Head of People & Culture
CHG-MERIDIAN
France
✨Role purpose:
As the Head of People & Culture for our French office, you will play a vital role in shaping the heart of our organization. With a deep focus on organizational development and a team of over 65 passionate professionals, you will be the catalyst for building a thriving, future-ready culture.
By leading all labour relations and people-related matters, and acting as a trusted advisor to our local management team, you will champion our values, foster engagement, and co-create an environment where individuals grow, teams thrive, and business performance is elevated.
Your purpose is to connect people and strategy—empowering our organization to flourish through meaningful development, inclusive leadership, and a strong sense of belonging.
Your mission:
Resourcing
- Recruitment of local staff: support local management in the entire hiring process across all levels and all departments for the French entity
- Coordinate and guarantee an effective and smooth onboarding process for new hires
Performance & Reward
- Coordinate payroll activities and liaise with external payroll administration for all payroll processes.
- Handle & follow the salary and compensation process, including all benefits and other gratitudes
- Manage and optimise locally Compensation & Benefits allocations
- Preparation of employment contracts, supplementary agreements, termination agreements, notices of termination, …
- Position CHG as an attractive, modern employer on the labour market
People Management & Development
- Support the annual performance appraisal process
- Create, drive and support a Talent / Young Graduates Management programme and take continuous actions to develop our young potential
Organization
- Act as the main contact for discussions with all staff on sensitive personnel-related issues
- Responsible for the work and office environment in our office
- Responsible for labour regulations and labour-related policies (company car, flex working hours, mobile working, fringe benefits, relation with employee representatives, collective agreements, etc)
- Support Management in organizational development (e.g. define future requirements, training needs of existing employees, strategic workforce planning)
- Responsible for the local P&C section on the company’s intranet “myCHG”
General Administration
- Manage the company car fleet
- Manage types of equipment for employees (laptops, Wyse, screens, mobile phone, …)
- Responsible for office management (reception, mail, furniture, office supplies, cleaning, maintenance, contracts with related partners, travel bookings…)
- Responsible for site security and compliance
What you need to succeed in the role:
You are a proactive, dynamic, hands-on, strategic and excellent communicator who values a stable, growth-oriented and international environment. And to be successful in this role, you should have:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent work experience in Human Resources or related field.
- Generalist HR knowledge and min 10 years’ experience of operational HR in a French setting part of an International environment
- Has operated and gained relevant experience in a dynamic international environment
- Good knowledge of the French social law
- Proven experience working with HRIS and ATS platforms, with a strong preference for SAP-Success Factors
- Fluent in English and French, both orally as written
- Motivated to drive meaningful impact on a broader scale, beyond local boundaries—recognizing this will involve a commitment of time and occasional travel.
- Positive attitude. Problem solving mentality. Dynamic and enthusiastic personality.
- Management experience, team spirit
- Can work autonomously
What We Offer
A dynamic and international work environment with a supportive team culture
Professional growth opportunities with extensive onboarding and training
Hybrid work model (37.5h/week) with flexible hours
️ 2 weeks of Workation per year
Performance bonus at target
Joint events: Start-up seminar, after works, etc.
International environment in a stable, continuously growing, and successful company
A prime office location in the heart of La Défense
Medical insurance and competitive salary & benefits
Who We Are
CHG-MERIDIAN is a multinational company specializing in sustainable lifecycle and technology management across IT, industry, and healthcare. Since 1979, we’ve been developing tailored technology concepts while delivering financial and lifecycle services to our customers. ✨
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Diversity, Equity, and Inclusiveness commitment
CHG-Meridian embraces individuals from all backgrounds and perspectives to create a welcoming and collaborative workplace. We are committed to equal opportunity and diversity to promote a work environment that is free from discrimination (direct and indirect) and harassment. Our commitment to diversity underpins every stage of the recruitment process.
We stand for Passion, Respect, Customer focus, Ownership & Integrity