Human Resources Partner - Northeast

About the Role Burberry is seeking a Human Resources Partner to support our Northeast stores, East Coast outlets and Distribution Center in the New York market. As an ambassador of Burberry culture, you will use your HR expertise to partner with your business area and HR colleagues to empower talent and leadership capabilities to deliver exceptional results today and for the future. What You'll Do

• Establish business strategies to enhance the retention and development of key talent while minimizing attrition;
• Develop people strategies and approaches for diagnosing and enhancing organizational effectiveness and employee satisfaction;
• Analyze and deliver regular reports on business performance and employee performance within respective markets;
• Build credibility and influence as a trusted advisor to regional cross-functional partners to drive the maximal potential of their teams and talent directly impacting business performance;
• Analyze and interpret various reports to guide decision making and provide proactive solutions to enhance business operations;
• With a commercial mindset and unified connectivity with the business you will develop strong and trusted partnerships with business leaders within your client group providing challenge, coaching and advice on people related matters and strategies;
• Protect the business by ensuring legal compliance that is culturally in line with our brand values;
• Partner with respective regions Employee Relations Partner to manage ER cases involving grievances and investigations;
• Coach the level of capability within the business to manage ER cases, ensuring up skilling of line management, which may include training and briefings on policies and guidelines;
• Manage the relationships with unions, work councils and employee representatives where required and partner to resolve any associates risks;
• Partner with the Senior Manager of Human Resources to develop and implement effective HR processes and procedures that will support the strategic growth of the business;
• Ensure consistency while also providing guidance on best practices and application of HR policies, procedures and legislation;
• Ensure fairness and accuracy with all HR documentation;
• Conduct exit interviews;
• Provide feedback from respective population on reward framework;
• Manage the annual review and reward planning process, including supporting line managers in merit decisions;
• Identify potential market opportunity with salary levels and internal roles as it relates to retention and talent;
• Manage the performance management process providing effective coaching, maintaining thorough documentation, ensuring timely follow-up, and determining outcomes for performance improvement or termination;
• Collaborate with retail managers to create and implement development plans and goal setting, review sales performance monthly for the retail population;
• Guide and mentor managers as they navigate the performance management process;
• Encourage and drive internal mobility identifying strategic positions and ensuring talent action plans are in place driving internal succession planning;
• Partner with the Learning and Development team to work on value-added programs in areas of training, career mobility and job performance;
• Interview final senior level management candidates identified by the talent team for the respective retail population;
• Review and partner on all employment offers in partnership with the talent team and respective line managers;
• Facilitate onboarding of new managers in partnership with the retail training team;
• Ensure line managers are implementing 30/60/90 day probationary evaluations for all new hires;
• Train new hires on HR policies and procedures, benefits and Burberry values;
• Conduct in store trainings as needed with respective HR business partners. What We're Looking For
• Bachelor’s Degree preferred;
• A minimum of 5 years prior Human Resources experience, including a minimum of 2 years in a management position;
• Flexibility to travel up to 25%;
• Ability to work in-store from multiple local locations within the market 80% of the work week;
• Demonstrated experience in various Human Resources functional areas;
• Deep knowledge of Human Resources policies and practices, including applicable state and federal employment laws and regulations;
• Exceptional interpersonal skills, adept at cultivating and sustaining productive work relationships across all levels of the organization internally and externally;
• Ability to manage multiple, complex issues and prioritize projects concurrently;
• Ability to stylistically adapt communication based on audience and influence without authority;
• Demonstrated analytical thinking, problem solving, and decision making skills with the success in developing innovative solutions to business issues that align with driving business strategy;
• Strong desire to support retail population and work in a multi-site environment. Nice to Have
• Bi-lingual a plus (English & Spanish).