Elodie Gourmellet

2,200 employees - 9 sites in France, 2 sites in Switzerland - Team of 25 - Executive Committee Member Transform the employee experience into a competitive advantage - Talent retention: reduced turnover to 5%, absenteeism to 3.7%, 50% positions filled internally, reinforced leadership capabilities (250 managers trained) - Diversity & Inclusion: Gender Pay Index 96/100 in 2024 (versus 89 in 2018), Disability employment rate 8.3% in 2024 (versus 4.3% in 2018) - HR Digital Transformation: deployed AskHR, an Employee Self-Serivce platform achieving 8.8/10 satisfaction and reallocated 20% HR capacity to strategic activities - Working Model: led the 18-month transition from full remote to a sustainable hybrid model without loss of productivity, stabilizing performance and strengthening managerial accountability - Compensation Architecture: redesigned a comprehensive Compensation Policy based on a complete job mapping to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness in a tight tech market

2,500 employees - 10 sites in France - Team of 25 - Executive Committee Member Optimize the labor model to secure operational performance: negotiated a working time agreement with 4 unions over 9 months, introducing flexible hours (from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m.), ensuring business continuity and containing overtime payment

3,300 employees - 14 sites (8 plants) - 6 markets - Team of 45 - Executive Committee Member Support an external growth strategy and cost optimization - Steered 2 strategic acquisitions (Revocoat & Le Joint Français in 2015): led social due diligence, briefed the investment committee and orchestrated full integration - Negotiated flexible working time agreements (productivity +10%) and managed 3 restructuring plans while preserving social stability - Created an HR Shared Services Center in Czech Republic improving cost efficiency

900 employees - 5 sites (3 plants) - Team of 12 - Executive Committee Member (Iberia) - Coordinated the acquisition of DYRUP for Europe: co-led (with CHRO Europe) the multi-country HR integration, harmonized HR policies and retained key talents - Signed flexibility agreements in 2 factories to improve competitiveness - Implement a new HR organization

SigmaKalon owned by Bain Capital (LBO), then acquired by PPG Industries in 2008 1,200 employees - Distribution Network (170 stores), Wholesalers, Anticorrosion - Team of 4 - Management Committee Member (Sales) - Post-merger cultural transformation: built a unified culture from 6 competing networks (Seigneurie, Gauthier, Comptoir Armoricain, Meyer, etc.) - Created a Sales Academy: opened a training center for sales people and apprentices, raising customer service standards and product expertise

250 employees - Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain Europe - Led the implementation of Peoplesoft (HRIS) in France with HR process optimization - Designed an effective cross-functional marketing skills development program to reduce talent attrition

3,200 employees - Chemicals & Pharmaceuticals - Negotiated the 3-year Health & Insurance contract and optimized coverage/costs with a customized plan - Communicated on Total Compensation to all employees to improve understanding of the overall package and the employer branding

3,200 people - CLA Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals - Conducted job evaluations (Hays method) and defined career paths - Managed sector-specific compensation surveys (chemicals, pharmaceuticals) and built salary scales to ensure internal equity and external competitiveness