CDI - HR Business Partner (H/F) - Massy - Reckitt Benckiser LLC

Description

CDI - HR Business Partner (H/F)

City: Massy

We are Reckitt

Home to the world's best loved and trusted hygiene, health, and nutrition brands. Our purpose defines why we exist: to protect, heal and nurture in the relentless pursuit of a cleaner, healthier world. We are a global team united by this purpose. Join us in our fight to make access to the highest quality hygiene, wellness, and nourishment a right and not a privilege.

Human Resources

Our HR Team are the force for good that bring Reckitt's ambition to life. We work together to ensure the delivery of sustained profitable growth by unleashing the power of our purpose, people and performance. Now is an exciting time to be part of shaping the future of HR, influencing an exciting global organisation, while developing business and functional leadership skills, all at the same time. Whatever your role in our HR community, you'll take ownership of your projects and workstreams. We focus on developing our leaders to spearhead our culture and growth, so you'll be supported and mentored to deliver the right plans to drive business performance - and we'll celebrate the results with you along the way.

About the role

As an HR Business Partner for Support Functions, you will play a critical role in supporting multiple functional leaders across Finance, Supply, Legal, Regulatory, Compliance and HR in France. You will act as a strategic partner to the business, driving complex transformation initiatives, supporting managers through organisational changes, and ensuring strong alignment between people plans and business priorities.

This role operates in a fast‑paced, constantly evolving environment, requiring strong stakeholder management, solid understanding of French labour law, and the ability to navigate sensitive employee topics. You will serve as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing coaching, guidance, and hands‑on support across talent, performance, organisational design, employee relations, reward processes and engagement activities.

You will also translate global HR initiatives into the local context, ensuring effective implementation across France.

Your responsibilities

• Partner with functional leaders to develop and implement people plans aligned with business priorities, particularly across Finance and Supply.
• Support leaders through organisational evolution and transformation initiatives, ensuring effective change management and clear, consistent employee communication.
• Lead talent management processes, including talent reviews, succession planning, leadership development, and identification of high‑potential employees.
• Guide managers through complex employee relations topics, sensitive conversations, performance challenges, and employment law implications.
• Ensure full compliance with French labour law, local HR policies, and global HR standards.
• Facilitate the annual performance cycle, offering communication and training support for leaders and employees.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition to ensure high‑quality recruitment processes and strong alignment with Reckitt's culture and values.
• Lead and support employee engagement initiatives, including running feedback sessions, supporting action plans and driving culture‑related interventions.
• Collaborate with Rewards, HR Ops, HUB, Payroll, and Centres of Excellence to deliver seamless HR processes.
• Provide insights, structure information effectively and prepare HR reporting for management teams.
• Adapt communication and collaboration approach to diverse leadership styles, ensuring effective alignment across functions.
• Work in a fast‑paced, ambiguous environment where priorities change frequently, requiring strong judgement, flexibility, and proactive problem‑solving.

The experience we're looking for

• 5–15 years of experience in HR, with at least 3 years as HR Business Partner in a complex, matrixed international organisation.
• Experience supporting corporate or global functions; FMCG experience is highly valued.
• Strong background in HR transformation projects.
• Deep understanding of French labour law.
• Knowledge of reward processes; compensation experience is a strong plus.
• Experience in Talent Acquisition or interviewing is beneficial.
• Ability to manage senior stakeholders with different expectations and working styles.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing and communication skills.
• Demonstrated capability in prioritising, multi‑tasking and delivering at speed.
• Strong critical thinking, structured communication, and ability to translate insights into actions.
• Fluent French (C2) and fluent English (C1).
• Higher degree (BAC + 5) in HR, Business, Law or related area; MBA or Business School appreciated.
• Resilience, ownership, and a genuine interest in building a long‑term solution in a global organisation.

The skills for success

Employee relations, Labour legislation, Strategic Mindset, Diversity and inclusion, Organisational structure, Coaching skills, Facilitation skills, Change management, Execute plans, Strategic mindset, Employment engagement, Digital literacy, Data and Analytics, Storytelling, Commercial acumen, Courageous leadership.

What we offer

With inclusion at the heart of everything we do, working alongside our four global Employee Resource Groups, we support our people at every step of their career journey, helping them to succeed in their own individual way. We invest in the wellbeing of our people through parental benefits, an Employee Assistance Program to promote mental health, and life insurance for all employees globally. We have a range of other benefits in line with the local market. Through our global share plans we offer the opportunity to save and share in Reckitt's potential future successes. For eligible roles, we also offer short‑term incentives to recognise, appreciate and reward your work for delivering outstanding results. You will be rewarded in line with Reckitt's pay for performance philosophy.

Equality

We recognise that in real life, great people don't always 'tick all the boxes'. That's why we hire for potential as well as experience. Even if you don't meet every point on the job description, if this role and our company feels like a good fit for you, we still want to hear from you. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, disability or medical condition; colour, ethnicity, race, citizenship, and national origin; religion, faith; pregnancy, family status and caring responsibilities; sexual orientation; sex, gender identity, gender expression, and transgender identity; protected veteran status; size or any other basis protected by appropriate law.