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. The Group’s air division operates a fleet of cargo aircraft under the CMA CGM AIR CARGO and Air Belgium brands. 

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.
• Administer employee benefits, respond to benefit-related queries and coordinate communications that improve employee awareness and engagement.
• 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 smooth and 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, including senior management, 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 HR, wellbeing and engagement 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 of HR data
• 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 Office software, particularly Excel, Powerpoint and MS Teams.
• Demonstrable experience of working with HRIS / CRM systems (SAP Success Factors would be advantageous but is not essential).  

• Self starter with ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team, who is comfortable with multiskilling and has strong planning and organisational skills to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced HR Shared Services environment.
• CIPD/HR-related professional qualification (advantageous, but not essential)

WHAT DO WE OFFER? 

Not only do we offer a competitive salary, we also offer a generous benefits package including:

• 25 days annual leave (plus public holidays) increasing with length of service plus additional day over Christmas period and the opportunity to buy/sell annual leave
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Enhanced pension scheme up to 15% total contribution
• Life assurance x4
• Commitment to promoting awareness and understanding of Mental Health through our Mental Health and Wellbeing Charter
• Private healthcare (BUPA), BUPA Dental Plan + Healthcare Cash plan, including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Local and global development opportunities across 160 countries within the CMA CGM Group, including opportunities at our iconic Head Office tower in Marseille
• Cycle to work scheme/ Season ticket loans
• Enhanced policies including Maternity & Paternity
• Employee recognition awards
• Hybrid working

CMA CGM Group is proud to define itself as a family business built on strong human values.

• Excellence
• Exemplarity
• Imagination
• Boldness

CMA CGM respects, supports and values diversity in all forms. We seek to avoid discrimination and are committed to equal opportunities for all our employees.

Our long-held inclusive policy improves performance, creates growth opportunities for all, aligns with our customer's values and enhances employee engagement.

YOUR CAREER - WHY CMA CGM?

At CMA CGM Group, we Rise in Motion. Your career is always on the move - it grows as fast and as far as your ambition takes you. Join a global team of nearly 200 nationalities, shaping the future of global trade, moving essential goods, forging new paths, and pushing boundaries to serve an ever-changing world.

The pace is fast, the challenges are real, but the rewards are greater: growth, purpose, and the chance to make a meaningful impact. This is more than a job. It’s a journey on which you rise.