People Partner

INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over six decades, Chalhoub Group has been a partner and creator of luxury
experiences in the Middle East. The Group, in its endeavour to excel as a
hybrid retailer, has reinforced its distribution and marketing services with a
portfolio of eight owned brands and over ‎300 international brands in the
luxury, beauty, fashion, and art de vivre categories. More recently, the Group
expanded its expertise into new categories of luxury watches, jewellery, and
eyewear.

Every step at Chalhoub Group is taken with the customer at heart. Be it
constantly reinventing itself or focusing on innovation to provide luxury
experiences at over ‎750+ experiential retail stores, online and through mobile
apps, each touch point leads to delighting the customer.

Today, Chalhoub Group stands for ‎14,000 skilled and talented professionals
across seven countries, whose cohesive efforts have resulted in the Group
being ranked third in the Middle East and first in Saudi Arabia as a Great
Place to Work.

To keep the innovation journey going, the Group has set up "The Greenhouse",
which is not just an innovation hub, but also an incubator space and
accelerator for start-ups and small businesses in the region and
internationally. This is just one of the several initiatives taken by the
Group to reinvent itself, catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing.
The Group has also been embedding sustainability at the core of its business
strategy with a clear commitment towards people, partners and the planet, and
by being a member of the United Nations Global Compact Community and signatory
of the Women's Empowerment Principles.

What you'll be doing
As an experienced People Partner, you will be responsible for helping aract,
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.
Define, develop and implement our people vision to support our ambitus 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 roadmaps 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
our 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-centred 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 our brand/function employee value
proposition Lead the development of initiatives in line with Localization
Strategy Continually assess our existing policies, procedures, and programs
and put forward recommendations to improve efficiencies and employee
satisfaction. Led the on-going design and execution of brand/function specific
employee onboarding, 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 caliber 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
Identify our HiPOs through employee profiling; educate teams around career
paths and support all succession planning and talent development actives
Job Role Profile People Partner
‎1 Lexonis ‎2021
Encourage a "growth mindset" amongst team members by collaborating with our
Learning team to assess training needs so relevant and inspiring training and
development programs are available and monitor the brand/functions training
budget and individual's learning consumption Use all available HR data to
ensure HR analysis supports all reporting, action planning and decision making
and put forward recommendations for change Act as a coach and mentor to our
people and provide advice and guidance to our leadership team, using HR data
analytics, external benchmarks and best practice approaches to support
decision making As part of our 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
What you 'll need to succeed
Excellent knowledge of HR best practices and industry standards Proven
experience of acting as change agent to bring about change Able to influence
without authority and to be regarded as a credible trusted advisor to the
business Employee-centric with the ability to build trust and act as a coach
and mentor for employees Self-aware, with the appropriate leadership skills to
inspire, manage and develop high performing teams Comfortable with healthy
challenge and able to operate at a strategic level Experience of working in a
fast-pace, matrixed environments Commercially minded with the ability to
manage budgets, and interpret complex data & analytics to support decision
making Resilient and able to effectively balance multiple priories in line with
deadlines Exceptional communication, relationship-building, and project
management skills
Future focused with the ability to use creative and inspiring approaches to
enhance employee experience programs, concepts and techniques
* HR background
* Advanced Level of Arabic and English Language
* proven experience working as HRBP
* Advanced Level in MS Office
* leadership skills
* Strong Communication Skills and stakeholders' management

What we can offer you
With us, you will turn your aspirations into reality. We will help shape your
journey through enriching experiences, learning and development opportunities
and exposure to different assignments within your role or through internal
mobility. Our Group offers diverse career paths for those who are
extraordinary, every day.
We recognise the value that you bring, and we strive to provide a competitive
benefits package which includes health care, child education contribution,
remote and flexible working policies as well as exclusive employee discounts.
We Invite All Applicants to Apply
It Takes Diversity Of Thought, Culture, Background, Differing Abilities and
Perspectives to truly Inspire, Exhilarate and Delight our customers. At
Chalhoub Group, we are committed to inclusion and diversity.
We welcome all applicants to apply and be part of our exciting future. We
ensure equal opportunity for all our applicants without regard to gender, age,
race, religion, national origin or disability status.