HR Advisor

**Job Ref**

**JOB0002911**

**Location**

**Paris**
- SGS&CO has an immediate opening for a multi-European country HR Advisor
The role:
The HR Advisor is mainly based in France but he/she will work across multiple European countries (Germany, The Netherlands, Spain ).
As an HR Advisor your main responsibility will be to offer advice to key stakeholders of the business on matters such as personnel administration, employee relations, absences, performance reviews, disciplinaries and grievances.
Overall, the HR Advisor is responsible for a variety of HR tasks, ensuring all policies are consistent and that all HR queries are dealt with promptly and reliably. Ensuring that high standards are adopted and met through all aspects of HR within the business is key.
HR Advisor will encompass the full scope of Human Resources activity within their area of the business.
Key Responsibilities:

- You will act as the point of contact for hiring managers, employees and other HR team members regarding HR general enquiries
- Monitoring, review and update all HR policies and ensuring these are in line with the current legislation
- Informing employees of their rights and entitlements and keeping them up to date on any changes that are made
- Managing employee relationships, responding to any queries or problems that they have and managing their expectations
- Handling HR matters reliably and in accordance with legal requirements
- Supporting the HR Business Partners with various capability investigations, including grievance and disciplinary
- Assist the business with the PDR process
- Follow internal processes to ensure documentation of work and clear audit trails
- Actively support and identify measures and processes to reduce business costs, whilst maintaining corporate and local policies and practices.
- Help develop, implement and measure employee and process improvements across the sites of responsibility and group business
- Encourage employee engagement
- Identify training needs and partner with the learning organization to successfully execute programs. Follow up to ensure training objectives are met.
- Partner with managers to ensure a smooth onboarding process for new employees.
- Work closely with the Payroll team
- Work on a variety of HR projects

Skills and abilities:

- Bachelor’s degree or MBA in HR, Business Administration, or related field and a minimum of 2 years of experience in a HR Advisor role, ideally within a global organization and multicultural environment.
- Organisational and administrative skills
- Experience in an HR environment
- Advising and working with senior members of staff
- IT programs and HR systems
- Personable with strong communication and relationship building capabilities across all levels of the business
- Driven and determined
- Practical and logical; able to solve problems quickly
- Legal knowledge on French labor law and ideally Spain & Netherlands labor law
- Fluency in English and French required.
- Eligibility to work in the EU required.

Type of contract: 6 months contract
Work arrangement: Hybrid
Start date: As soon as possible
Location: Paris

SGS & Co is a global brand impact group delivering speed and quality through innovation and insights to drive impact for our world-class clients. We combine deep expertise in design, graphic services, production, technology, and process optimization with unmatched marketplace understanding, dynamic ideas, and client-first customer service. We bring the world’s best brands to life and set them up for success in the modern world.
SGS & Co shifts brands to impact through the strength of our people. Our team of nearly 5,000 employees across 30+ countries works collaboratively to exceed client expectations today and anticipates how we’ll need to pivot together to win tomorrow. We take pride in our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion along with our ambition to lead the industry to a more sustainable future to drive positive impact for our clients, our people, and our planet.

**Function**

**Human Resources**

**Status**

**Full Time**

**Job type**

**Temporary Contract