Join ABEO
ABEO is a playground full of opportunities. Joining the Group means taking part in a unique project where everyone has their place.
ABEO is a unique family-owned group that cannot be reduced to its 1,450 employees and its international dimension. Through its decentralized organization and the diversity of its subsidiaries, ABEO is a constellation of companies on a human scale, forming a team with a common goal: to grow together while respecting the individuality of each; the uniqueness of its brands and its employees. Joining ABEO or one of its companies means joining a playground where we are constantly learning, where the entrepreneurial spirit is encouraged and where caring is the watchword.
When you join ABEO, you become part of a dynamic international family group with a strong entrepreneurial culture, where each employee takes responsibility for his or her own development. Trust, perseverance and team spirit are the values that fuel our collective success. Working in our sports and leisure sector will offer you rich and varied experience and great opportunities within learning companies. Ready to take up the challenge with us?
Delphine SavoyeHuman Resources Director
OUR VALUES
Each subsidiary embodies its own values and which ABEO fully respects. The Group also carries values that are dear to it and which unite all of its employees, beyond brands and geographic areas.
Through its decentralized organization, ABEO guarantees great autonomy to its companies. This model implies mutual trust, spreaded at all levels of the Group. Trust at ABEO means encouraging decision-making, valuing the right to make mistakes and believing in the potential of each person to achieve a collective objective.
ABEO has demonstrated since its creation that there is no evolution and success without perseverance. It is by remaining constancy despite obstacles, by bouncing back from failures, that the Group has been building a unique project for more than 20 years. Its teams innovate, surpass themselves and take on challenges to go further.
ABEO works every day to develop team spirit within the Group: encouraging cooperation means enabling 1,450 people with different skills and cultures to work together towards common goals. Efforts are therefore made to nurture synergies, create new ones and enhance the bond that unites ABEO and its companies.
ABEO HEADQUARTERS & OFFICES
Nearly 50 people work in the Group's support functions. The various departments - Finance, Legal, HR, IT, Operations, R&D, CSR, General Management - are spread over two sites in France: Rioz, where the head office is located, and Lyon. The teams work together to support all ABEO companies in their development, according to their needs.
Since its creation, the Group's head office has been based in Rioz, a town in the Franche-Comté region of eastern France. The site also brings together the teams of France Equipement and ACMAN, respectively a company and a production site in the Changing Rooms Division.
Since 2016, ABEO has had offices in the heart of Lyon, in the Part-Dieu district. As France's third-largest city in terms of population, the metropolis at the crossroads of Europe offers an ideal strategic location for the Group, the majority of whose companies are located on the continent.
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YOUR QUESTIONS, OUR ANSWERS
ABEO's three values - trust, perseverance, team spirit - are the result of participative Values Workshops conducted with the head office team. With their more cross-functional vision of the Group and its companies, employees were able to exchange views on various values experienced and to be improved within ABEO. At the end of these workshops, a summary was presented to General Management, who had also taken part in the exercise, and the results were compared: three of their chosen values were part of the employees' selection, proof of a coherence between the values felt and desired. It should be noted that the Group's values are not imposed on its companies, as each embodies its own values, which ABEO fully respects.
The benefits offered within ABEO vary according to entity and country, in order to best meet the local needs of our employees. However, the Group and its companies share a common goal: to offer a pleasant working environment that respects the well-being of everyone. Among the benefits generally offered, we find adapted social benefits (health, vacations, etc.) as well as flexible work organization solutions, depending on the position and the company. Other benefits may also be offered, such as relaxation areas or in-house events.
Yes, ABEO wants to offer its employees a fulfilling environment where everyone can develop and take on new responsibilities, according to their needs and ambitions. We are therefore working to develop our internal mobility offer - to provide more potential gateways between different departments or entities - as well as our training offer. To date, training courses have been organized and run by specialized external service providers, or given internally by employees (from the same company, another Group company or an ABEO support department).
Yes, ABEO makes it a point of honor to ensure the health and safety of all its employees through a Zero Accident policy based on risk prevention, ongoing training, and the commitment of each employee to comply with current safety standards. The Group's various production sites share their best practices because they have the common ambition of guaranteeing a safe, healthy and fulfilling working environment for all. They are supported by ABEO's Lean Management team in developing their prevention culture and implementing actions.
Speaking several languages can be an asset for certain positions within ABEO, particularly those involving international interaction or cross-functional responsibilities. However, this depends on the specific requirements of each position and Group company. We invite you to consult the job descriptions to find out what language skills are required.
The Group's recruitment process varies according to the position and the company, but it generally involves at least three stages: a review of applications, a telephone or video interview to better understand the candidate's profile, and then a face-to-face interview, sometimes combined with a practical exercise. Each stage is designed to assess not only the candidate's technical skills, but also his or her motivation and fit with the culture of the Group and the company. We strive to offer a transparent and respectful recruitment experience.
Our Careers site is currently being redesigned so that in the near future it will be able to share all the Group's job offers and improve the candidate experience. For the moment, only job offers from our French companies are published there. In the meantime, we invite you to consult the LinkedIn pages of ABEO and its companies, where the latest job offers are posted, including internships and apprenticeships. We encourage students and recent graduates to apply in order to discover the Group's dynamic working environment and develop their professional skills. We're always on the lookout for new talent to join our teams!
If you can't find a vacancy that matches your profile, you can submit an unsolicited application by sending your resume and cover letter via the ABEO Careers website (form at the bottom of the page). We invite you to specify the type of position or field you are interested in, so that we can better study your profile. Our recruiters regularly review unsolicited applications and will get back to you if an opportunity matches your skills and our needs.
Faced with growing societal challenges, the Group and its companies are taking action to improve their environmental and social impact. ABEO's CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) strategy is built around three pillars: promote physical activity for the well-being of the many; develop and propose sustainable products and solutions; foster diversity, team fulfillment and respect for stakeholders. To find out more about our initiatives, please visit the "Sustainability" page.
ABEO does not market products or services directly. It is the Group's companies, each with its own identity and field of expertise, that offer B2B products and solutions adapted to their respective markets. You've probably already come across some of ABEO's products, such as sports equipment or changing rooms, in schools, sports clubs, leisure parks or even companies... To find out more about ABEO's different brands and their offers, we invite you to consult the "Our Brands" tab on our site, as well as our companies' websites.