HR Generalist - French Speaking

Sony Europe are on the lookout a French-speaking HR Generalist to play a pivotal role in supporting our employees and line managers across a broad spectrum of HR functions.

In this position, you will onboard new starters, manage complex employee queries, and administer benefits, payroll processes and drive recruitment for junior level hires.

You will serve as a trusted advisor on HR matters, ensuring compliance with labour laws and Health & Safety policies, while implementing company initiatives that create a positive and engaging workplace.

This role is a key point of contact for employees and managers alike, helping to align HR practices with business objectives and fostering a culture of excellence and collaboration.

You will:

• Execute first line HR support to employee’s lifecycle (new hires, onboarding, change of conditions, annual salary review, bonus processes) and line managers queries in accurate, consistent and compliant way.
• Assume ownership of queries raised by employees and managers, responsible for closing the queries in defined cut-off calendars (Payroll, Annual Salary and Performance reviews, Bonus).
• Identify and raise to HR Service Centre Manager process improvements proposals and any obstacles and issues preventing execution within defined SLA.
• Document learning gained from employee and manager query resolution.
• Grade 3 and below recruitment and hiring including posting job openings, screening resumes, scheduling and conducting interviews, and managing the onboarding process for new employees.

• Address employee concerns, handling grievances, collaborate with ER and Compliance team on compliant solution, raise complex cases to ER and Compliance team.
• Provide compensation and benefits support including administering employee benefits and pension plans and assisting with payroll data inputs.
• Assist with performance evaluations, goal setting and support creation performance improvement plans.
• Training and development maintenance of Workday training portfolio, and support employee professional development initiatives.
• Maintain compliance with labour laws, implementing company policies, and maintaining and archiving employee records.
• Maintain HR information systems (Workday, HR Bot, HR SharePoint), preparing employment admin, and managing HR-related documentation.
• Provide guidance to managers on HR-related issues, employee relations, and legal compliance.
• Implement activities adhering to defined Health and Safety policy and frameworks

You will bring:

• Previous HR Generalist/Administrator/Co-ordinator experience, ideally in a multicultural and matrix organization.
• Fluent language skills in French & English are essential.
• A pro-active nature & the ability to handle & navigate complex situations.
• Comfortable working with large-scale, complex data.
• Proven track record to deliver services and meet deadlines.
• Strong prioritization, multitasking, and attention to detail.
• Excellent analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Flexible and adaptable in a fast-paced, growing environment.

Life at Sony

We ensure competitive salaries and benefits by using established benchmarking. We encourage healthy work-life balance supported by hybrid and flexible working policies. We are a positive community who dream big together, respect each other, and enjoy a collaborative culture.

We like to celebrate our colleagues who make a real difference using our recognition platform. We also provide access to numerous services and platforms for all aspects of wellbeing. We listen to our people through conversations and surveys, respect their suggestions, then act on them. We also provide allowances for volunteering days so that our staff can support the causes they are most passionate about.

You can build your career around you with our fantastic range of learning & personal development programs to enhance your skills. We also encourage our staff to try exciting new roles, in a wide range of countries, with a supportive mobility team to support you if you take that leap!

Bring your uniqueness to Sony

We are passionate about creating a culture that promotes equity and cultivates inclusion, diversity, and belonging. We want employees with diverse backgrounds and perspectives that will stimulate innovation and have a direct impact on our creation of social value to fulfil Sony’s purpose – ‘to fill the world with emotion, through the power of creativity and technology’. We want you to bring your unique self to work and help shape our culture.

We are Sony Europe

Our people collaborate in an environment of respect, integrity, and open-mindedness. Diverse teams from all over Europe are the driving force for our business, and we embrace the differences that make each of us original and unique.

With offices in 28 European countries, Sony Europe caters to consumer, professional, semiconductor and healthcare markets with innovative electronics products and solutions. Our European laboratories research and develop new technologies and capabilities that contributes to the Sony Group and important issues on a planetary scale.

Bring your passion, creativity and ambitions to Sony Europe. Apply now, and let’s create the future together.

Equal Opportunity

Sony Europe is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment regardless of race, colour, religion, gender, citizenship, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, medical condition, or any other protected characteristics.

Disability Accommodation for Applicants to Sony Europe

Sony Europe will provide reasonable accommodation for any qualified individual with disabilities in the application process. For reasonable accommodation requests, please contact us by email at [email protected] or by mail to: Sony Europe Limited, Human Resources Department, the Heights, Brooklands, Surrey, KT13 0XW, UK. When contacting us please indicate the position you are applying for, and the accommodation required.