
Elsa BECHOUR
Head of People / CHRO / DRH
Salary / Daily rate
64200 Biarritz, France
Freelance
Remote only
Skills
Languages
About me
Intro
For 12 years, I have been passionate about human resources, convinced that the true driver of a company's success lies in the PEOPLE who make it up. My role in HR allows me to support organizations by creating work environments tailored to their challenges: hypergrowth, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions. I enjoy tackling these strategic challenges by structuring HR policies and processes that align with both the company’s needs and those of its employees.
Work experience
Zenchef
Oct 2022 - Dec 2024
2 years 3 months
Paris, France
Chief People & Culture Officer
Aug 2023 - Dec 2024
1 year 5 months
Paris, France
ExCOM member As the Chief People & Culture Officer in our dynamic 250+ employees company, I am the architect of our vibrant workplace culture. Leading my talented team, we craft strategies to attract top talent, foster growth, and champion diversity and inclusion. Together, we construct a culture that sparks engagement, fuels innovation, and ensures every member feels valued. Like a team building a LEGO castle, each member plays a crucial role in shaping our collective success. We are building something extraordinary, one brick at a time. Our vision as People & Culture Team Craft a workplace of choice which nurtures our people’s growth; where they can flourish and find meaning in their work. Our mission We cultivate an international company culture with a common People Experience in which we attract, develop and value our people to be in the right seat at the table. Our key priorities 1. Solidify our foundations 2. Bring four companies together 3. Invest wisely in our People 4. Promote a culture of open feedback, change & resilience 5. Craft an attractive, well-rounded Employee Value Proposition
VP People & Culture
Feb 2023 - Aug 2023
7 months
Paris, France
ExCOM member Our ambition at Zenchef is to become the new FoodTech European leader and build lasting relationships between restaurants and customers! As a People Team, we are in charge of the most important asset of Zenchef: Our People. Our mission is to design, implement and continuously improve the Experience that we are offering to candidates, new joiners, employees and managers, from A to Z - while staying true to our culture & values. We like to think outside the box to deliver value and help Zenchef and the team grow and develop. Our motto: "Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage" 🦀 As a VP People & Culture, I am in charge of the People Vision, Strategy & Roadmap, meaning: - Culture & Values: how can we scale without losing our DNA and the things that makes Zenchef special? - Talent Acquisition & Onboarding: how can we attract, hire and onboarding Talents wherever they are based? - Performance Management: how can we build a Performance culture based on continuous feedback? - Talent Retention & Employee Growth: how can we engage, retain & develop our people in the right organization? - Management Enablement: how can we enable our managers to become inspirational Zenchef leaders? - Compensation & Benefits: how can we create and develop interesting Comp & Ben strategies & policies? - Legal & Compliance: how do we stay compliant in a fast-paced environment? - Information Flow & Process: how do we maintain the right level of information & trust while the organization grows? - Last but not least: How do we develop new ways of working in a context of distributed working? In few words, a lot of challenges, fun and test & learn 🚀
Head of People
Oct 2022 - Mar 2023
6 months
ExCOM member
Launchmetrics
Oct 2019 - Oct 2022
3 years 1 month
Paris, France
VP People Ops
Feb 2022 - Oct 2022
9 months
Paris, France
Launchmetrics is the leading Brand Performance Cloud used by Fashion, Luxury and Beauty (FLB) executives to connect with the modern consumer in a constantly changing landscape. With over a decade of industry expertise, we have helped more than 1,000 customers create inspiring, impactful and measurable experiences. Our Brand Performance Cloud provides companies with the tools and intelligence they need to optimize the use of their creative assets, execute powerful brand amplification programs and measure their brand performance. The company’s AI-driven and proprietary Media Impact Value gives customers the ability to benchmark their performance against 2,000 competitors worldwide. Launchmetrics' intelligence empowers these companies to grow their businesses and streamline their processes, bringing a sharp focus to profitability, accountability, and efficiency while enabling the type of quick decision-making required for agility. Full People Scope from Candidate Experience to Employee Experience: - Talent Acquisition & Employer Branding - Onboarding - Performance Management & Feedback Culture - Management Enablement - Learning & Development - Employee Growth & Mobility - Legal - Compensation & Benefits - Offboarding - People Roadmap & Continuous Improvement International scope: US, Europe & APAC
VP People Ops, S.Europe & APAC
Oct 2020 - Mar 2022
1 year 6 months
Paris, France
Our mission, as People Operations Team, is to help Launchmetrics build unique, powerful and diverse teams; to empower our people to empower our customers; to champion excellence and expertise and create environments and workspaces that foster innovation. We act as a strategic partner to all areas of the business; we use our skills, knowledge and experience to analyse, interpret and give value to the stories that the feedback and insights we collect tells. We believe that by driving recruitment of top talent, coaching & enabling team leadership, championing diversity, and strengthening employee engagement, we can empower our People to realise their true potential… after all, our successes as individuals contributes to our successes as a team #WeAreLaunchmetrics. International scope: France, Italy, Spain, China, Hong Kong & Singapore
HR Director, France
Oct 2019 - Oct 2020
1 year 1 month
Paris Area, France
As HR Director, I am working on topics as : - Talent Acquisition & Onboarding - Employee Experience - Coaching and support for managers - Labor Law topics & offboardings - Compensation & Benefits - Skills & training - HR innovation & continuous improvement
Margo
Feb 2017 - Aug 2019
2 years 7 months
Employee Engagement Director
Feb 2019 - Aug 2019
7 months
After creating and developing Talent Management role in Margo, I switch the team to Employee Engagement team focusing on Employee Experience from onboarding to offboarding. Topics : - Onboarding & offboarding - Skills development - Career paths design - Employee & managers coaching/support - Review process and feedback culture - Compensation & benefits
Human Resources Business Partner
Feb 2018 - Mar 2019
1 year 2 months
After one year focusing on Talent Management creation, HR Business Partner role was created to handle all HR topics beside recruitment (employee management, HR coaching, HR innovation). We extend the team and the scope of intervention : management of a population of 150 consultants (annual reviews, skills development, training, mobility and HR follow-up) + development and continuous improvement on HR policies linked to the feeling of belonging of employees, onboarding, training and career management.
Talent Manager
Feb 2017 - Mar 2018
1 year 2 months
I joined Margo to create Talent Management role specialized on Career management and the feeling of belonging of employees. During the first year, I was managing a population of 90 consultants (annual reviews, skills development, training, mobility and HR follow-up). I design and set up HR policies on : - Training : defining a training offer, negociating with suppliers, organization of training session, coaching employee - Mobility : creation of career paths, collaboration with Sales team to identify clients topics linked to consultant expectations, coaching and support for employees - Onboarding : creation of the onboarding path for each new joiner and continuous improvement of it - Quality of worklife : creation of a mood barometer I was also involved on management of disciplinary and labor law topics.
Volkswagen Financial Services
May 2013 - Jan 2017
3 years 9 months
Villers-Cotterets / Roissy
Human Resources Business Partner
Oct 2014 - Jan 2017
2 years 4 months
Villers-Cotterets / Roissy
As an HR Business Partner and Local HR representative, I was responsible of various topics as : - Management of recruitment, temporary work, staff training… - Support and coaching for managers in the day-to-day Management of their teams - Legal support and follow-up of the active litigation files - Career Management (monitoring and follow-up of the employees) - People Review and Performance Management - Project Management on HR Topics (recruitment, training, employee development) - Management of relationship with employee representative bodies
Human Resources Project Manager
May 2013 - Dec 2014
1 year 8 months
Paris Area, France
As HR Project Manager, I had the opportunity to manage 3 projects : + Project Skills and Careers identifying the skills required at every position, setting up a competency framework with a glossary, updating and optimizing information system and tools used in skills and careers management + Project BDES setting up an economic and social database for the employee representative bodies + Project HR Controlling building societal indicators and creating KPI Also, I worked on Talent Acquisition and Onboarding focusing on internships, apprentice and young graduates.
Education
Toulouse School of Management
Master's degree
2012 - 2013
1 year 2 months
Sciences Po Toulouse
Master's degree
2008 - 2013
5 years 2 months
Lycée Guez de Balzac
Classes Préparatoires aux Grandes Écoles
2007 - 2008
1 year 2 months
Lycée d'Arsonval
Baccalauréat
2005 - 2007
2 years 2 months