Job Opportunity in UAE as a Senior People Partner at Chalhoub Group

Chalhoub Group offers a job opportunity in UAE as a senior people partner. You will be responsible for helping attract, develop and support an exceptional group of people. You will be working closely with the brand/functional management team to provide: operational HR support, strategic advice, guidance and best practice solutions. You will do so in line with group HR policies and principles, whilst also creating bespoke initiatives to enhance the employee experience and support the achievement of business strategies and culture change. This is a role that combines operational and strategic responsibilities, requiring a solid HR background in addition to sound commercial exposure and mindset to successfully partner with and influence all areas of the business.

You will be responsible for:

• Define, develop and implement the company's people vision to support its ambitious business strategy.
• Review the brand/function’s operating model and workforce planning approaches to ensure optimal organizational structures are in place to support future focus, growth, scalability and employee satisfaction.
• Work with the team to consider competitor and industry approaches and translate these insights into road maps that define the employee experience, reveal gaps and pain points, and identify key opportunities for business enhancements and innovation.
• Provide guidance and recommendations on the most complex issues, supporting the team in all related people areas including: recruitment, performance management, succession planning, retention, talent development, compensation and rewards, employee relations, and employee engagement.
• Provide clear and inspirational leadership to motivate and develop the team to deliver high quality, customer‐ centered services.
• Be an active and effective member of the leadership team, ensuring the high visibility, focus and delivery of the people and culture strategy.
• Act as a change agent by looking for new ways to improve the employee experience and define the brand/function employee value proposition.
• Lead the development of initiatives in line with localization strategy.
• Continually assess the company's existing policies, procedures, and programs and put forward recommendations to improve efficiencies and employee satisfaction.
• Lead the on-going design and execution of brand/function specific employee on-boarding, training and development programs to improve the depth and breadth of the team’s skills set and to raise awareness around behavioral, technical and leadership competencies.
• Work with the group’s talent acquisition team to ensure internal and external recruiting strategies result in relevant, high calibre candidates being identified.
• Work closely with group HR to implement the annual performance management cycle and act as a change agent within the brand/function to support the introduction of new approaches and performance platform.
• Continually review and monitor the effectiveness of employee commission schemes and put forward recommendations for change.
• Encourage a “growth mindset” among team members by collaborating with the learning team to assess training needs so relevant and inspiring training and development programs are available and monitor the brand/function’s training budget and individual’s learning consumption.
• Use all available HR data to ensure HR analytics supports all reporting, action planning and decision making and put forward recommendation for change.
• Act as a coach and mentor to the company's people and provide advice and guidance to the leadership team, using HR data analytics, external benchmarks and best practice approaches to support decision making.
• As part of the cultural transformation, provide advice and guidance to leaders and managers around how to act as role models to create a positive and inspiring team climate.
• Champion both group and brand/function specific diversity and inclusion initiatives, with a key focus on culture change, nationalization and employee well-being.
• Collaborate with the group’s people experience team to design employee engagement surveys, and be accountable for the necessary action planning and improvement goals.
• Develop key performance indicators to help identify progress and improvements made on employee engagement and ensure continual improvement.
• Manage all people and process related employee communications, using My Chalhoub and other inspirational approaches to embed key messages.
• Lead/Support annual manpower planning with brand/function leaders and ensure vacancies are managed in line with the approved budget and executed as per the correct recruitment process.
• Assess current roles and provide recommendations for new roles in coordination with business head and vertical head of people.
• Participate in the recruitment process through assessment centers or competency-based interviews.
• Review all proposed internal transfers within the vertical and provide recommendations.
• Ensure all escalated employees’ grievances are closed.

You must have great relationship building experience, deep technical HR knowledge and the ability to deliver on business goals through the people strategy.

Benefits:

If you are accepted at this job, you will have:

1. The company will help you to shape your journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities, and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal mobility.
2. It offers the opportunity to support careers that may span different teams, different job roles, different categories, and even different countries. 
3. It offers diverse career paths for those who show drive and passion as well as the desire to learn and grow.
4. Chalhoub Group recognizes the value that you bring, and it strives to provide a competitive benefits package that includes health care, life insurance, child education contribution, remote and flexible working as well as exclusive employee discounts.

About Chalhoub Group:

Chalhoub Group is the leading partner for luxury across the Middle East and an expert in retail, distribution and communication. With a growing workforce of more than 12,000 people, and a network of over 650 retail stores, the Group's success is attributed to its highly skilled and dedicated teams. 

See more available Master’s scholarships on For9a

See more available volunteer opportunities on For9a

See more available opportunities in Turkey on For9a