Hermès Human Resources Manager

About Hermès

This prestigious fashion house, renowned for its timeless elegance and innovative designs, is a part of a leading global luxury conglomerate. The brand is committed to excellence and offers a dynamic environment where creativity and business acumen are equally valued.

Role & Responsibilities

• Manage the site’s day-to-day human resources function, reporting to the Site General Manager and working with the HR Director of Hermès Cuirs Précieux.
• Deploy and coordinate HR processes for recruitment and onboarding, skills development, talent reviews and compensation reviews; build managers’ capability and autonomy in these areas, and advise team leaders on site and group HR practices and legal obligations.
• Maintain a positive social climate through ongoing consultation and dialogue with employee representatives and site employees.
• Support employees through the key stages of their professional lives and contribute to cross-functional HR projects.
• Advise site managers on organisational changes and participate in the site management committee.
• Coordinate recruitment workforce planning and the projected recruitment budget with site management; lead external and internal recruitment for permanent, fixed-term, work-study, internship and temporary positions, independently or with central recruitment and/or Hermès Recrutement.
• Prepare and monitor new-hire onboarding and probation periods, with regular follow-up with managers; contribute to the Programme Jeunes Tanneurs by gathering internship and/or fixed-term hiring needs, supporting young tanners’ integration and assisting managers in following young engineers.
• Define and deliver the training plan with managers, manage its budget with the management controller, contribute to site talent reviews, and support the documentation and transmission of specialist tannery know-how, including AFEST and learner and trainer follow-up.
• Develop a skills strategy and monitor its action plan, including the polyvalence plan with the Production Manager.
• Support managers in improving performance; coordinate annual performance reviews, tracking their planning and completion rates and ensuring accurate entry in the relevant tool; assist the Director with the annual salary and compensation review.
• Administer employee benefits and additional compensation, including free-share plans, profit-sharing, incentive schemes, bonuses, retirement plans and supplementary health insurance.
• Advise the Director and managers on organisational and team development; propose initiatives to strengthen the tannery’s sense of belonging to Hcp and site cohesion; support follow-up on the action plan arising from the workplace wellbeing survey.
• Ensure employee representative bodies function properly, including elections and mandate renewals, and prepare and co-host CSE meetings with the Site Director; ensure compliance with employment law, implement disciplinary measures when necessary, anticipate and defuse potential conflicts, support manager communications and negotiate agreements.
• Oversee personnel administration and absenteeism reporting to the Site Director, ensuring compliance with payroll and personnel-administration requirements; manage employees, temporary workers and interns from hiring through departure, including contracts, working time and conditions, payroll, temporary staffing, disciplinary procedures and occupational health services; manage payroll variables and GTA.
• Travel for Hcp Group HR meetings, training and cross-functional projects.

Qualifications

• At least 5 years’ experience as an HR Generalist in the industrial sector, including deployment of HR processes and projects.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to manage and support change.
• Ability to build trusting, highly collaborative relationships with varied stakeholders across the tannery, Hcp and Hermès.
• A teaching-oriented approach and the ability to give meaning to actions.
• Strong interest in hands-on, close-to-the-business work.
• Autonomy.
• Organisation, rigour, method and documentation skills.

Skills

Experience

At least 5 years as an HR Generalist in the industrial sector, including HR process and project deployment.

Education

Bac +5 in Human Resources or a business school qualification.

Culture

The company fosters a collaborative and innovative culture, encouraging employees to push the boundaries of creativity while maintaining a strong commitment to sustainability and ethical practices.

About Cerulean

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