BIC® products are known and appreciated all over the world for their quality, their affordability and ease of use. The ballpoint pen, the pocket lighter, the one-piece shaver are all part of the daily lives of millions of consumers. These products make BIC® one of the best known international brands, present in 3.2 million retail outlets, in more than 160 countries. In 2015, BIC recorded net sales of 2.24 billion euros and a normalized Income from Operations of 432 million euros.

Everyday, all around the world, consumers choose to buy 44 million BIC® products. 

A few examples of the quality and endurance of BIC® products :

• Every BIC® Cristal® pen draws a line 2 km long, which is as good at the end as the beginning.

• Every BIC® maxi lighter produces 3,000 flames, identical from first to last.

• Every BIC Comfort 3® shaver is good for 10 days of shaving, as efficient from the first shave as to the last.

BIC is also a leading supplier to the promotional products industry, through its global brands BIC Graphic and Norwood. Committed to innovation, quality and service excellence, BIC offers a wide variety of products.

Reporting to the Group General Counsel and functionally to the Chief Human Resources Officer, in close collaboration with the HR Leaders, the Labor Law Counsel is the primary legal advisor for HR
matters in Europe, partnering with the HR team to provide legal advice regarding employment and labor-related issues, policies, and programs to HR professionals.

1. Main Responsibilities/Tasks

    Individual labor law

• Develops and manages the company strategy on employment contracts, and other employment matters related to employees who are recruited in Europe or moving internationally from Europe, by partnering with senior human resources leaders, and the mobility team if needed

• Serves as the in-house legal expert for HR team on any European employment and labor
  law matters, and more particularly on various topics such as employment contracts, mobility, disciplinary matters, amicable termination and settlements, restructuring, working time, due diligence, compliance, assistance and representation for all employment lawsuits;

• Acts as the company point of contact with external labor lawyers (when needed) while ensuring strong savings on these external services

Collective labor law

• Provides support to senior HR leaders to develop and implement Labor relations strategies for the sites located in France mainly, and in Europe when needed; through planning and coordination of the collective bargining process including all pre-negotiations preparation and discussions; supplying information and proposed changes;

• Help HR Managers to write collective agreements in compliance with law

        *   Participates when needed and required by Senior HR leaders to the collective agreements
negotiations and supports site management in its interaction with unions representatives when required

• Partners with site management and senior HR leaders to support the overall organizational developent efforts and to respond efficiently to continous organization change.

• Acts as the Company labor law expert at various meetings with management and when appropriate with unions/employee representatives;

Communication/Process

• Audits, informs and enforces any process improvement to lower/mitigate individuals or
  collective risks for BIC.

• Provides newsletter and regular legal updates to the HR community on all HR related
  subjects

• Provides training to ensure that managers/ HR teams have the skills needed to manage the
  labor law risks proactively.

• Master’s degree Labor Law/Labor Relations;

• 8-10 years Labor Law experience, ideally with a mix of experience in Law firm and in
  a unionized manufacturing business environment;

• Demonstrated background in the preparation and support to collective bargaining agreements

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills;

• High degree of business and industrial acumen;

• Ability to work, communicate, decide and deliver under time deadline;

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, bilinguial French-English;

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.