Human Resources

‘Taking care of everybody's well-being’

Roland van der Post - Operations Director (Human Resources)

GMP+ International’s Human Resources department ensures that the company’s workforce is aligned with its core values. HR is a strategic sounding board for the Management and offers support in achieving organisational goals. It supports employees in adapting to strategic directions of the company and supports them in matters of working conditions and employment contracts.

Staying in touch – Digital meetings

“Working remote brought new challenges to the organisation. Not only did we have to make sure employees had the necessary equipment. We also wanted to stay connected to take care of each other's well-being. From the start, we made sure we stayed in touch with our colleagues and encouraged them to keep doing so as well. We stimulated meetings and gave people the opportunity to share their feelings. We were heartened by the informal digital meetings initiated by employees themselves to encourage and support each other.”

Spreading the word – Employer branding campaign

“Being the world’s largest certification scheme, we felt we had to improve our employer branding and name recognition to potentially new employees – both in and outside the feed industry. We worked together with a communications & PR agency to create an employer branding campaign. Aim was to create awareness around the importance of feed safety, and our role in it. The campaign was a great success, as accompanying job openings brought in over 180 responses – a record.”

We stimulated meetings and gave people the opportunity to share their feelings.

Restructuring the office – New way of working

“Stimulated by the new insights that pandemic restrictions gave us, we started working on a ‘new way of working’ for the situation after COVID-19. This will include making more use of virtual meetings, working from home and restructuring the office.”