BOUCHERON Talent Development Director M/F/X

Job description

Created by Frédéric Boucheron in 1858, Maison Boucheron has evolved through four generations of direct descendants. A visionary designer and the very first of the great contemporary jewelers to open a boutique on Place Vendôme, Boucheron still embodies absolute excellence in Jewelry, High Jewelry and Watchmaking today. The Boucheron style, free and daring, never ceases to invent the classics of tomorrow.

MISSION:

The Talent Director will design, develop and implement key initiatives focused on attracting, developing and strengthening talent practices globally. The role will foster a healthy workplace and drive talent management to support our Maison business strategy and achieve our ambitious growth targets, always maintaining an inclusive and diverse environment.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

TALENT ASSESSMENT AND SUCCESSION PLANNING

·  Develop a deep understanding of both internal and external workforce talent pools, based on talent reviews with people leaders as well as capacity and Skills & Qualifications data from the Resource Management function.
·  Management of the annual Talent Review process across all functions;
·  Implementation of a tailored talent retention strategy;
·  Diagnose talent issues and gaps using relevant metrics and KPI data; partner with people leaders and other functional groups to address these gaps.
·  Promote and foster Internal Mobility within regions and functions or within the group in cooperation with the C&B teams;

LEARNING & DEVELOPMENT

·  Creation of development plans and activities tailored around various talent pools across all functions (from key contributor to emerging talents and key talents);
·  Maintain and animate the digital learning offer;
·  Monitor effective implementation of learning & development activities as part of the annual Performance Review process;
·  Management of the annual training catalogue submission in cooperation with the local HR teams;
·  Coordinate all Kering leadership and talent programs in cooperation with the group L&D teams.

EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT

·  Coordination of the annual Performance Review process and tools, in collaboration with the local HR Managers;
·  Creation of career paths within Corporate and Retail functions, in close cooperation with the HR Managers and Omnichannel team;
·  Monitor engagement KPIs such as key talent retention, staff turnover by function, region, store etc as well as reason for leaving analysis in order to create a global retention strategy as well as ad hoc action plans;

RETAIL HR PROJECTS

·  Act as a point of contact for any Retail HR Projects;
·  Create a transversal community with the Regional Presidents and regional HRMs to create and animate ad hoc HR projects connected to retail;
·  Partner with market Brand Directors to assess short/mid/long terms HR needs and create solutions;
·  In collaboration with the HR Controller create regular actions based on available data (i.e. staff turnover by store, in-store career path evolution and relevant C&B alignment, creation and animation of a global HJ Club in cooperation with the global Retail Excellence team, creation of innovative Onboarding solutions).

EMPLOYER BRANDING & INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS

·  Design and implement a company culture strategy based on the Boucheron company values;
·  Increase Boucheron’s visibility as an employer of choice internally and externally through activities and content creation (corporate videos, live sessions, masterclasses etc);
·  Design and coordinate a network of Internal Influencer and KOL to cascade key internal communication messages;
·  Create and maintain partnerships with key schools and university at global level, in close partnership with the local HR teams;
·  Serve as an ambassador and primary point of contact for key institutional establishments in France connected to the High Jewellery business;
·  Act as the Maison ambassador, by promoting and coordinating any activities related to the Kering Giving Back platform project.

WORKFORCE PLANNING STRATEGY

·  Translate the business strategy into clear headcount growth deliverables, by designing a strategic workforce plan for Boucheron, incorporating a global hiring plan (volume of hiring, skills to acquire, level to hire) to achieve headcount growth targets;
·  Partner with the HR managers and C&B team to monitor HC evolution and new job creations based on strategic planning and strategic business needs;
·  Creation of Job Descriptions for all existing and new positions;

TALENT ACQUISITION

·  Monitor and proactively forecast talent needs. Collaborate with HR teams, to translate this forecast to a hiring plan that addresses both near-term needs, and longer-term requirements for growth in line with business trends;
·  Collaborate with hiring managers, HR, and internal recruiters to assure hiring processes and documentation are streamlined for best candidate experience;
·  Contribute to vetting of contractors, vendors, and other contingent workforce to assure adequate talent supply;
·  Develop best in class talent identification and assessment processes. These processes encompass both competence and cultural contribution, consistently promoting Diversity, Equity and Inclusion across all hiring;

OTHER HR PROJECTS

·  Participate in and lead internal strategic people initiatives;
·  Management of the Employee Opinion survey from preparation, launch coordination and action plan design and implementation across various functions and markets with the support of the Employee Engagement Manager;
·  Create, implement and measure appropriate objectives and key results, demonstrating the ROI of the Talent Function;
·  Participation in internal and external compensation and benefits benchmarking in cooperation with the C&B department;
·  Coordination of company processes including hybrid-remote culture and implementation of the New Ways of Working policy globally;
·  Generate regular and ad-hoc reports on specific HR metrics , including dashboards and key performance indicators related to the relevant population;
·  Creation of an Inclusion & Diversity roadmap for Boucheron and coordination of key Inclusion & Diversity activities in cooperation with the Kering I&D Manager and the Boucheron Precious People committee, the Executive sponsor and the Transversal Project Manager;
·  Maintain a constant dialogue with Kering and Kering brands’ Talent Managers in order to share key successes and best practices.

PROFILE

·  Academic background in Human Resources, Law or Economics;
·  Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a strong attention to detail;
·  Strong influencing and negotiation skills and coaching mindset;
·  Good analytical skills, including reporting, synthesizing data to identify themes and create solutions;
·  Effective team builder with the ability to inspire and engage with the wider team;
·  Ability to be both strategic and operationally, always maintaining a creative and innovative mindset;
·  Availability to travel when required.

“We believe in the richness of perspectives and backgrounds. We create for and with this diversity, and recruit without consideration of gender, age, nationality, culture, disability, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation. Gender parity and equal opportunities are our priorities.
We strive to create an authentic environment together, which supports the physical and emotional well-being of every employee, where everyone has the freedom to fully realize their potential.”

·  Full time
·  Europe
·  France