Context​ 

A French media and communications company, with a growing US operation, launched a business transformation program to improve operational efficiency and global performance. This initiative included several workstreams to harmonize their processes and procedures, add new tools to streamline activities and to upskill and develop their talent. They needed an American HR professional, based in the US, to support this transition and align HR strategy with US culture and to comply with the US legal framework. One of their critical pain points was how to offboard employees that were not going to be part of the future of the firm and also how to create a culture in line with our values, following the recent acquisition of the firm’s main competitor.  

Accomplishment ​ 

Penon Partners worked with this client to provide fractional HR Leadership support, providing them with an experienced HR transformation consultant, enabling agility and cost savings without sacrificing expertise.  

• We developed an offboarding program, helping the firm to respectfully and legally offboard two members of the team.  

• We created standardized job descriptions, allowing the firm to go to the recruitment market with clear communications and expectations about the firm and the roles.  

• We developed a recruitment and onboarding program, resulting in hiring and onboarding nine new team members.  

• We created a performance and career management program​ using HR software. 

• We created and launched an Employee Engagement survey, allowing the employees to give their feedback on the firm and also to give leadership more insight and direction on improvement activities.  

• We enhanced employee benefits by increasing parental leave benefits and giving employees more options for health care plans.  

Outcome​ 

As a result, the client could release the pressure on him and his teams with a legal compliant and structured US HR process and saw a measurable increase in employee engagement scores. The reduction in legal compliance risks and professional methods, combined with significant cost savings compared to a full-time HR executive empowered the company to enhance its workforce while maintaining financial flexibility.