Human Resources Manager Commercial France

BIC; Clichy; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

BIC World in France is seeking a Senior HR Manager to partner with the market leaders and drive HR activities for the France team while contributing to pan-European initiatives.

You will lead people planning, coach managers, and collaborate with COEs to align HR processes with business goals across Europe. Some international travel is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years HR experience with 3+ years as HRBP for pan-European population
• Experience in FMCG/CPG/Retail preferable
• Fluent in English and French
• Strong knowledge of social legislation and employee relations
• Autonomous, with strong interpersonal and influencing skills
• Excellent business acumen and organizational skills

Responsibilities

• Partner with market and functional leaders to drive HR strategy in Europe
• Develop and execute people plans; support talent development and succession
• Coach managers on performance, feedback, and team dynamics
• Lead HR processes with COEs; nurture internal communication
• Contribute to pan-European HR projects and transformations
• Travel internationally as needed to cover the region

Skills

Fluent in English

Fluent in French

Interpersonal skills

Influencing skills

Autonomy

Team player

Business acumen

Organizational skills

Ability to challenge decisions

Education

HR/Law/BA studies

Job description

Join BIC World, a community of brands dedicated to creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that have been part of hearts and homes for over 75 years. We are committed to growing our iconic and innovative brands by reimagining everyday essentials in new, sustainable, and responsible ways.

Our culture encourages a "roll up your sleeves and get the job done" mindset, ensuring self-starters, problem solvers, and innovative thinkers can truly thrive. At BIC World, you are empowered to take ownership of your career and use your unique perspective to make a meaningful, global impact on our mission.

As Senior HR manager for France you partner with the management team of the market and functional team leaders. You also support the operational HR activities for other team members on a needed basis. Additionally, you work on pan-European projects, thus contributing to the global HR roadmap for Europe.

BUISINESS PARTNERING

• Understands the challenges and strategies in Europe and in the market/functions supported
• Provides guidance/counselling on the most efficient and adequate organization in line with the business goals and the capabilities needed
• Contributes to the Commercial and Operating Plans, the budget cycles and reviews of each of the market /functions supported
• Elaborates and drives a people plan (organization, team member development, succession) for his/her perimeter, in synch with the Europe HR roadmap
• Collects a good understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of each organization and builds associate action plans
• Reflects the main metrics on HR, guarantees the quality and the accuracy of the HR data

PEOPLE CHAMPION

• Develops a good knowledge of the team members of his/her perimeter and acts as the HR key contact
• Bring support and coaching to managers in their team management: to better deliver performance feedback, build development plans, create team dynamics…
• Contribute to identifying talents within the organization and developmental opportunities
• Drives the people/organization communication agenda throughout the year

COE COUNTERPART

Leverage on the COEs HR to deliver the best experience to our candidates and team members and more specifically:

• Engages with TA on each hiring process and provide feedback to the hiring managers
• Optimizes BIC University training offer
• Manages our levelling/job classification system
• Monitors our benefits offer across countries
• Proactively shares his/her specific expectations for support/project for the Market and the functional/COE departments

HR PROCESSES AND COMMUNICATION

• Designs the annual training plan based on the development plans of team members, in alignment with the business orientations
• Leads with the GM and Functional Heads the performance calibration meetings
• Runs the Total Rewards agenda with the objective of differentiating performance, recognizing talent, addressing internal and external consistency
• Completes the Talent Review and Succession plans
• Deploys Group process of Engagement survey and supporting managers for action plans
• Provides a constant view on headcount and HR costs in liaise with Finance
• Supports the Management Team for underperformance management and disciplinary actions (or termination of contracts)
• Manages employee relations in one subsidiary
• Liaises with the Europe Communications team to ensure internal communication on team members and people initiatives

CONTRIBUTION TO /LEAD ON EUROPE PROJECTS

• He/she will be responsible for pan-European projects liaising with COEs HR and the HR Europe team, mainly focusing on HR development and people engagement. As example, it could be: coordination of the People communication plan, redesign of our on-boarding process and welcome, implement team performance initiatives into other perimeter
• He/she will play an active role in the HR transformation, with the objective of a global HR information systems participate in diverse local or Group projects in all these fields.
• Some international travel is required to best cover her/his geographical perimeter.

Qualifications

• Relevant studies in HR, law or BA
• Good command of the social legislation and employee relations
• Ideally at least 8 years of professional experience in HR or the business, minimum 3 as an HRBP for a pan-European/International population with regular interactions with GMs and Senior business managers
• Experience in FMCG, CPG or Retail companies preferable
• Fluent in both English and French
• Good interpersonal and influencing skills
• Ability to challenge and have an impact on decisions
• Strong business acumen
• Able to work Autonomously
• Very good team player
• A sense of service to internal clients
• Pragmatic, structured and with excellent organizational skills

BIC World is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

BIC World is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means.