HR Director · Lyon · Danone / Sanofi

Assia AMEZIAN

HR Director

Social transformation.Labor relations.Business partnering.

Head of HR, Specialized Nutrition France. 300-employee BU scope. CODI member. 10 years of HR experience at Danone and Sanofi.

10 years of HR experience
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Assia AMEZIAN

HR Director

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Africa transformation projects

Experience

Professional track record.

2024 - Present

Danone

Danone

Head of HR

Specialized Nutrition France

300 employeesCODI5-person HR team
  • HR roadmap: talent, C&B, engagement, workforce planning.
  • Deployment of a new Sales Force organization.
  • Labor relations: CSE/CSSCT, annual negotiations, collective matters.

2023 - 2024

Danone

Danone

Social Dialogue Manager France

NEO, GEPP and France-level labor relations

NEOGEPPFrance level
  • France-level strategic labor relations projects.
  • Negotiation roadmaps and social risk assessments.
  • Social strategy, agreement drafting, stakeholder governance.

2022

Danone

Danone

HRBP Operations / Labor Relations Manager

Operations, QFS, IPRO, R&I

90 employeesCSE PresidentCSSCT
  • Business partnering for Operations teams.
  • C&B SPOC for the HR community at CBU level.
  • President of Limonest CSE and CSSCT.

2021 - 2022

Danone Nutricia Africa & Overseas

Danone

Transformation Manager

Africa transformation deployment

PMO7 projectsAfrica
  • Local First social roadmap: redundancy plan and social procedures.
  • Africa PMO: coordination of 7 carve-out projects.
  • CODI support: governance, decision preparation, transformation follow-up.

2019 - 2021

Danone Nutricia Africa & Overseas

Danone

HRBP - Early Life Nutrition Africa

Topline, Operations and Support functions

80 employeesAfricaCODI routines
  • HR Business Partner for Africa across all functions.
  • HR processes: performance, talent, C&B, engagement.
  • Organization reviews and entity-level agreements.

2014 - 2018

Sanofi Aventis Group

Sanofi

HR Partner / HR Project Coordinator

Corporate HR, transformation and ERP

PharmaceuticalsLyonTransformation
  • HR administration, recruitment, mobility, performance and talent.
  • HR coordination on transformation and ERP projects.
  • Recruitment and contingent workforce management.

Expertise

HR expertise.

Labor Relations & Social Dialogue

CSE, CSSCT, NAO, PSE, GEPP. Social strategy, negotiation, signed agreements.

Organizational Transformation

Restructuring, carve-outs, reorganizations. Framing, deployment, change management.

Business HR Partnering

CODI/CODIR partner. HR decisions aligned with business, budget and social risk.

People Cost Management

Payroll, overheads, hiring. People cost decisions under business constraints.

Talent & Succession Planning

Performance, talent reviews, succession planning, development and retention.

Change Management

Communication, governance, manager support and adoption tracking.

Education

Education.

Labor law, HR management, business partnering and transformation.

2025

Ouvrir Mon Monde

Cross-company management program

2022

Danone Business Partnering Training

AMEA Zone: stakeholder value, change, influence, communication

2019

Danone Transformation Model Training

Transformation methodology and change management

2015

Master 2 in HR Management

ECEMA Lyon

2013

Master 1 in Labor Law

Université Jean Moulin Lyon III

2012

Bachelor's degree in Private Law

Université Jean Moulin Lyon III

Languages

Languages & soft skills.

FrenchNative
EnglishFluent
BerberNative
SpanishBasic

Soft skills

Strategic thinkingBusiness acumenInfluence & negotiationDecision makingResilienceSocial intelligenceSelf-initiative

Professional contact.

HR leadership, social transformation, labor relations, business partnering.

Emailassia.amezian@gmail.comLinkedInProfessional profile
LocationLyon, France · National mobility
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