Director, Employee & Labor Relations (EMEA scope)

Pays :

Localisation :

Key responsabilities:

• Ensure labor and employee relations strategies align with and support global and EMEA business priorities and goals
• Advise senior and local management and HR on labor law, union contract interpretation and administration, and collective bargaining and social dialogue obligations
• Provide key ELR-related leadership, guidance, and support in M&A-related due diligence, social dialog strategy and delivery, HR integration, and labor and employee relations issue spotting and addressing
• Act as internal expert regarding employment practices; ensure compliance with Company policy, procedures, and programs
• Oversee and ensure coordination of restructuring projects across EMEA businesses to minimize labor and employee relations risks and ensure compliance with all social dialogue, collective bargaining, and labor law-related obligations.
• Play key role in developing and building internal consensus for deliberate, well-sequenced programs to achieve business footprint rationalizations, restructuring, and organizational changes with minimal labor and labor law-related delays and disruption, while ensuring alignment with overall ELR strategies
• Stay abreast of relevant macro trends and legal developments; highlight potential impacts on business priorities to company leadership with recommended leveraging or mitigation strategies
• Lead projects across countries
• Support ELR COE’s mandate to ensure all obligations to Carrier’s European Works Council (EWC) are met, including information & consultation, scheduled meetings, responses to information requests, coordination of meeting agendas, and ensuring appropriate management representative participation.  Interact with and maintain professional working relationships with both EWC representatives and employee experts 

• Develop, train on, and ensure proper flow-down of information to local works councils, and provide guidance to Carrier representatives serving as works council and labor relations leads to ensure social dialogue obligations and continued positive relationships
• Influence and support business’ pre-negotiations collective bargaining strategy development, strike contingency planning, and economic alignment/approval process, to ensure alignment with overall EMEA and global business and labor strategies
• Conduct and/or support internal HR-related investigations; report findings and make recommendations to senior leadership on resolutions
• Develop and conduct HR and management training programs, including best practices in collective bargaining strategy preparation, positive employee management, M&A due diligence, and effective internal investigations
• Collaborate with and support other HR COEs, Global People Services, and HR Business Partners with guidance, standard work, best practices, relevant legal changes/updates, and timely responses to requests for assistance to ensure seamless HR/ELR support
• Identify and implement opportunities to improve employee engagement and experience
• Other employee and labor relations-related opportunities as needed/assigned

Travel in France and occasionally in Europe is expected 30% of the time in the first year. 

Your profile:

The ideal candidate will possess a degree in labor law, labor and industrial relations, human resources management, or an applicable field, with solid hands-on experience in EMEA labor and employee relations, particularly in France. 

• 6-10+ years of EMEA-focused employee and labor relations leadership, with demonstrated experience providing guidance and hands-on support to senior leaders and colleagues
• Extensive knowledge of EMEA and France employment and labor law and ability to apply legal concepts to real world situations
• Fast learner, able to readily apply knowledge gained in one situation to others
• Strong analytical skills with demonstrated ability to pull data from assorted sources and synthesis in both graphic and verbal format, such that it is easily understood by the target audience
• Proven ability to influence and work effectively across all levels of the organization
• Demonstrated discretion, able to work with sensitive and confidential information, materials and possess good business judgment
• Highly organized with strong attention to detail, while also able to manage multiple priorities
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, across a wide audience
• Unwavering customer service orientation
• Superior follow-up and follow-through skills
• Proficient with Microsoft Office

Carrier est engagé dans l’égalité des chances et l’inclusion. Toutes les candidatures qualifiées seront examinées dans le respect de la réglementation et un accompagnement spécifique sera fourni à la prise de poste.

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