Marjolein Hemker
About Marjolein Hemker
Marjolein Hemker is the Human Resources Training & Development Manager at TomTom, with extensive experience in HR roles across various companies in the Netherlands and Taiwan.
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Marjolein Hemker currently holds the position of Human Resources Training & Development Manager at TomTom. She began this role in 2019.
Professional Experience at TomTom
Marjolein Hemker has a vast and varied professional history with TomTom. She took on a sabbatical from 2018 to 2019. Prior to that, she served as the Global HR Managers & HR Service Desk Lead from 2015 to 2018 in Amsterdam. She also completed an International Assignment in Taipei City, Taiwan, and worked as a Human Resources Manager/HR Business Partner from 2014 to 2015. From 2011 to 2014, she was a Human Resources Business Partner in the Amsterdam Area, Netherlands.
Previous Roles in Human Resources
Before joining TomTom, Marjolein Hemker worked in various HR roles in the Amsterdam Area. She was a Senior HR Advisor at Kinetic Concepts Inc from 2009 to 2011 and a Human Resource Manager at Orangefield Trust from 2007 to 2009. Additionally, she was an HR Advisor at ING Nederland from 2005 to 2007 and an HR Support Specialist at ING in 2004.
Education and Expertise
Marjolein Hemker completed a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from the University of Amsterdam, studying from 2002 to 2007. She also holds a Bachelor's degree in Human Resources Management from Amsterdam University of Applied Sciences, where she studied from 1996 to 2000.
Workshops and Training Initiatives at TomTom
Marjolein Hemker has developed and rolled out several key workshops and training initiatives at TomTom. She created a diversity, inclusion, and unconscious bias workshop for all employees, trained a group of 10 ambassadors through a 'train the trainer' initiative, and designed workshops to implement hybrid working globally. She also developed workshops on inclusion and psychological safety for managers and remote management during the lockdown period. Her efforts extended to performance management training and reviewing the global anniversary policy as part of Agile Project Management in Compensation & Benefits.