Associate - People Partner

About the Job
INSPIRE | EXHILARATE | DELIGHT
For over seven decades, the company has been a partner and creator of luxury experiences in the Middle East. In its pursuit to excel as a hybrid luxury retailer, the company has curated a portfolio of over 10 owned brands and strengthened its distribution and marketing expertise for over 400 international names across luxury fashion, beauty, jewellery, watches, eyewear, and art de vivre categories.

Every step at the company is taken to build a future where luxury dreams become reality — bridging cultures and crafting memorable experiences for consumers. The company is committed to innovation and embracing new technologies, shaping the future of luxury retail and delivering seamless omnichannel experiences across more than 950 stores, online platforms, and mobile apps. Driving this innovation journey is The Greenhouse — the company’s innovation hub, incubator, and accelerator for startups and emerging businesses, regionally and globally.

The company fosters a people-at-heart culture rooted in diversity, equity, and inclusion, and a workplace catalysed by forward thinking and future-proofing. Today, it brings together over 16,000 talented professionals across eight countries in the Middle East, with a presence in LATAM. Sustainability is at the core of the company’s strategy, guided by a clear commitment to people, partners, and the planet. The company is proud to be a member of the United Nations Global Compact, a signatory of the Women’s Empowerment Principles, and to have pledged to reach Net Zero by 2040.

Our Associate - People Partner will support the delivery of key people initiatives and HR processes across the Transform program and Group Management functions, including Group Communications, Sustainability, Internal Audit, and Family Office. Reporting to the Senior People Partner, this role will coordinate recruitment, onboarding, engagement, workforce governance, and organizational activities while contributing to a collaborative, high-performing, and purpose-driven culture. The ideal candidate is organized, proactive, analytical, and comfortable with budget-related activities in a fast-paced and evolving business environment.

What You'll Be Doing

• Coordinate recruitment and workforce planning activities including creation of PO codes, requisition management, and coordination with Talent Acquisition Partners and hiring managers to support timely and efficient hiring processes across supported verticals.
• Draft, review, and maintain job descriptions in partnership with hiring managers and Talent Acquisition Partners, while coordinating with Rewards on job evaluations to ensure fair and consistent career levels and reward positioning.
• Manage internal HR operational processes through systems, including internal transfers, promotions, confirmations, and organizational updates, ensuring accuracy, governance, and timely execution.
• Support employee engagement and culture initiatives by contributing to internal communications, leadership messaging, engagement action plans, and initiatives aimed at strengthening employee connection, motivation, sense of belonging, and organizational purpose across teams.
• Contribute to fostering a “One Team, One Culture” environment across the Transform program ecosystem by supporting collaboration and engagement initiatives between core program teams, Super Users, business stakeholders, and external consultants.
• Support budget and workforce governance activities including headcount tracking, budget analysis, monitoring of organizational changes, and coordination of Super User recharge and service agreement follow-ups across supported verticals.
• Assist in the preparation of presentations, dashboards, people reports, and internal communications to support leadership discussions, workforce planning, engagement reviews, and organizational decision-making.
• Support the delivery of people initiatives, change management activities, onboarding experiences, and upskilling sessions to strengthen team capability, enhance employee experience, and support future business needs across supported functions.

What You’ll Need to Succeed

• Able to work in a fast-paced/dynamic environment.
• Great communication and relationship building skills.
• Strong project management and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical skills with data driven mindset and financial acumen.
• Maintains utmost confidentiality at all times.
• Resilient and able to effectively balance multiple priorities in line with deadlines.
• Comfortable with healthy challenge.
• Solid problem solving abilities.
• Agile.

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.

Using GenAI in Your Application Process
To support a fair and consistent experience for all candidates, we ask that assessments and interviews are completed independently and without assistance from generative AI tools. This ensures we understand your strengths, your thinking, and how you approach real situations.

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 the company, 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.