Clichy, Île-de-France, France
French employment lawyer as background, subject matter expert on EMEA Employee and Labor Relations. 20 years of experience in various & challenging roles and environments, including highly matrixed organizations. Creative & strategic thinker / Strong negotiator & project manager / Collaborative & trusted team leader / Business & customer satisfaction oriented
Redesigning and implementing Amazon’s LR strategy for Operation (212,000+ employees in 14 EU countries and 2 non-EU countries) to support operational performance while ensuring positive labor relations and country-specific compliance. Securing buy-in from EU and Global leaders, aligning LR priorities with business and legal expectations. Co-leading EU-wide initiatives with Legal, including Amazon’s first European Works Council; restructuring; M&A; IT tool rollouts; UKA crisis management; RTO policy implementation... Direct management of SEU ER Teams (31 ER Managers) to drive strong relationships with work councils, trade unions, and key employee representatives, ensuring productive engagements and minimizing potential conflicts. Establishing cross-border insight-sharing, best practice alignment, and training programs to enhance ER proficiency for HR and Business leaders at all levels (site, country, region).
Established and advanced employee relations (ER) capabilities across EMEA for Amazon Corporate, covering eight countries and supporting 15,000 employees. Key achievements and responsibilities included: ER Strategy & Frameworks: Developed and integrated a cohesive ER strategy, establishing consistent processes and tools across Amazon’s dynamic, matrixed corporate structure, ensuring alignment with business objectives and regulatory standards. Training & Network Building: Designed and launched an EMEA-wide network of HR professionals, equipping them as ER Subject Matter Experts to autonomously lead ER activities in their respective countries. Delivered targeted training to HR and business leaders on employee relations, compliance, and conflict management. Compliance & Investigation Management: Led and managed over 100 critical investigations across EMEA, including high-severity compliance breaches. Supervised country-led investigations, providing strategic guidance on complex ER matters to ensure adherence to Amazon’s standards and local regulations. Policy Development & Implementation: Collaborated with the HR function to shape and standardize employment policies across Europe, driving consistency and clarity on ER practices. Developed training programs to onboard new HR professionals, embedding ER principles within Amazon’s evolving HR ecosystem.
My role included the overall LR accountability for french-based operation (circa 71 000 employees) as well as heading both the health & safety and the diversity agenda. Leading a team of 17 direct reports, I sought to focus on building mid-term cross-brand orientations while managing efficiently our day-to day activities. Amongst many achievement, we : • supported all negotiation, and managed efficiently the entire wage process (29 CBA/year); • managed - and build capabilities around - crisis and risk management; • streamlined and optimize employee representation by merging forums at a national scale; • continued to lead the way on diversity and disability @ work;
My role at CCE was mainly about building and leading the overall Labour Relation strategy for Coca-Cola Enterprise; coordinating LR-related activities in each of our countries consistently with our agreed long range plan and being accountable for all our major change initiative projects with regard to HR/LR aspects. I was also responsible for the European social dialogue at CCE (incl. European Work Council management) and part of the world-wide Coke system on behalf of my company.
Being part of both Xavier Darcos and Eric Woerth cabinets has been a unique experience. As technical advisor, I was specifically in charge of the reward, diversity & employment topics (incl. minimum wage fixation, employment development plan, labor code reform, pension reform,). But as a member of their respective cabinets, I supported successively both Ministers with their various activities.
I have enjoyed being a Master Certification lecturer at ESCP Europe for 6 years, in charge of labor & employment law. I decided to stop this activity when I joined the Minister in 2010.