The posting
What you will be doing:
Solo is building Europe’s leading one-stop shop for custom branded merchandise. By bringing together Solo, midocean and XD Connects, three strong, well-established companies, we are creating one European powerhouse. And powerhouses are built by people.
That is where you come in. A high-performing, engaged team is one of the key enablers of our strategy, and you will lay its foundation. You will grow performance, secure succession, build functional academies and develop the leaders who will take us forward. You will also own the talent acquisition engine that brings in the people our growth demands.
We DARE to rethink how talent is found and grown. We CARE about people reaching their full potential. And we GO FAST, because our ambition doesn’t wait.
Why this role exists
You make sure Solo always has the talent, leaders and capabilities to outperform the market and deliver on our growth ambition. You shape a high-performance culture where expectations are clear, performance is differentiated, leaders grow, and top talent is spotted, kept and moved forward.
Talent management: building a future-ready organization
This is not about running talent processes. It is about building an organization that never stands still. Markets, customers, technology and AI keep changing the game, and you make sure we keep up by constantly challenging whether we have the right structure, skills, leaders and people in place.
You own performance management, talent reviews, succession planning and leadership development, and bring them together into one integrated talent strategy. You build functional academies that grow the expertise our business runs on. You use data and business insight to help leaders see their talent today and the capabilities they will need tomorrow, including how automation and AI will reshape roles and teams.
Talent acquisition: fuelling our growth
You lead the engine that brings exceptional people into Solo. You build a strong employer brand and open the door to new talent through campus recruitment, internships and trainee programs. You also challenge every hiring need: should we hire, develop, automate or redesign? Every hiring decision serves the bigger picture.
What success looks like
Not the number of programs, but real results: stronger leadership pipelines, successful succession, better retention of critical talent, capabilities in place faster, and an organization that adapts as the business changes.
You are the architect of our talent ecosystem. You DARE to challenge the status quo, CARE about every person’s growth, and GO FAST to keep Solo ahead.
What we are looking for:
Who you are?
- You have built talent management frameworks (performance, succession, leadership development) in a multi-entity or post-merger environment
- You have owned recruitment at scale, ideally in a growing or newly merged organization
- You are happy to roll up your sleeves as an individual contributor first, and ready to build and lead a team as the function grows
- You work confidently with executive leadership and know how to bring stakeholders along
- You use AI tools as a natural part of your work, from preparing talent reviews and mapping succession to sourcing and screening candidates
- You thrive across cultures and languages, working with both our French and Dutch teams
- You are a builder, not a maintainer
What we offer:
- A rare chance to build. Three companies are becoming one, and you get to shape how talent works in the new Solo from the ground up.
- Real impact, close to the top. You work directly with the executive team, and your work shows up in how the business performs.
- Room to grow with the function. Start hands-on, then build and lead your own team as we scale.
- A truly European playground. Work across France, the Netherlands and our other countries, with colleagues who bring different cultures, languages and perspectives.
- Pace and ambition. A company on a clear growth path that DAREs, CAREs and GOes FAST.
