Véronique B

7/2013 : 3/2017 PORTAKABIN Ltd Group, 1600 people, 7 countries

HR Director Europe and France, direct and functional management of 6 staff (newly created role)
Modular construction and buildings : 300 people, turnover €32m, France, Germany, BENELUX

1. HR Director, Europe Division · setting up, steering and coordinating Group or Division initiatives with the HR & management contacts in each country to support the Division's growth

- Performance management : annual reviews, succession plans, mobility, training & development plans, pay & benefits policy

- Recruiting the key roles with the country managing directors

- Creating a bespoke training programme for the sales population (80 people) “Sales Excellence”

- Implementing the Group organisation model underpinning the overall pay and benefits approach linked to job levels

2. HR Director France (150 employees across an industrial entity and a sales entity & head office) · defining and applying the operational HR policy

- Managing the employee representative bodies with General Management (works council/staff representatives/health and safety committee/union representatives), legal, employment and human support for the company's transformations (economic and social unit, elections, collective agreements)

- Supervising the HR administration team (3 people)

- Support and advice on day-to-day HR matters (performance, disciplinary matters, organisation, employee relations)

- Rolling out the Group or Europe projects in the subsidiary (sales compensation plans, manager bonuses, CRM…)

2005 : 2013 GDF-SUEZ Group

2010-2013 SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT, SITA Group
Human Resources Development Manager, managing 2 managers
Hazardous industrial waste recovery · 1500 people, turnover €320m · France/Europe scope

Supporting the local HR teams : optimising quality, lead times and costs, and sharing lessons learned with internal clients.

- Managing the employment policies and the skills management of managers / non-managers

- Recruiting manager & executive roles in France and Europe

- Running the management training courses

- Running the Employment / Career committees

- Running the People Reviews and steering the Succession Plans

- Steering the Manager Onboarding programme

2005-2010 SUEZ ENERGIE SERVICES, INEO Group
Human Resources Manager, managing 3 managers
Telecom & Networks integrator · 900 people, turnover €120m

5 legal entities under 3 collective bargaining agreements across the country

- Setting up a new centralised HR organisation in 2005 and the associated processes.

- Defining the HR policy of the Delegated Management, managing employee relations (works council / union representatives / staff representatives), legal operations, disciplinary matters and litigation files.

- Directly steering the projects with major employment consequences : redundancy plan (PSE) (30 jobs cut) ; 3 staff transfers

- Article L1224-1 transfers including 2 mergers ; harmonising employee status for 500 people (method agreement ; working time reduction/on-call duty ; acquired benefits and individual negotiation)

- Advice/support to the profit centre Directors and managers

- HR management for managers

- Supervising Personnel Administration (excluding payroll) : 1 member of staff

- Supervising recruitment / school relations : 1 member of staff

- Supervising the administration of training : 1 member of staff

- Proposing and implementing : diversity/disability, skills management, onboarding

1998 : 2005 UNILEVER Group, manufacture and marketing of consumer goods

2003-2005 OUT-OF-HOME CATERING Division
HR Business partner · 150 people, turnover €100m

HR support to operations as part of a growth and return-to-profitability plan, and support for the changing business model

- Operational HR management, excluding payroll and employee relations : recruitment, training, performance, disciplinary matters, organisation

2002-2003 INDUSTRIAL HYGIENE Division
Human Resources Manager, Head Office and Sales · 500 people, turnover €100m

Context of the JOHNSON Group merger and of the restructuring of head office and the sales forces

As part of the merger :

- Preparing the employment data required for the collective bargaining

- Taking part in the Johnson group's European HR Integration process (Pay, Job grading, Appraisal, Development, Pensions & Benefits, Expatriation)

- Operational management of the Head Office and Sales staff, supervising the Facilities Services :

- Applying employment legislation and HR policy (headcount management, disciplinary matters, contracts, pay policy, departures)

- Legal monitoring · preparing the staff representative and works council meetings

- Implementing a staff cost monitoring tool

- Needs analysis, sourcing and selecting candidates through individual interviews and assessment centres

1998-2002 HR Department France, Head Office
Manager recruitment and school relations officer

- School relations : careers fairs, running the ambassador network, academic partnerships

- Implementing a computerised applicant management system for France

- Internal training for managers on assessing the behavioural competencies of the framework used in internal appraisal and recruitment

- Taking part in the European working group on developing the behavioural competency framework and harmonising the recruitment process