This pivotal role focuses on enhancing our business strategy through effective talent management, organizational design, diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, and overall employee experience. The successful candidate will serve as a senior leader, reporting directly to the Store Director, and play a key role in fostering a premium workplace environment that promotes engagement, well-being, and professional growth.
Key Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with store management on organization design, workforce planning, and talent management.
- Partner with talent acquisition to attract diverse talent and maintain a robust talent pipeline.
- Assess and address training and development needs to bridge skill gaps.
- Evolve Retail fundamentals and support from a people perspective, including implementing training initiatives, performance management, and onboarding processes.
- Deliver and action the annual employee engagement survey.
- Lead DE&I initiatives and activities.
- Develop tools and processes to support the employee lifecycle and leadership with store management.
- Drive leadership development initiatives to accelerate the growth of next-generation leaders.
- Support talent mobility and progression within the Paris stores team.
- Build strong relationships with stakeholders and employees at all levels.
- Manage performance documentation and support managers in the performance management cycle.
- Collaborate on HR initiatives with the local HR team.
Education and Experience
- Minimum 5 years in organization development, training, or a related field.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Human Resources Management.
- At least 4 years of management experience.
Job Requirements
- Proven ability to influence decisions and gain the trust of key stakeholders.
- Experienced in managing ambiguity and developing new processes.
- Strong business partnering skills balanced with employee advocacy.
- Knowledgeable in local employment law.
- Skilled in budgeting and planning.
- Extensive experience in delivering high-level customer service in a retail setting.
- Fluent in English.
- Demonstrated ability to lead high-performing teams.
- Proficient in conflict resolution, coaching, and counseling.
- Capable of driving projects and managing project teams.
- Effective in a Retail team environment.