HR Administrator

CMA CGM | ABOUT US The CMA CGM Group is a global player in sea, land, air and logistics solutions, true to its corporate

Purpose:?

We imagine better ways to serve a world in motion. Present in 177 countries, it employs 160,000 people, including nearly 6,000 in Marseille, where its head office is located. As the world's third-largest shipping company, CMA CGM serves more than 420 ports across five continents with a fleet of over 700 vessels. In 2025, CMA CGM carried more than 24 million twenty-foot equivalent containers (TEUs).

Its subsidiary, CEVA Logistics, one of the top five global players, operates 1,000 warehouses and handled 15 million shipments in 2025. YOUR ROLE As HR Administrator within the UK HR Shared Services team, you will be a people-focused HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment and enjoys making a positive impact across the full employee lifecycle, including Talent Acquisition, onboarding, Learning & Development, Benefits, HRIS and Reporting as well as employee engagement and wellbeing, Working closely with employees, managers and key stakeholders, you will play a vital role in ensuring a smooth, responsive and professional HR service that supports our people and helps deliver an excellent employee experience.

WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING Provide broad HR and payroll administration support across the full employee lifecycle, including recruitment, onboarding, internal moves, contractual changes, benefits, learning and development, and offboarding. Maintain accurate employee records, documentation and HR systems, ensuring information is completed, retained and archived in line with company policy, GDPR and wider compliance requirements. Act as a first point of contact for employee and manager queries, providing timely support through the HR mailbox, telephone, Microsoft Teams and face-to-face communication.

Support payroll preparation, monthly validation, data checking, reporting and analysis to ensure employee and payroll information remains accurate and up to date. Provide administrative and documentation support for employee relations matters, policy guidance, HR audits and compliance checks. Support talent acquisition activity, including candidate management, interview coordination, liaison with hiring managers and agencies, and delivery of a positive candidate experience.

Prepare onboarding documentation, coordinate induction activity and work with internal stakeholders to ensure a positive new starter experience. Support Early Careers initiatives, including representing CMA CGM at careers events with local partner schools, colleges and universities. Coordinate mandatory and developmental learning activities, liaising with training providers, maintaining training records and sharing learning-related data with stakeholders. Produce cyclical and ad hoc HR reports for key stakeholders and analyse people data to identify themes, trends and opportunities for improvement.

Coordinate employee engagement and wellbeing activity, including campaigns, events, awareness days and team-building initiatives, while gathering feedback to improve the employee experience. Develop internal communications and promotional materials that increase awareness and participation in initiatives. Administer HR, payroll and learning systems, ensuring data accuracy across databases and reporting tools. Identify and support opportunities to streamline HR processes, improve administrative efficiency and implement new HR initiatives, projects and systems.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR | KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE Demonstrable HR administration experience throughout the employee lifecycle in a fast-paced working environment. Excellent analytical skills, with high levels of attention to detail whilst working with large volumes. Ability to collate reports and present HR data and information to key stakeholders in different formats, including Excel, Powerpoint and internal systems.

Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to build effective working relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally. Excellent working knowledge of full suite of Microsoft…