HR Generalist

About ULAC

United Legwear & Apparel Co. (ULAC) was founded in the United States in 1998. Since then, the company has grown into a globally recognized apparel business built on speed, instinct, and strong commercial drive. Through smart partnerships and decisive execution, ULAC has scaled into a multi-brand powerhouse across legwear, bodywear, and apparel.

We design, manufacture, and distribute for global brands including Scotch & Soda, Ted Baker, PUMA, Champion, Hurley, and Skechers — combining brand building, product development, and operational excellence.

Following more than two decades of success in the US, ULAC launched its European entity in 2023 to open the door to the European market and build a fully integrated wholesale brand and distribution platform across the EU and UK.

Today, our European headquarters is based in Hoofddorp — home to our showrooms and creative workspace, where design, merchandising, sales, operations, finance, and leadership teams work side by side under one roof. It’s fast-moving, collaborative, and hands‑on.

Our European wholesale and e-commerce business now employs 150+ people (650+ globally) across the Netherlands, Germany, the UK, and France — actively scaling across international markets and proudly partnering with franchise partners to bring our brands to consumers throughout Europe and beyond.

As we continue to grow, our focus is on strengthening structure, increasing consistency, and building the operational foundation that supports long‑term performance.

This HR Generalist role sits within our European entity in Hoofddorp and plays a key role in building that foundation. We’re looking for someone who wants to own and run a smooth HR Ops engine — and help shape how people operations scale across Europe.

As HR Generalist, you operate at the heart of people operations — bringing together HR Ops, payroll, recruitment, benefits, people events, and day‑to‑day support for the HR Director and HRBP.

Your week usually starts by reviewing the HR inbox and current priorities. Where are we behind? What needs attention? You create clarity and structure for the days ahead.

You might be running 2–3 hiring processes at the same time — reviewing applications, coordinating interviews, aligning feedback, preparing offers.

Payroll is coming up. You track salary changes, new hires, sick leave adjustments, parental leave updates — making sure every change is correctly reflected before submission. When payroll outputs return, you review them carefully, resolve discrepancies, approve, and close the cycle.

Alongside this, you own our employee benefits offering. You manage and optimize benefits such as Class Pass accounts, OV business cards, pension and insurance updates — ensuring employees understand what’s available and vendors stay aligned.

You also take ownership of people events and engagement moments. This could mean organizing a company townhall, coordinating monthly drinks, setting up a sports tournament, or supporting leadership training sessions. You don’t just handle logistics— you think about participation, experience, and impact.

In between, operations continue:

• Contract amendments and renewals
• Policy updates for new countries
• Tracker improvements
• Reporting upgrades
• Automating repetitive workflows

You’re continuously tightening the HR engine — making sure it runs smoothly, accurately, and efficiently.

• Own the full employee lifecycle (offers, contracts, amendments, renewals, exits) and ensure accurate, audit‑ready personnel files and documentation
• Maintain HR systems, policies, and compliance standards across four countries
• Manage sickness, vacation, and absence administration in line with Dutch labour law
• Coordinate monthly payroll across NL, DE, UK, and FR with external providers — submitting all changes (onboarding, offboarding, salary updates, leave mutations), reviewing payroll outputs, resolving discrepancies, and aligning reporting with Finance
• Own end‑to‑end employee benefits administration (Class Pass, Open Up, OV business cards, pensions, insurances), serving as primary contact for employees and…