Regional Hr Director – Region Southwest

Regional HR Director – Region Southwest page is loaded Regional HR Director – Region Southwest Apply remote type Hybrid locations 1 rue Paul Cézanne Morangis time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R1066961 In the VELUX Group, we offer you a world of opportunities and the chance to create a bright future. From the forefront of the sustainable indoor living industry, we enable those who live, work and play under the roof transform their spaces and live a healthier everyday life with more daylight and fresh air.
The VELUX Group is an international, family-owned business with strong financial roots and each year we are able to create real impact by reinvesting in society, our employees and planet through our foundations.
Alongside the rest of our values, "courage" and "mutual respect" define our actions every day and how we wish to contribute to the world.
Join VELUX and seize the exciting opportunity to become the Regional HR Director in the global People & Organisation team based in France. This role is responsible for translating business strategy into concrete HR initiatives across the regional Sales and the global Marketing organization in our Southwest region, which comprises France, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and the Netherlands, and oversees a total of approximately 600 employees.
The role
If you decide to join our organization, you will be responsible for a balance between people and business whilst supporting leaders across functions in their execution of strategies and enabling teams to perform their best. You will oversee an international team of great professionals across the region and primarily operate in areas such as organizational design, leadership development, talent management, talent acquisition, capability development, and change management.
You will develop the business in close collaboration with the Senior Management ensuring the overall business direction. You will operate in a matrix structure reporting to the Vice President of HR Partnering for the Sales and Marketing organization in Denmark with a wide range of stakeholders, enabling you to have a high level of influence in your respective area and the global People & Organization team.
Key tasks and responsibilities will include:
Membership of the Leadership Team in Region Southwest

Have the responsibility for strategic HR-related discussions and decision-making as a sparring partner to the senior management team

Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of 4 HRBPs across the region

Be responsible for translating the global strategic approach to human resources and the execution of these strategies, ensuring an aligned HR plan with global and local priorities

Ensure capability development to match business needs, ensuring both long-term and short-term focus

Challenge leaders at a strategic level, ensuring proactive planning and including a data-driven HR approach

Be the local advocate for our global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion program

Align HR strategy with the business agenda and trends, including external market perspectives

Define, facilitate, and influence change in an organization in transformation

Coordinate with other strategic partners, business areas and CoEs

Ensure compliance with local laws and best-in-practice framework for all markets

Develop and coach leaders in alignment with business strategy

Facilitate strategic workforce planning

Prepare reports for management about employee turnover; new hires; resignations; training and development, etc.

As you will be part of a global organization, you can expect to travel approximately 30 days annually – both nationally and internationally.
Who you are
Your approach to supporting your team and stakeholders inspires trust and involves coaching and new initiatives. It is natural for you to establish relations with leaders, where you demonstrate a true interest in their business challenges proactively supporting them in the best way possible. You present yourself as dedicated and influential and can combine great listening skills with a convincing approach to engage stakeholders. Data-driven HR is appealing to you and you see data as a value-adding asset.
Furthermore, we expect you to have:
Strategic mindset with proven business insight resulting in the ability to connect dots and build HR agenda with proactive thought leadership

Demonstrated experience in making sound strategic HR decisions & assessing executive leadership talent

Great leadership experience and capabilities, ideally managing an international team

Experience supporting commercial excellence and sales organizations preferably with a regional scope within a multinational company

A positive presence seen as influential & respected by leadership

Good 'storytelling' ability, crafts a clear and engaging message

Ability to navigate in changing environments, see through complexity, and strategically promote an inclusive, diverse workforce

Effective collaboration, project management, organizational, and change management skills

Experience with French employment law

Fluency in written and spoken English and French

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field

Your opportunities
By taking up this position, you will join a dedicated regional and global team. At the same time, you will be part of a global People & Organisation team, gaining the advantages of a global people strategy, a high level of professionalism, and shared data systems and performance metrics. You will work alongside experienced and enthusiastic colleagues – in a setting where knowledge is shared, and responsibility is given to those who can and will. Our team is characterized by an informal tone and respect for each other both as a team and as individuals.
Equal Opportunity Employer VELUX Residential is fully committed to the concept and practice of equal opportunity in all aspects of employment. To further our goal of equal employment opportunity for all employees and prospective employees, it is the policy of VELUX Residential to recruit, hire, train, and promote persons in all job titles without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, sexual orientation, or any other basis prohibited by applicable law. All employment decisions shall be consistent with the principle of equal employment opportunity and only job-related qualifications will be required.

For more than 80 years, The VELUX Group has created better living environments for people around the world; making the most of daylight and fresh air through the roof. Our product programme includes roof windows and modular skylights, decorative blinds, sun screening products and roller shutters, as well as installation and smart home solutions. These products help to ensure a healthy and sustainable indoor climate, for work and learning, for play and pleasure. We work globally – with sales and manufacturing operations in more than 38 countries and around 12,500 employees worldwide. The VELUX Group is owned by VKR Holding A/S, a limited company wholly owned by non-profit, charitable foundations (THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS) and family. In 2021, VKR Holding had total revenue of EUR 3.5 billion and THE VELUX FOUNDATIONS donated EUR 244 million in charitable grants.

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