HR Country Partner France

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General Job Function: HR Country Partner / Manager for France

You will be supporting 4 companies (1 over 500 employees and 3 below 50 employees). You will manage the HR Operations team for France (3 persons).

The scope of HR Operations includes:

- Individual relationships: from employee joining the company to employee leaving it (excluding talent acquisition and payroll duties)

- Collective relationships: WC, collective agreement, etc.

- Local and global compliance

- Support HR global processes

Duties and Responsibilities:

- Cascade all HR global processes (merit, performance, HR organisation, engagement) & policies and support implementation.

- Look for opportunities to continuously improve speed of delivery and simplify current HR practices and policies.

- Stay current on regulatory changes and all labor laws; update and ensure internal compliance working closely with legal and compliance.

- Own, create and revise local HR policies; serve as expert and interpret policy as needed.

- Processes HR related cases, like hiring, transfers, separations, etc., under consideration of labor law and collective bargaining agreement, administrative implementation by preparing employment relevant documents might be required.

- Support managers in your perimeter on individual relationships (promotion, performance improvement, disciplinary, separations, policy interpretation).

- Prepare and attend WC meetings for 2 companies, and prepare for the 2 others.

- Follow and trigger actions regarding social calendar for mandatory negotiations and collective agreements.

- Support WC audits with data and interview.

- Support investigations in case of disrespect of Ethics code or regulations.

- Work closely with HRBPs for your organisation to maintain a good level of information exchange and alignment.

- Work closely with COEs (main collaborations: Comp&Ben, Global mobility, Payroll) on specific processes.

- Identify, lead or participate in internal projects and workstreams as needed.

About you:

- Extensive experience as HR manager in France.

- Knowledge of metallurgy CBA (3 companies out of the 3 are applying it).

- Important experience in collective relationships with unions and WC required.

- Fluent in French and English.

- Ability to develop, deploy, and maintain aligned compliant HR programs and processes.

- Ability to positively influence peers, managers, employees, and trade unions/ works councils.

- Ability to identify and drive alignment across complex groups while ensuring compliance.

- Ability to navigate between hands-on activities, projects and tactics.

Why Westinghouse?

We know that to put forth your best effort, you need to be challenged and enjoy what you do in a supportive and respectful environment. We aim to maintain this balance by offering our employees the amenities, benefits and training they need to reach personal and professional goals. 

Below is an example of what employees in France can expect:

• Attractive remuneration
• Peer-to-peer recognition program. 
• Lunch vouchers
• Transportation allowance
• Work-from-home allowance
• Employee Assistance Program: confidential counseling and resources for employees, eligible dependents, and household members
• Learning and development opportunities.
• We encourage our employees to participate in community service events and other team-building activities to strengthen their bonds and inspire each other.

You can learn more about Westinghouse by visiting http://www.westinghousenuclear.com. 

Westinghouse is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities.

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