• Job Description

  Req#: 50555

  Purpose of the Job:

  The People & Culture team is committed to enhance C&A’s growth and performance while living our values. We enable the organisation to lead and transform the business through people and foster a work place where everyone can become their best self. We build on traditions as long as they don't stop us from growing. Therefore, we continuously reflect our actions and strive for improvement. This is the only way we can live up to our own standards to reinvent the fashion business in a sustainable way.

  Drive the implementation of all aspects of the C&A People practices, policies, processes, regulations and legislations within a specific market or area, in compliance with labour law. Ensure efficient co-worker relations in order to secure business success and a great co-worker experience. Be a strategic partner for the market or area leaders to support business objectives regarding people, culture, value and organisation.
  

  Your responsibilities at C&A:

  • Lead, coach and develop the People & Culture team in the assigned area, in order to ensure high performance, personal growth and succession.
  • Ensure that people strategy, principles/guidelines and relevant business plans relate and come together in a local People & Culture action plan that is implemented and lived up to.
  • Provide coaching and assistance to leaders on management best practices like performance management, talent management, people development, team development, leadership, change management and other people-related topics to enable leaders to efficiently manage their organisations on HR topics.
  • Provide gap analyses and business context to the P&C Centers of Expertise (CoE) to co-design HR processes, solutions and tools.
  • Ensure that HR processes, solutions and tools in place are efficient, aligned with local labour law, and followed in order to secure compliance and support the business.
  • Lead and manage collaborative co-worker relations with social partners (works councils, union delegations etc.) and labour inspection to ensure a fruitful dialogue.
  • Contribute to build up business competence, leadership and talent pipeline, and support managers and co-workers in their development, according to the business needs and development plans.
  • Be an ambassador and promote best practices of culture, values and ways of working in order to ensure a great co-worker experience and compliance.

  What we expect from you:

  • A Master's degree in HR or equivalent
  • A Minimum of 7 years of HR experience
  • Experience in contributing to and implementing strategic people plans
  • Proven record of developing people and organisations, preferably with experience from leading people
  • Fluent in business English and German, both spoken and written
  • Good understanding of German labor law

  At C&A You Can Look Forward To:

  • Joining an international People & Culture team that loves to have fun together
  • True attention to your personal growth and development through regular feedback, our C&A academy and regular team off-sites
  • An interesting job in an international and dynamic working environment
  • A competitive salary and company bonus scheme
  • Balancing your time between home working and building connections in the office (hybrid working)

  In this role you are part of the People & Culture team, you will report into the Head of P&C Partnership and Co-workers Relations, who is a member of the Chief People & Culture Officer’s Leadership Team.

  
  C&A fosters equal opportunity for people of all backgrounds and identities. We are led by a gender-balanced board committed to build a diverse and inclusive organisation where everyone can become their best self. We do not discriminate on the basis of age, disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, ethnicity, race, religion or belief, parental and family status, or any other protected.

  At C&A you can look forward to:

  • An exciting job in an international and inspirational working environment
  • In-depth induction into your new role
  • A positive working atmosphere with an open feedback culture
  • Flexible working hours and the option to work from home
  • Hospitalization insurance and Pension Scheme
  • In addition, you will enjoy attractive discounts including on a public transport travel pass and a meal voucher per working day

• About the company

  C&A is a Dutch multinational of retail clothing stores, with European head offices in Vilvoorde, Belgium, and Düsseldorf, Germany.

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