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VP People

PrestaShop
Francefull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Jun 2025

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<h3>About PrestaShop</h3><p>As a key partner in the digitalisation of commerce, PrestaShop aims to become the reference commerce platform for global business growth.</p><p>With nearly 250,000 websites using its software across the globe, PrestaShop is the leading open-source e-commerce solution in Europe and Latin America.</p><p></p><p>Thanks to PrestaShop Essentials, its suite of modules that offers secure payment solutions worldwide, performance analysis and web marketing, PrestaShop Hosting, and now PrestaShop Enterprise, allows companies to easily deploy their business on a larger scale. In 2023, PrestaShop sites generated more than 22 billion euros in online sales.</p><p></p><p>In 2021 PrestaShop became part of the Fortidia family to accelerate its growth and together become the leading global ecommerce and logistics platforms for small and medium businesses.</p><h3>About Fortidia</h3><p>Fortidia is a global commerce enabler for SMBs and consumers thanks to its platform including brands providing e-commerce, fulfillment, shipping, marketing and print solutions: PrestaShop, Mail Boxes Etc. (outside the U.S. and Canada.), PostNet, PACK &amp; SEND, World Options, AlphaGraphics, Multicopy, Print Speak, GEL Proximity and Spedingo. In 2023, the combination of its physical platform - including 3,200 Business Solutions Centers in 60 countries with 14,000 associates - with its PrestaShop e-commerce platform served 1.1 mln business customers worldwide generating €1.4 bln (US$1.5 bln) of System-wide Gross Revenue and €22 bln (US$23.8 bln) of Gross Merchandise Value.</p><h3>Roles &amp; Responsibilities </h3><ul> <li>The People VP will report to Prestashop Chief People and Legal Officer,</li> <li>In this role, the People VP will lead the execution of the People Strategy in line with the assigned KPIs; managing the People business partners team. Accountable for core phases of the employee journey, from Talent attraction to onboarding (e.g. employment agreements, HR admin), Employee Engagement (measured through quarterly People surveys, coordinating local action plans and initiatives), Learning &amp; Development (e.g. Training, Performance Management ), Reward and Recognition (e.g. Salary grid/policy), as well as maintaining HRIS up to date and respect the allocated  People OPEX budget.</li> <li>Improve the overall Employee Experience from onboarding to offboarding (surveys, tools, organisation of remote work, rituals etc.).</li> <li>Support Chief People and Legal Officer and Prestashop Executive Committee in organizational redesign and execution.</li> <li>Lead and strategise on the development of effective employment policies across the company, in close collaboration with the Group Headquarters and PrestaShop Labor law and Payroll Manager.</li> <li>Ensure that the company complies with current regulations, policies and procedures and legislation (including legislation on data protection, the gender equity and health and safety).  </li> <li>Take a lead role in transforming and strengthening the organizational culture, ensuring that the company values and approach are displayed.</li> <li>Provide professional leadership, support and development to People staff, in order to increase knowledge, share best practice to ensure that relevant professional standards are met.</li> <li>Drive the continuous improvement agenda with focus on engagement &amp; well-being activities, maximizing productivity, coaching line managers on their People Management responsibilities and contributing to build leadership skills.</li> <li>Support execution of a plan for diversity, equity and inclusion that aligns with company values, business strategy, commitments and Group requirements.</li> <li>Regularly coach, mentor and support senior and high potential colleagues to identify individual strengths and development needs, develop and maintain effective relationships and encourage retention.</li> <li>Ensure managers are sufficiently skilled and enabled to access appropriate guidance and information to manage workforce issues. </li> <li>Provide ad hoc reports and analysis on People KPIs such as L&amp;D, follow up of probation periods, analysis of churn (voluntary/involuntary), % of internal moves, engagement surveys results.</li> </ul><p><strong>Requirements</strong></p><h3>Experience - We're Looking For</h3><ul> <li>Master degree in Human Resources Management, Business / Management, Psychology, or a Labor Law subject, with a minimum 10 years’ experience in a HR role, including a minimum 3 years experience in a managerial role.</li> <li>Fluent level of both spoken and written English.</li> <li>Ability to contribute to crafting the People strategy at both company and Group level.</li> <li>Business acumen and experience of using metrics for driving performance (e.g. OKRs)</li> <li>Excellent knowledge and understanding of regulations, accepted professional standards, policies, procedures and labor law (including GDPR, gender equity, health and safet

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