HR Business Partner

Salary: £66,000 – £78,000 per year

HR Business Partner – Retail

Location: Home based with UK wide remit

Salary: £66,000 – £78,000+ benefits + career opportunities

Our Client is a market leading Retail organisation with a vacancy for an exceptional HRBP with retail or hospitality experience to join their expanding team. You will be homes based with UK wide travel, ideally based in the northern home counties.

As a Human Resources Business Partner you will do so much more than just support their employees…you will engage their people, drive change and help their businesses achieve results. How do we do this? By shaping the employee experience on all levels. By partnering with your internal clients to create and implement innovative business strategies. By being a true thought partner and proactively anticipating business cycles. By fostering leadership success and being experts in change management. By enabling smart decisions by leveraging business data, metrics and external market insights. As a forward-looking HR professional supporting their high growth organisation, you will serve as a strategic business partner to local and regional leadership by developing and delivering integrated and inclusive HR Services such as: Strategy Development, Organisation Design, Talent Management, Organisation Effectiveness, Change & Transition Management and Functional HR Integration. This role reports to the sectors Head of HR.

The role:

Establishes and maintains an intimate understanding of the client organisations and the business, in the interest of building effective and productive working relationships with internal stakeholders and clients, at all levels of the organisation

Plans and supports organisation design to implement new structures, roles and/or processes that create speed and efficiency and support rapidly shifting business demands

Develops and executes a lifecycle approach to talent management focused on forecasting, staffing, on-boarding, development, performance management, career / succession planning, talent movement and retention, leveraging rigorous workforce analytics and insights.

Develops thoughtful, integrated approaches to promote diversity and inclusion in talent attraction, development and retention

Proactively assesses business and organisational performance to recommend and drive action through a consultative, “influence without authority” approach

Coaches business leaders on HR policies and processes, including talent planning, learning and development, and performance management to promote engagement and a culture of continuous growth and development

Assesses organisational performance systemically, defining talent gaps and proposing HR solutions that support client business objectives

Coaches business leaders on key organizational and management issues

Plans and facilitates work sessions to develop business strategies that help support organisational focus, efficiency, speed, and business results

Assesses employee training and development needs based on business strategy in order to help close gaps between current and future skill sets

The person:

Degree educated in a relevant field

Minimum of 4+ years human resources generalist experience in progressively responsible roles in a retail or hospitality environment

Strong business acumen with a keen aptitude to quickly assimilate new information, including involvement in budget and variable labour mix headcount planning

Proven ability to effectively interact with all organisational levels in a multicultural environment and build strong, trusted relationships

Excellent consulting and conflict management skills

Experience working with senior executives in an “influence-without-authority” role

Experience, exposure, and comfort with a variety of HR facets including organisation development, employee relations, talent acquisition, learning & development, and compensation

Ability to function independently, with minimal supervision, and thrive within a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment

Demonstrated experience working as a trusted advisor

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both written and verbal

Strong use of independent judgment to identify and anticipate client needs and make recommendations for implementation

Excellent analytical skills and the ability to quickly interpret data, identify trends, and recommend multiple solutions

Strong organisational, motivational, and problem-solving skills

Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities

Strong team player and ability to function in a matrixed environment