About Paradise Foods
Paradise Foods is building the first e-commerce platform of the seas. Trusted by sailors, yacht charter fleets, and maritime businesses we provide smarter, smoother, and simplified food provisioning and aim to become a trusted travel companion for sailors globally.
Paradise Foods is not only an innovative technology company, but one of the most exotic and joyful projects in the European and international tech scene. We are founded and based in Berlin, Germany. Our operations run in various Caribbean islands such as Martinique, Guadeloupe, St. Martin, Virgin Islands, and the Grenadines - all among the most popular boating hot spots in the world. Island by island we establish local bases, and work with local people & suppliers to create a modern, inclusive, and impact-driven international company.
Our team is mostly working remotely and with high independence and self-reliance with team members based in the Caribbean (especially Martinique) and in Germany, France, and Poland. We are looking for an open-minded, dynamic, and pragmatic HR & People Manager to join our diverse company, coordinate and support our international team, and ensure the successful scale-up of our business.
About your role
In the position of our very first HR & People Operations Manager, you will:
Work directly with the founding team and be the main point of contact and generalist for everything around HR
Be the leader of our HR operations with the aim to build, analyse, optimise, and automate HR & other admin processes
Handle preliminary monthly payroll in exchange with local tax advisors & accountants
Draft and create employment contracts (no deeper legal knowledge required)
Maintain employee information on a HR platform & digital employee file, keeping track of employee lists, and compensation data, store relevant physical documents if required
Recruit future team members, with a focus on key roles in our global headquarter team
Manage the on- and offboarding process including employee registration
Track working hours, off times, vacation days, etc. in collaboration with local team assistants
Be the person of contact in case of conflict, in collaboration with our local island and warehouse managers
Manage communication with external labour law advisors, in case of contract termination or legal disputes
Conduct employee surveys, gather regular feedback, exit interviews, team & talent retention
Help to organise local / international team events, in collaboration with local team assistants
Support our team goal-setting process, conduct or prepare performance reviews with (key) team members
Workload: 80 - 100% (availability 5 days per week)
Workplace: remote / hybrid, should be based & registered in Germany or France (incl. French Caribbean)
What you need to succeed
Very self-reliant and independent with high responsibility and ability to take project ownership and make decisions
Be accurate, detail-oriented, and reliable but with a ‘get-things-done’ attitude, aiming for high work efficiency
Comfortable working remotely or with a hybrid / traveling set-up and with a remote team from various cultural backgrounds
Be open-minded and curious to work with various legal jurisdictions and labour law regulations (French, German, other English / American Caribbean)
Basic legal knowledge or prior work experience with French or German labour law required
Speak French and English fluently; German in addition would be a plus
Prior work experience in a start-up or other small & dynamic businesses with an international background
Why join Paradise Foods?
A unique project and team: our understanding of innovation goes beyond developing cutting-edge technologies. We also innovate across extremely diverse multicultural working environments, climate impact, and logistical solutions. Open-mindedness, out-of-the-box thinking, and adventurousness are at the very core of our project setup and team culture.
High-impact role: You are the first HR Manager we ever hire. Take full charge of your area of expertise in an environment that values ownership, gives you freedom
