in one of our biggest factories, I could count on HR Builders again to reinforce our team successfully for several months. And even when I asked to find me someone to have some difficult conversations with some employers in the Netherlands, she could propose someone perfect for 2 days support. For me, HR Builders is THE way to the right people!"
Sophie Vandamme, HR Director McBride Western Continental Europe.

"Having to work and to judge over talent in very complex and divers conditions, it is always a professional pleasure to have Katrien‘s competences and approach within reach. Building towards a shared vision and judgement but with a critic voluntarism is one of her typical features!"
Marc Van Hemelryck, CEO Selor

“Katrien is very result driven and client oriented. She is a natural networker and very good in capturing the HR needs of her clients."
Hans Joris, General Manager SD Worx Belgium

"Katrien does not only provide an excellent HR expertise and service, but she also guarantees you a challenging and outside-the-box partnership."
Jan Van Hootegem – HR Director and EC Member of the Vandemoortele Group

“Katrien managed to understand our complex business needs and then helped to translate them into a working business case. She is open-minded and uses structured creativity.”
Claude Bettendorf, Country Human Resource Manager, AGC Flat Glass Europe (used to be known as Glaverbel)

“I have been working together with Katrien for several years now. During this collaboration, three items keep striking me:
1. The great professional way in which she deals with her affairs. Katrien knows what she’s talking about, and if she doesn’t know an answer right away, she’ll come back on it from the moment she will have had the time to figure it out. And in most of the cases, this is amazingly quickly.
2. A client-oriented approach. We, as a company, really feel as if we are her priority. She’s not a salesperson but a businesswoman who manages everything from a win-win mentality.
3. She maintains an open-hearted and a human approach of the problems, which gives her interaction an important surplus value.
I am convinced that we will co-operate with her like this in the future.”
Jan Quisthoudt, Chief Operations Officer & HR Manager AGF Belgium Insurance, Allianz Group

"I learned to know Katrien as a person full of initiatives, ideas and very client-focused. I find her strong in building up and maintaining relationships, but her strength is her ability to see the strengths of others and to let this be the priority of the relationship."
Ann D’Havé, HR Manager Zorgbedrijf Antwerpen

“If you want to increase your Human Resources capital in a fast way, you can always count on Katrien to help you find a very practical and efficacious solution. It is a pleasure to work with her!”
Anne Saveyn, Human Resources Manager Personnel Support, Agfa Materials

"Katrien can very much assess a 'perfect match' correctly and has a more than explicit sense for professional service and partnership. We have collaborated in technical project recruitment and I respect her enthusiasm and passion for HR."
Tony Ceulemans, Operations Manager Chesapeake (used to be known as Fieldboxmore PressPharma)

“Greet Bunnens is an excellent communicator and typically comes up with practical solutions to real problems. Friendly person to interact with. Committed to get the job done.”
Wim Jacobs, Director Service Delivery & Support, Johnson & Johnson

"I've had the opportunity to work together with Greet as a colleague. And I can say that Greet is a very knowledgeable, and creative person with a sense of humor. Next to this, her enthusiasm and her dedication are outstanding.  I was sure that she wanted to build her own business with her own ideas continuously open to feedback from others. She wanted to create something for herself, delivering her models and experience to her clients. Today she is our contact with HR Builders and her approach to help us with a temporary HR need is also successful."
Hilde Janssens, HR Director, Grontmij NV

“Robby is quick in understanding your issues and asks the right questions in order to get to the best solutions on time. His top qualities: personable, good value, on time.” 
Wim Hilderson HR Director, Partena Onafhankelijk Ziekenfonds

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