Pauline De Visscher

HR Consulting Assignments – Scope of Work

• Delivery of organizational design and organizational structuring projects
• Development of workforce planning and headcount forecasting plans
• Drafting, implementation and standardization of HR policies and procedures
• Strategic HR support to startups, scale-ups and SMEs
• Design, benchmarking and implementation of compensation and salary policies in line with market and legal requirements
• Implementation of mobility budgets and extra-legal benefits schemes
• Management of union negotiations and employee relations
• HR compliance support and legal alignment (contracts, compensation practices, HR processes)

Clients supported

Grandes Distilleries de Charleroi, Bionat, MODS, MCB Ateliers, Adopt Parfum, MDH Food Service, From Scratch, BeeOdiversity, KOJUMP, Social Sky

• HR Director leading HR for Belgium, The Netherlands, Sweden and Norway.
• In my role, I was in charge of the following:
• Conduct all labor consultations, with the Work Council and/or with the Unions
• Draft, review, and update company policies and processes
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations
• Create a redundancy planning to meet the business strategy
• Design and implement change management strategies after restructuring
• Co-lead the European Work Council
• Lead and implement the People Strategy
• Create an Engagement plan and continuously follow-up on it with the Country Leaders
• Implemented and drove the Performance & development process
• Created a new succession planning routine to ensure smooth transitions and development for the teams
• Developed and conducted training sessions for leaders on Leadership and Team Cohesions
• Support the Employee lifecycle for a category of employees, and Europe-wide initiatives. I was also the leader of the "EU Smile network" which drives the employees engagement across Europe.

• Started as HR Manager Belgium and ended as Head of HR Europe. Led and defined the People Plan based on the Business Plan
• Store openings (16) and store closures (23)
• Recruitment of store teams
• Negotiated and implemented a new collective bargaining agreement (including a "Loi Renault")
• Draft, review, and update company policies and procedure (incl. Payroll)
• Ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations in several countries in EU
• In charge of the restructuring of Belgium, Spain and Portugal
• Supported the workforce planning and the headcount management based on store profitability
• Implemented a new performance management system across Europe
• Developed and implemented a leadership development program
• Developed and conducted training sessions for managers on HR policies and procedures, resulting in increased compliance and understanding
• Lead a team of 7 employees

• In this role, I was covering Belgium, The Netherlands, Luxembourg, Finland, Denmark, Sweden and Norway:
• Recruitment of store teams (Client Advisors, Interns)
• Monthly pay procedures
• SPOC for queries of employees and payroll providers for the region (7 countries)
• Review of company policies
• Disciplinary and legally required HR actions
• Administration of all benefit programmes
• Monthly and yearly reporting

• I started as Recruitment Manager and quickly moved to the HRManager role which allowed me to:
• Lead the Office Manager and the Recruitment Manager
• Lead a restructuration project (from 240 HC to less than 70 in one year)
• Monitor the Headcount management
• Create a new Recruitment process
• Support a new organizational design to redefine the job based on the needs of the business
• Lead the implementation of a new HRIS system
• Collaborate with legal counsel to ensure compliance with employment laws and regulations

• As HR consultant, I was responsible for the following:
• Managed a portfolio of more than 70 clients in different industries Job description and posting on different recruitment channels Conducted in-depth interviews and assessments to evaluate candidates' skills and qualifications
• Follow-up with clients and candidates to ensure that both sides are happy
• Weekly Payroll for our temporary workers