🎨 Who Are We?
Convelio is a licensed freight forwarding startup evolving at the intersection of Tech, Logistics and the Art World. The startup specialises in the global shipping of high-end goods: paintings, sculptures, basically any valuable or bulky merchandise.
We've developed our own proprietary algorithm to offer competitive real-time shipping quotes and an end-to-end logistics service to the art market. Our mission is to become a tech-driven company in a traditional industry, and therefore make the shipping of bulky and valuable items as easy as possible by providing an online and seamless experience.
We currently serve a wide range of customers from art galleries, antique dealers, auction houses, online platforms to interior designers.
With 130+ colleagues scattered across Paris & London and now New York as well, Convelio has a strong start-up & international culture. We thrive in solving complex logistics issues for our clients, enabling both sellers and buyers in the art market. We are backed by proven technology, prominent VC’s, and boast a global network and the resources (€30 million Series B funding in March 2022) to seize the market opportunity
We are seeking a highly-skilled and dynamic Head of People with outstanding people skills to direct and oversee all People topics across our 3 countries!
Today is a crucial moment and a unique opportunity to join Convelio. The company has grown a lot throughout the past 6 years, with its (although exciting!) startup growth ‘pains’ associated with it. We are more than 130+ team members across France, the UK and the US. While our teams have grown a lot and also built a solid foundation for more and more structure along the way, we are now steering the company to a progressive achievement of profitability, with a clear plan defined with the whole team over the next years. Though we continue to grow organically, we’re also working on external growth, where our People team gets to handle different challenges such as successfully planning and executing teams integration. This position as Head of People will play a very important role in scaling the company and bringing it to our next chapter.
Finally, Convelio aims at creating a supportive workplace and positive employee experience for our team-members, allowing them to grow:
- We are looking for someone who believes and recognises themselves in our company values and is eager to promote them across the entire team and offices: we want you to play a key part in upholding our company culture throughout diverse initiatives and creating an environment for everyone to thrive in.
- Diversity, Equity and Inclusion is important to us. We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where diversity is celebrated and leveraged: you’ll be responsible for implementing initiatives and thought-processes that support such a work culture.
- We are a remote-friendly company, all while valuing regular physical interactions at our offices: our team members work across our 3 countries, from our company offices in Paris, London and New York or from home. Your role will be to promote our remote working culture while ensuring our people spend enough time together to collaborate and get to know each other.
👍 What your team will look like
The Team: more than 130 people from all over the world to work with you. You will report to Edouard, our CEO.
You’ll manage a team of 4 people: People Partners, People Operations Coordinator and a Talent Acquisition Manager
This is a full-time job, based in Paris with a few remote days per week. You’ll be visiting our other offices (London and New York) for 2-4 days a couple of times throughout the year to get to know the teams.
✏️ What you'll do
-
Define and implement the People strategy : define our employee value proposition, design the People team’s roadmap in alignment with our overall strategy, advise Management on topics such as company organisational structure, HR best practices, etc.
-
Ensure smooth HR administration and legal compliance: oversee day-to-day management of our employees’ lifecycle (admin, legal, payroll….) with our People Operations team & external accountants, while guaranteeing compliance with labor law legal obligations across our offices. You’ll maximize process automation through our HR tools, ensure our different HRIS are up to date and fit with our needs.
-
Support company and individual performance by promoting a culture of growth : strengthen our Learning philosophy and training programs, review our performance management processes, structure and optimize career paths, update salary and incentive grids and manage salary review processes, manage performance improvement plans, support, advise and coach managers in their day-to-day People management issues.
-
Lead our Recruiting efforts : with the help of our Talent Acquisition Managers, collaborate with Managers on recruiting needs, define tailored hiring strategies, ensure all stakeholders are continuously trained on our recruitment processes, and document best practices.
-
Ensure high quality onboarding of our newcomers and apply best practices for employee offboarding
-
Design and execute a plan for diversity, equity, and inclusion that aligns with our company values and business strategy
-
Strengthen HR Analytics to help the company make better decisions using data
-
Promote our employer brand through various channels and initiatives
-
Maintain a pleasant hybrid work environment and boost our office well-being initiatives : promote our company values, develop our remote work culture, build and manage a calendar of office events, oversee Office Management, etc.
-
Manage, train and coach the People team with the permanent goal to develop them
✏️ Your profile
- You strongly identify with our company values
- You have at least 5 years of experience in a startup/scaleup/high growth environment and you’ve led teams of 4+ people
- You have a genuine interest for People related topics and you’ve managed various aspects of the People function (Admin, Recruitment, L&D…)
- You have general knowledge of French employment laws and are used to working with employment lawyers. Experience in managing HR in different countries (UK, US) is a plus.
- You are perfectly fluent in English and French, you have strong oral and written communication skills. You feel comfortable speaking in front of an audience in both languages, particularly when it comes to presenting compelling People strategy updates
- You are incredibly structured, you’re able to oversee a multitude of different topics and you’re excellent at prioritizing while putting together clear action plans
- You’ve worked with different nationalities in the past and you adapt naturally to the person you’re speaking with. You quickly gain the trust of your colleagues and demonstrate a high level of emotional intelligence.
- You have a strong willingness to learn and you are not afraid to leave your comfort zone. In Convelio’s environment, change is the only constant. You’ll make a lot of decisions every day, proactively take ownership on new topics that concern you, and work on new topics on a regular basis.
Learn more...
Company values
Sustainability program
Fundraising announcement
Learn more about Convelio’s plans following our fundraising announcement
from our founders in 2022.
Equal Employment Opportunity employer
Convelio is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We are committed to equal opportunities based upon race, religion, colour, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identify, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics. We carefully hire the best talent we can find, which means actively seeking diversity of beliefs, backgrounds, education, and ways of thinking. We are passionate about building an inclusive culture where diversity is celebrated and leveraged to create better design and business decisions.
