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Employees

As a decentralised international group, Pernod Ricard continues to grow with the support of the talented men and women among its ranks. Staff creativity is valued in a human resources policy based on a strong business culture.

Training

Pernod Ricard implements a proactive policy to allow Group employees to progress throughout their careers. The Group offers them opportunities, at different stages of their careers, to benefit from training courses organised by the subsidiaries or provided by Pernod Ricard University. It has also developed a tool for promoting talent called ‘iLead’.

Training

Pernod Ricard proposes an especially rich training offer through:

  • managerial training
  • luxury brand management training
  • Pernod Ricard University
  • integration programmes
  • local initiatives.

 

DEVELOPING TALENT WITH PERNOD RICARD UNIVERSITY

The aim of Pernod Ricard University is to improve the leadership and operational skills of its employees. The University's historical centre, the Château de la Voisine, in the Forest of Rambouillet near Paris, hosts the majority of training and development programmes. These are organised so that they accompany the participants throughout their career, by helping them to acquire the skills necessary to progress from job to job.

To provide this training, Pernod Ricard calls on outside partners, such as HEC Executive Education for marketing and finance.
A place to exchange experiences and knowledge, Pernod Ricard University helps to improve performance while respecting the Group’s culture and values. It also gives employees a chance to meet and to exchange ideas in a friendly atmosphere. In a decentralised Group, Pernod Ricard University creates and strengthens links between the various players, so that the collective performance is greater than the sum of individual performances.

Pernod Ricard University is addressed specifically at the Group’s “Talent”: those employees who want to rise through the ranks of its various subsidiaries, functions and business lines.

 

MANAGERIAL TRAINING IN COLLABORATION WITH INSEAD

Meanwhile, a managerial training course entitled, "Pernod Ricard Insead General Management” has been established.

It invites an open-minded reflection on internal change and the role of the leader.
Through the diverse geographical origins of the participating subsidiaries, it offers a rewarding multicultural experience.
 

 

LUXURY BRAND MANAGEMENT TRAINING

The ‘Pernod Ricard Prestige Brand Management Chair’

A partnership agreement between Pernod Ricard and the HEC School of Management was signed in 2007 to create the "Pernod Ricard Prestige Brand Management Chair”.
Pernod Ricard contributes to this Research Chair its experience drawn from the Premiumisation of its portfolio and the top-of-the-range references of its 14 strategic brands.

A dedicated seminar at Pernod Ricard University

In connection with the creation of the HEC Chair, the Group’s Marketing department has set up a dedicated seminar at the Pernod Ricard University. This focus of this module is on the marketing of luxury brands and it is primarily for the Group’s executives.

 

INTEGRATION PROGRAMMES

Integration programmes are for staff who have recently joined the Group and executives taking on new international responsibilities Two 10-day programmes are offered each year.
Their objective is two-fold:

  • To offer a clear and concise overview of the Group, the way in which it operates and the challenges linked to its development;
  • to share the Pernod Ricard culture: Conviviality, decentralisation and entrepreneurial spirit.

Participants meet the Managing Directors and Management Committees of two Brand Owners and the companies established in France.

 

INNOVATIVE SUBSIDIARIES’ TRAINING INITIATIVES

As part of its decentralised organisational structure, Pernod Ricard allows its subsidiaries around the world to develop their own training initiatives.

At regional level, Pernod Ricard Pacific offers an online training programme - original and complementary - on QSE (Quality, Safety and Environment) issues.

For the Europe region, Pernod Ricard Europe has developed a repository of sales and marketing competencies in order to create a common language between its subsidiaries. This repository defines the key areas of marketing competencies and levels of expertise required, from novice to expert.
The subsidiary Pernod Ricard USA has set up an online training course on the law and ethics on the Above the Horizon (PATH) website.

In France, Ricard has launched the “Ricard Attitude” project, which aims to preserve the memory of the subsidiary's commercial expertise. This programme adapts traditional know-how to the new context of responsible drinking. It highlights four main focuses: knowledge, organisation, behaviours and values, and management.
 

 

ILEAD, A TOOL FOR IDENTIFYING AND DEVELOPING HIGH-POTENTIAL EMPLOYEES

Integration programmes, annual development and performance evaluation appraisals, training courses… the HR processes in place at Pernod Ricard encourage the personal and professional development of its employees.

In 2011, the Group sought to go further in this area, by implementing a talent development system known as ‘iLead’.
Shared by the entire Group, iLead is based on a leadership model that is defined by a repository of key competencies and formalised by a talent assessment tool. Supplemented by management reviews and succession plans for key Group posts, this tool is an essential mechanism for identifying and selecting talented individuals.
 

 

Pernod Ricard’s training offer in figures

  • Nearly 2.5% of payroll is invested in training
  • An average of 1,400 euros is spent per employee trained