# Bernard Noel

Bernard Noel is a remote worker on Himalayas, Global Senior Manager, Workplace Strategy Performance & Productivity Lead at Haleon, based in Spain.

Source: https://himalayas.app/@bernardnoel

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Workplace strategy leader at Haleon.
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| Detail | Value |
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| Availability | Looking for a job |
| Location | Spain |
| Authorized to work in | United Kingdom, Germany, Greece, Spain, Malta, Portugal, Cyprus, Sweden, Denmark |
| Salary expectations | 80k+ GBP |
| Job categories | Workplace Strategy Director, Employee Experience Manager, Office Operations Manager, Regional Manager |
| Skills | Workplace Strategy, Workplace Performance, Space Management, Employee Experience, Workplace Research, Workplace Operations, Vendor Management, Contract Management, Workplace Technology, Survey Design, Assessments, Workplace Automation, Portfolio Governance, Relocation, Leesman |
| Website | https://wxspartners.com |
| LinkedIn | https://https://www.linkedin.com/in/bernard-noel-697140102/ |

## What I'm looking for

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Workplace strategy and operations role leading a global or regional portfolio and setting/improving the basics: data, governance, frameworks and employee experience satisfaction. Hybrid to remote first within the EU or Asia, with travels to have a direct impact with regional/global stakeholders.
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## About

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Currently based in London, but actively planning to relocate back to the EU.

At Haleon, I lead workplace strategy and performance across 98 locations in more than 40 countries. I created and lead a global Workplace Experience Survey across 80+ sites and 26,000+ employees, using feedback and workplace data to identify experience gaps.

I personally led the London HQ expansion from approximately 850 to 1,250 people across six floors. Attendance increased by 35% without a mandate, and workplace experience satisfaction improved by 15%.

Previously, at LEESMAN (HqO), I ran workplace assessment and research programmes for clients across Europe, Asia and North America, and led a team of three project managers. I’ve also worked on employee experience research at ENTAIN and supplier and logistics operations at CAPGEMINI.
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## Experience

### Global Senior Manager, Workplace Strategy Performance & Productivity Lead (current)

[Haleon](https://himalayas.app/companies/haleon). Jun 2024 - Present

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Leads workplace strategy and performance across 98 locations in 40+ countries, turning data into practical decisions. Personally led London HQ expansion from 850 to 1,250 people, contributing to a 35% increase in attendance and 15% improvement in satisfaction.
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Skills: Workplace-Strategy, Space-Management, Data-Analysis, Employee-Experience, Survey-Design, Vendor-Management, AI-Tools, Copilot, Claude, ChatGpt, NotebookLM, Power-BI, Microsoft-365, Jira, Pipedrive, AppSpace, VergeSense, Qualtrics, Leesman

### Global Experience Research & Design Manager

Entain. Jun 2023 - Mar 2024

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Analysed employee experience across 28,000+ people and turned data into recommendations for senior stakeholders during a restructuring. Advised executives on experience research and workplace priorities.
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Skills: Employee-Experience, Research, Data-Analysis, Stakeholder-Management, Workplace-Strategy

### Senior Workplace Experience Project Manager

Leesman (HqO). Sep 2019 - Jun 2023

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Worked remotely, running workplace assessment and research programmes for clients across Europe, Asia, and North America. Led a team of three project managers and delivered executive reporting linking workplace performance to business outcomes.
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Skills: Assessments, Research, Project-Management, Client-Management, Executive-Reporting, Team-Leadership

### Operations & Partnership Manager

[Capgemini](https://himalayas.app/companies/capgemini-technology-services). Mar 2018 - Aug 2019

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Managed freight suppliers and day-to-day logistics within an €80m international engagement across four country teams. Coordinated the Ex-Tarifario cross-border programme, contributing to more than €2m savings through supplier renegotiation and process consolidation.
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Skills: Operations-Management, Supplier-Management, Logistics, Cross-border-Coordination, Cost-Savings, Process-Improvement

## Education

### European Commission, Office for Infrastructure and Logistics (OIB)

Trainee, Infrastructure and Logistics. 2017 - 2017

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Trainee at the European Commission's Office for Infrastructure and Logistics in Brussels in 2017.
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### HEPL Liège

Bachelor of Science, Supply Chain Management. 2014 - 2017

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BSc in Supply Chain Management from HEPL Liège, Belgium, from 2014 to 2017.
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## Tech stack

- Pipedrive
- Jira
- Qualtrics
- ChatGPT
- Power BI
- Microsoft 365
- Claude

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