David Schajer

CMA CGM Chief Human Resources Officer

Greater Marseille Metropolitan Area

About

Global CHRO with proven track record in leading change and driving people strategies supporting business growth. Passionate about developing people and organizations worldwide to deliver breakthrough results in an organic or external growth context.

Experience

  • Executive Vice President Group Human Resources at CMA CGM
    Nov 2023 - Present · 2 yrs 8 mos

  • HELLA (1 yr 8 mos)
    • Chief Human Resources Officer
      May 2023 - Nov 2023 · 7 mos

    • Executive Vice President Human Resources
      Apr 2022 - May 2023 · 1 yr 2 mos

      HR leader for HELLA Electronics Business Group (13.600 employees including 5.400 engineers worldwide, 13 plants), serving automotive OEMs worldwide in the fields of automoted driving and energy management.

  • Faurecia & Hella Chief Integration Officer at FORVIA
    Sep 2021 - Apr 2022 · 8 mos

    Co-leading with my Hella counterpart all integration preparation activities related to Hella planned acquisition by Faurecia. Faurecia has reached in August 21 a definitive agreement with the Family pool and Hella to launch a public tender cash offer on Hella at a price of €60 per share and acquire separately from the Family pool its 60% stake at a price of €60 per share. The transaction closed in Q1 2022. This transformative acquisition creates a global leader in fast-growing automotive technologies and the 7th largest global automotive supplier strongly positioned for automotive megatrends – Electric Mobility, ADAS & Autonomous Driving, Cockpit of the Future and Lifecycle Value Management.

  • Faurecia (6 yrs)
    • HR Vice President - Faurecia Clarion Electronics & Faurecia Japan
      Apr 2019 - Sep 2021 · 2 yrs 6 mos

      HR leader for the newly created Business Group of Faurecia dedicated to Cockpit Electronics and headquartered in Tokyo (9.200 employees including 1.600 engineers worldwide). This Business Group combines the activities of Clarion, Coagent and Parrot Automotive, 3 companies acquired by Faurecia in the past 2 years to enter the cockpit electronics market and deliver breakthrough solution for automotive cockpits together with Faurecia Seating and Faurecia Interiors.

    • HR Director - Faurecia India & Faurecia Interiors Asia Pacific Division
      Jan 2018 - Mar 2019 · 1 yr 3 mos

      Group Country HR Director for India (3.600 employees), in charge of ramping-up the group offshore engineering platform in India (1.500 engineers out of Pune and Bangalore) and overseeing domestic activities (11 plants in India). Role combined with the HR business partner role for Faurecia Interior Asia Pacific Division (1.600 employees in India, Korea, Thailand and Japan).

    • HR Director - Faurecia Seating Mechanisms Division
      Jul 2016 - Dec 2017 · 1 yr 6 mos

      HR Business Partner for the global Mechanisms product line (1 €bn rev., 5.500 employees in 8 locations worldwide - Poland, China, Mexico, India, US, Poland, France)

  • Alstom (2 yrs 9 mos)
    • HR VP - GE Alstom Alliance HR Integration Planning
      Jun 2014 - Sep 2015 · 1 yr 4 mos

      Leading HR integration planning activities following ongoing acquisition of Alstom Energy businesses by General Electric, member of the Projet Management Office Structure and manage a project team of 15 HR stream leaders at Alstom, interfacing with their counterparts at GE Define integration plan for all HR policies, processes and tools (HR operations, Compensation, Benefits, Global Mobility, Learning, Recruitment, Labor Relations) Support organisational design and staffing process of the to-be organization

    • HR VP - Group Talent Management
      Jan 2013 - Sep 2014 · 1 yr 9 mos

      Set up, organised and managed a global Talent Management team of 40 direct reports and 100 direct and functional reports in charge of Executives, Leadership development, Career Management, Learning and Recruitment Design of a global framework for leadership assessment and development to increase diversity and quality of talent pipeline Optimization the Performance Management Cycle (country people reviews, talent pooling) Development of social recruiting Optimization of learning offer and processes results.