People Partner

Working at Stella McCartney is a truly rewarding experience. As a luxury fashion company with a strong ethical standpoint we are leaders and innovators in our industry.

Location: Hybrid (Office-based 3 days per week, UK)
Contract Type: Full-Time, Permanent

About the Team:

Join one of the world’s most iconic luxury fashion brands, renowned for its commitment to innovation, craftsmanship, and excellence. As a People Partner, you’ll play a pivotal role within a newly formed People and Culture team, shaping the employee experience for our talented teams, enabling both creative and corporate functions to thrive.

Overview

Reporting to the Head of People Partnering (UK, US, APAC), you will act as a trusted advisor to managers and leaders across predominantly UK-based teams, providing expert guidance on all people-related matters. This generalist role will support a diverse client group, ranging from dynamic creative functions to high-performing corporate teams, ensuring alignment with our brand’s values and strategic objectives.

You’ll be an advocate for our culture, championing initiatives that drive engagement, performance, and inclusivity.

Strategic Business Partnering:

• Build strong relationships with senior leaders and managers, acting as a strategic advisor to drive people initiatives that align with business goals.

• Provide expert advice on workforce planning, succession planning, and organizational design.

Employee Relations:

• Handle complex employee relations issues with confidence and sensitivity, ensuring compliance with UK employment law and company policies.

• Support managers in fostering a positive and inclusive workplace culture.

Talent Management and Development:

• Identify and nurture top talent, ensuring robust development plans and career pathways are in place.

• Support performance management processes, including goal-setting, feedback, and reviews.

• Work closely with the Learning and Development team and Talent Acquisition team to identify talent risk areas and proactively plan for the future by driving to them feedback and insights which help them collaborate on value add initiatives

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI):

• Partner with stakeholders to embed DEI principles into people practices, ensuring an inclusive environment where everyone can succeed.

Change Management:

• Lead and support change initiatives, ensuring effective communication and minimizing disruption to employees and teams.

HR Operations and Workday Management:

• Leverage Workday to manage HR processes efficiently, ensuring data integrity and accurate reporting.

• Use analytics to provide insights and recommendations to drive decision-making.

Your Talents:

• Significant HR generalist experience in a similar People Partner or HR Business Partner role, ideally within the luxury fashion, retail, or creative industries.

• Strong understanding of both creative and corporate environments, with the ability to adapt to varying needs.

• Proficiency in people platforms (preferably Workday) and experience managing HR systems and reporting.

• Exceptional relationship-building and influencing skills, with the ability to operate at all levels of the organization.

• Strong knowledge of UK employment law and HR best practices.

• Strategic mindset with the ability to execute operationally.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and a proactive, solution-focused approach.

• Collaborative, resilient, and adaptable in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Reward

Our philosophy is to go beyond monetary return and consider ourselves responsible for your wellbeing, your family, your health, your time and the community.

• Up to 50% discount on Stella McCartney products

• Exclusive staff sales and sample sales – Including other LVMH brands

• Matched pension contribution up to 6%

• Extensive private medical and critical illness insurance, as well as life assurance

• Annual Health Screening

• Annual Leave Shop where employees can buy or sell annual leave

• Flexible working/core hours

• Enhanced Maternity/paternity packages

• Matched Give as You Earn charity scheme

• Fitness membership (Classpass credits)

• Volunteer and Birthday leave

• Health cash plan

• Financial wellbeing program

• Physical and Mental Wellbeing Support Services

• Employee referral bonus

Optional/ Paid Benefits

Season ticket loan, cycle to work and tech schemes, travel and dental insurance and much more.

We welcome people with disabilities and endeavour to make reasonable adjustments, if you do require such adjustments please let us know within 48 hours of your interview.

At Stella McCartney, we like to be bold. For us this means challenging ourselves and the wider industry in which we operate. As part of our commitments to inclusive fashion, we have an ambitious strategy to put diversity, equity and inclusion at the centre of everything we do. Our starting point is to create a workplace where different voices are respected, heard and empowered in equal measure regardless of factors such as culture and backgrounds, and to influence and disrupt fashion and other industries by providing opportunities for global diverse talent to shine.

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