Exciting opportunity for those who have experienced in HR in Retail sector.
We are currently recruiting a dynamic and experienced Senior HR Retail Specialist to join EMEA HR team within a well-established premium brand. This role will focus on enhancing HR practices within the retail operations, ensuring that the brand attract, develop, and retain top talent while fostering a high-performance culture. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of HR processes in a retail environment and a passion for driving employee engagement and development initiatives.
Job descriptions:
- Grant that HR operations are properly executed in the assigned area;
- Act as a point of contact for employee relations matters, providing support and guidance to retail teams on HR policies, procedures, and best practices.
- Lead the full recruiting process for stores’ roles, defining recruitment needs with retail team
- Monitor performance management review (quarterly and annual feedback), define retention strategies.
- Lead the salary review process.
- Manage employees’ relations and facilitate conflicts resolution.
- Manage disciplinary procedures and guide managers through formal actions, ensuring consistency and fairness.
- Support conflict resolution and grievance handling to maintain a positive workplace climate.
- Liaise with HR shared service team to grant that all the administrative tasks are well communicated and managed: contracts, expirations, salary reviews, maternity leaves, hours variations, etc.
- Maintain reporting files on a monthly basis to monitor the progress of organizational charts and HC/FTEs vs budget.
- Ensure compliance with local labor laws and regulations, as well as company policies, across all retail locations.
- Work on HR budget and forecast.
- Schedule regular visits in store and meetings with the employees in order to monitor climate and support their development by advising HR Learning and Development Team or Retail Training Team on training and development needs.
- Act as a point of reference between the Company and the employees by creating and nurturing a trust-based relationship.
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Business Administration, or related field; Master’s degree or HR certification (CIPD, PHR, etc.) is a plus
- 5 years of experience in a HR Generalist role in Retail Industry in EMEA region with a focus on employee relations, and performance management.
- Strong knowledge of EMEA labor laws and HR best practices
- Problem-solving attitude, attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously
- Well organized and able to meet deadlines
- Passionate about people management and retail environment
- Effective communication and interpersonal skills to collaborate with diverse teams.
- Proficiency in HRIS and MS Office Suite; experience with data analysis and reporting is a plus.
- Fluent in English & any European language (Italian, Spanish, French & German) is a plus.
Conditions:
- Salary – £45-55,000 per annum, negotiable depending on experience
- Location – London (Hybrid work)
- Other benefits – Discretionary bonus, company pension, 25 days annual leave, gift/payment for long service
For more details, please contact us immediately!
*** Access Appointments Consultancy Ltd is a recruitment agency based in London. Please note that we’re
individual CVs. We can only consider candidates who are eligible to work in Europe and are able to provide relevant supporting documentation such as passport/visas when required. Thank you for your time and cooperation***
