Thomas Riegel Email & Phone Number

Cologne, NRW, DE

Bad Kreuznach, Rheinland-Pfalz, DE

Responsible for the entire HR area including the internal LoQu Academy in Wiesbaden, member of the management team, reporting to CEO

Bellevue, Geneva, CH

• Responsible for leading the HR Team of 90 members in 18 countries
• Transformation and change: redesigning business operations, entity / site openings and closures
• Digitalization: implementing successfully automation projects, introducing new technologies for HR administration
• Talent & Learning: implementing a new Talent Management process and setting up a European learning roadmap
• Diversity & Inclusion: creating a first D&I action plan and rolling out in all markets
• Crisis Management: initiatives to foster resilience & mental health & engagement

Paris, FR

• Responsible for driving the D&I agenda of the group in Germany
• Founding a D&I Board, running regular meetings to develop corporate action plan
• Creating the “D&I mission”

Paris, FR

Responsible for four HR Team members, 700 employees in Retail Stores and Headoffice.Attracting and managing ingenious, young, eccentric, highly creative, difficult to lead geeks, to create e-com growth, built e-shops, resulting in up to 20% growth,Recruitment: successfully recruiting and onboarding of Senior Leaders, e-com specialists and high potential.

Paris, FR

Responsible for three direct reports, 300 recruits per yearDelivering the right talents timely,Improving employee branding and external ranking results,Reducing external headhunting cost by half,Setting up first trainee program for Bachelor graduates.

Paris, FR

Responsible for four team members, 300 recruits per year.Developing of first UK specific employee branding campaign,Improving the employer image in external rankings to historic top rating,Successfully establishing new ways to recruit for diversity.

Paris, FR

Responsible for two direct reports, 2.000 employees.Implementing the first employer opinion survey, including process and action planning to improve employee engagement,Creating a local training catalogue for the German market,Setting up a mentoring program,Simplifying and improving the training and development process in the yearly performance management.

Paris, FR

Responsible for developing an onboarding toolbox.Collecting best practices from all markets and established the first onboarding roadmap.

Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, DE

Responsible for the RWE Graduates Program for High Potentials.Implementing successful Employer Branding with two intake-cycles per year,Running the Mentoring program and coaching of participants.

Monheim, DE

Responsible for recruitment processes and employer branding.Creating and successfully launching a global employer branding Toolbox,Building and running the first international internship program,Designing and organising career fairs including onsite management,Running onboarding weeks for new hires.

First German Talent Network, program for hand selected high potentials, venture capital financed, turnover up to 2 mio p.a..Providing clients such as BCG, Bertelsmann, Deutsche Bank, McKinsey, Procter&Gamble, Roland Berger, Deutsche Telekom with top talent,Creating and implementing a development scheme for high potentials,Orchestrating Talent Conferences.

Digital Leadership Program

Generative Coaching Certification, Coaching

Agile Coach Academy, Agility & Coaching

L’Oréal Digital Academy For Executives

The Leadership Architect

Gallup Advanced Manager & Strength Finder

Negotiation In Border Area / Verhandeln Im Grenzbereich

L’Oreal Transition To Advanced Management

L’Oreal Insight Program, Vision & Strategy

Apprenticeship In Banking