People Partner - OTB

Role overview

About OTB

People strategy and workforce

• Translate business priorities into people strategies; implement group HR frameworks in ways suited to the joint venture's operational and cultural needs.
• Coordinate with joint venture leadership, group HR, and international stakeholders; manage day-to-day people matters and support organisational development.
• Partner on recruitment, selection, onboarding, workforce planning, organisational structures, headcount budgets, and succession.
• Identify internal mobility and career development opportunities and support retention and business continuity.

Performance and employee experience

• Coordinate performance cycles, objectives, talent reviews, succession, and development; coach managers on performance and sensitive people matters.
• Identify capability gaps and support development, compensation, reward, and recognition processes.
• Lead engagement initiatives, maintain employee relationships across corporate and frontline teams, and visit stores to gather feedback.
• Handle employee feedback, grievances, and sensitive relations matters; develop initiatives for motivation, recognition, retention, and employee experience.

Analytics and delivery

• Prepare and interpret headcount, turnover, retention, recruitment, and engagement metrics and translate findings into recommendations.
• Own people projects from planning through execution; improve processes, communicate priorities and organisational changes, and manage competing needs.

What you will need

• 3 to 5 years in a People Partner, HR Business Partner, or comparable generalist HR role.
• Luxury retail, fashion, hospitality, or other customer-facing experience is ideal, not mandatory.
• Able to support corporate and frontline operational teams and engage stakeholders across organisational levels.
• Commercially aware, pragmatic, solutions-oriented, and comfortable working independently within group governance.
• Strong interpersonal skills, emotional intelligence, discretion, sound judgement, organisation, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities.

Benefits and development

• The employer describes learning and development, exposure to assignments, and internal mobility opportunities.
• The benefits package includes health care, child education contribution, remote and flexible working policies, and employee discounts.

Application process

• The employer requests that assessments and interviews be completed independently, without generative AI assistance.