Jacobs Douwe Egberts is met merken als Jacobs, Tassimo, Moccona, Senseo, Pilao & Gevalia, L’OR en Douwe Egberts een wereldspeler op het vlak van thee en koffie. In België telt de internationale groep een kleine 200-tal vaste medewerkers. De afwezigheden en vertaling hiervan in de payroll zijn er volledig afgestemd en gebaseerd op de oplossingen van Protime.

Marktleider kiest voor innovatie

Sara Verrijcken, compensation and benefits manager, is zelf een mooi voorbeeld van de professionele kansen die Jacobs Douwe Egberts biedt. Ze startte er in 2013 als stagiaire, en doorliep in amper vijf jaar tijd drie verschillende functies. “Je wordt hier echt opgemerkt”, getuigt ze. Vandaag tekent ze als compensation and benefits manager het beleid op het vlak van salarispakketten. Bij het uitzetten van de strategie houdt ze rekening met budgetten, vereisten en trends.

Headquarters as a support

Hierarchy is not so important within Autogrill. You do need a manager in each branch, but this should not get in the way of interaction with other levels,' explains Marleen Jacobs. We therefore aspire to a flat corporate structure. Our CEO talks to everyone. It is the task and responsibility of the store managers to keep everything running in their branch. The head office has a supporting rather than a directing role.  

Marleen started her own career at Autogrill more than 25 years ago. 'My career illustrates the wide range of opportunities the company offers,' she says. 'For example, I also supervised the operations of Starbucks. At the time I thought I was going to do something with coffee, but nothing could be further from the truth, it's all about the employees not the product. Nothing is forever here, both in our branches and at head office you get plenty of opportunities to take a different path, for example I'm now working as an HR & Quality Manager.

With the right attitude and work ethic, a lot is possible. Moreover, we help our employees to detect their talents and provide training to develop them further. After all, the war for talent is making itself felt. Attracting good employees and offering sufficient promotion opportunities is therefore an important task of the HR team. The outlines for this are set out from Milan at European level, but we enjoy sufficient freedom of decision.

Sara Verijcken Jacobs Douwe Egberts
“De oplossingen van Protime helpen onze medewerkers ‘een handje’ in het bepalen van hunwork-life balance.”
Sara Verrijcken
compensation and benefits manager Jacobs Douwe Egberts