Sylvie PERNOT

HR Bridge Consulting is a boutique firm specialising in international HR solutions. Like master tea blenders, we at HR Bridge Consulting craft bespoke HR solutions for businesses that work across borders and regulations, from London to Paris and Amsterdam. FROM PARIS I do legal compliance HR audits and guide local small foreign entities through French employment Laws. Call me on +336 1887 3457!

Permanent dual role (HR and facilities) / Central Paris / Syntec Collective Agreement / under 50 local employees / 11 nationalities. Cartus (3000 employees) part of Anywhere Group (81000 employees, Capital $US 971 million) / reporting to Tracy EDMONDS (UK) / Relocation industry advising expatriates when relocating abroad RESPONSIBILITIES Managed HR function from A to Z ensuring full legal compliance relating to Personnel Representatives / Work Council, recruitment, onboarding, contracts, payroll, Learning and Development, Compensations and Benefits, Health and Safety, offboarding. Driving HR data and metrics across systems; contributed to international HR projects. Responsible for facilities management, including improving working conditions, legal compliance of premises, IT support, supply management, and events organisation. ADDITIONAL KEY ACHIEVEMENTS  Legal compliance: French laws applied to every HR steps  Work Council: Managed all aspects of personnel representative (CSE) interactions, including elections, mandatory meetings, Minutes, agreements’ negotiation, issue resolutions  L&D: championed a culture of coaching leadership, feedback, learning  Reduced costs: Successfully reduced reliance on lawyers for HR issues by 91 per cent. Secured 35K€ in government training funds for employee development. Saved the company 150,000 euros through effective employee retention  Worn multiple hats: served as Data Protection Officer (CNIL), Disability Ambassador, and Occupational Risk Prevention representative. Ensured data integrity in HR systems  HR communication: created monthly newsletters (HR, health and safety, IT tips, legal updates, etc)  Facilities: designed the Paris intranet website (SharePoint), implemented Trello process cards. Provided IT support for all devices / software and played a key role in the success of AVAYA implementation (IP phone) and PC migration following the Cartus acquisition. Implemented all the tenancy agreement’s obligations.

Newly created permanent role / Central Paris / no Collective Agreement / 45 full time employees + 10 trainees / 22 nationalities / 1,000 employees + 1,000 consultants worldwide HR HARD SKILLS / DUTIES ► Acted as the HR Manager France to provide all rounded HR support ► Reached legal compliance and kept up-to-date with new legislation (for instance: General Data Protection Regulation, Career Reviews, Working From Home, Macron Laws). HR diagnostic towards legal compliance, flagging issues, proposed solutions ► Optimised HR policies and budgets. Wrote legal processes to educate managers. ► Boosted and optimised training budget; increased number of courses; recalculated the disability tax over the past 5-year to secure reimbursement of €10K ► Remodelled payroll towards simplicity and automatisation. Paid employer’s contributions DAILY SOFT SKILLS Excellent spoken and written English and French (please read recommendations below) Well-versed with the Employment Ordinance and related legislation in France Team player with strong self-initiation With can-do and entrepreneurship attribute Global outlook and exposure to different cultures, multi-industry and ways of working Able to learn well and to aim high and surmount challenges

Fixed Term Contract / Neuilly Sur Seine (92) Russian Standard Vodka International = 8,000 employees worldwide Newly created mission, looking after 50 employees, based in 5 countries (France, England, Italy, Bulgaria, Australia) of 10 different nationalities. It was great to be in charge of: ► the subsidiary relocation project from Neuilly (Paris area) to Central London (including getting the UK Migrant Sponsor Licence, larger office, UK DIS and health insurances, new employees, etc) ► building the HR function from scratch in Paris ► taking a proactive approach in ensuring that the company remains compliant with employment law at all times for the 5 countries ► writing new HR policies ► payroll coordination for various countries ► daily HR employees issues ► health and safety ► HR Communication ► office management / facilities, etc I worked closely with the Russian head office and local suppliers in the various countries.

Temping Contract / Creteil (94) Automotive research centre (Valeo = 115,000 employees worldwide) My scope: 300 + 100 employees I enjoyed being in charge of: ► fulfilling 60 vacant positions (from junior to research profiles, permanent or temporary, internal and external): adverts, launched the cooptation programme, agency, schools, etc ► updating the succession plan (40 managers interviewed) and putting action plan in place: promotions, solving conflicts, collected training needs, re-motivate, increase, etc ► integrating 100 additional employees (physically and legally): creation of welcome meetings + intranet + welcome pack, negotiated with Works Council, payroll updates/different legal entity, etc ► advising employees and managers about Employment Law ► writing HR procedures, etc

Fixed Term Contract / Chatillon (92) / Collective Agreement: Telecom Based within the Product Research and Development well known Techno-Centre ORANGE = 132,000 employees worldwide ► PROJECT MANAGEMENT Organised 4 elections in 3 polls to elect Representative Bodies from 6 trade unions for 880 voting employees applying the 150-page Trade Union Agreement ► SUPERVISING 100 volunteers and 2 full time employees ► MOBILITY COMMITTEE MANAGEMENT Submitted workforce movements and mobility requests for the weekly HR Executive Committee; coordinated recruitment and contracts (all types) with the internal agency ► HR INITIATIVES Simplified HR processes (about 30), wrote Welcome Pack for joiners, improved Intranet content ► LEGAL ISSUES Advised managers and their team on any HR issues complying with corporate rules and Labour Law via a legal adviser

Obtained grade 15 out of 20 for my Thesis (1,000 hours work in research and writing) SUBJECT Will training a French expatriate towards cross-culture issues be a key component to his/her expatriation' success? STUDIED - 12 expatriates - 6 International Mobility Managers - 6 cross-culture training organisations - Dr Kalervo Oberg (culture shock in 6 steps) - Geert Hofstede - Gary Weaver (Iceberg analogy) - Fons Trompenaars - J Stewart Black & Mark Mendenhall (U curve) - Sally Adamson Taylor in her book Culture Shock - Ghoshal and Bartlett (mondialisation) - Edward T. Hall (Cultures polychrome and monochromes cultures + Rich and poor context cultures) - Droit a l’erreur by Clair Michalon On sale here: https://www.etudes-et-analyses.com/gestion-strategie/ressources-humaines/memoire/est-ce-former-interculturel-salarie-expatrie-francais-expose-choc-culturel-322206.html

International Association created in 1926 (81 employees in totla) to defend Authors Rights. Reported to the Training & Development Director, while studying for my Master Degree (Master 2). Newly created role / based on the Ile de la Jatte (92). Helped my line manager to design a new training scheme (in 3 languages) for 50 trainers aimed to train in 110 countries with: ► ready-made training modules ► trainer’s manual ► annual “Train The Trainer’s Seminar” ► training assessment tools ► Intranet website (worked with the IT team) ► put together statistics (basis of the ROI calculation) covering training sessions between 2004 and 2007 Created the Welcome Pack for new starters at the Association and improved team effectiveness through standardisation of forms.