Join Xylem in the global mission to #LetsSolveWater! As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employees operating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world's most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions. **Job Summary:** **The HRBP** **serves as a coordinator, ensuring compliance with the countries’ regulations. This role supports country-specific needs, facilitates coordination of HR processes and ensures business segment HRBP being aligned and realizing synergies. By leveraging data insights, the HRBP recommends strategies to attract, retain, and develop talent, ensuring harmonized HR practices being in place across the country.** **Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:** **1. HR Leadership & Industrial Relations Management** + Act as a thought partner to country business leaders and coordinate HR processes to maintain committed and motivated teams across the country. + Shape an employer brand, supporting current and future business needs, leveraging data and ensuring alignment with country-specific goals. + Ensure compliance and create synergies in talent management across hire-to-retire processes, including recruiting and development, tailored to the country’s needs. + Coordinate joint works council communications and convert enterprise policies in local guidelines in collaboration with HRBP. + Maximize harmonization of C&B approach/standard in the country + Manage and resolve individual as well as collective employee relations matters, including support of performance improvement plan development and delivery as required; conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations as required. + Drive the discussion with Work Councils; Provide labor relations support when needed **2. Execution** + Ensure a positive overall employee experience, feedback to HRBP on team dynamic talent and leadership development needs etc. + Deliver culture efforts and identify business-specific opportunities, ensuring alignment with the country’s needs. + Ensure harmonization of policies and processes under reflection of business segment and country-specific requirements. + Lead compliance to policies and risk reduction by managing complex employee relations investigations, remediation, and corrective actions, tailored to the country’s regulations and standards. **3. Foundational** + Liaise with cross-functional HR groups to support the business, leveraging the full HR network of Strategic Partners and CoE Partners. + Demonstrate financial acumen to drive impact and holistically shape human capital decisions tailored to the country’s needs. **Required Qualifications:** • Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business or French Labor Law degree • 5 to 7 years of directly related HR experience • Deep knowledge in Industrial Relations • Ability to act independently and quickly solve problems, make decisions with a strong customer oriented focus • Embraces change and demonstrates ability to operate as an agent of change • Proficient in Microsoft Office • Proficient in HRIS (Workday is a plus) • Strong Business Acumen **LOCATION: Nanterre** **CONTRACT: PERMANENT, HYBRID** **25% of your time will be spent travelling regularly in France** Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.