Manager, Hr Business Partner - Retail

Symbol of elegance and authentic luxury with its sophisticated and timeless Collections, CELINE is a French Leather-Goods and Couture House, driven by a strong artistic and holistic vision. CELINE's ambition is to be one of the most iconic luxury brands worldwide.

To make this vision a reality we are looking for agile, passionate and authentic personalities who are eager to evolve in a highly creative and challenging environment.

As Manager, HR Business Partner, you will provide HR partnership to CELINE's retail network in the United States and Canada. This role will be responsible for managing a broad scope of generalist HR activities for the retail population, ensuring alignment with CELINE's business objectives and fostering a high-performance culture.

The Manager will serve as a trusted advisor to the Regional Directors in the US and Regional Manager in Canada, providing expert guidance, coaching, and support to drive employee engagement and optimize business performance across the retail network. In partnership with the HR Director, this role will also support store leadership capability, talent development, and execute staffing directives across North America.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to the Regional Directors and retail leadership, providing HR guidance and solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Partner with Store Managers on organizational design and change management initiatives to support business growth and evolution.
• Translate business needs into actionable HR solutions and initiatives that drive talent retention, engagement, and productivity.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, as well as with CELINE's policies and procedures, and oversee their effective communication to employees.
• Implement and interpret HR employment policies and procedures across the retail network.
• Prepare and maintain accurate HR records, files, and reports, ensuring compliance and proper maintenance of personnel records in conjunction with the NY corporate office, including timekeeping, reconciliation of hours, and all HR-related forms.
• Consistently demonstrate critical managerial skills, including leadership, decisiveness, flexibility, and sound business judgment.
• Drive team retention and actively reduce retail turnover by analyzing insights from Pulse employee surveys and translating key learnings into actionable HR objectives and initiatives.

• Lead retail leadership sourcing across the North America retail network
• Enhance and refine the onboarding process, focusing on employer branding to attract and retain top talent.
• Provide key partnership in the compensation approval and staffing requisition processes, ensuring alignment with budgetary constraints and organizational needs.
• Partner with leadership to identify optimal organizational structures, proficiencies, and processes, driving efficiency and effectiveness.
• In partnership with the HR Director, train store leadership teams on how to effectively source, assess, and engage retail talent to meet store staffing needs.

• Partner with Retail leadership and Talent acquisition/development teams to drive the annual Organizational Management Review (OMR) process, identifying high-potential talent, building robust succession pipelines, and supporting development planning across the retail network
• Provide coaching and development to managers in the field, enhancing their team leadership skills and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
• Develop and implement workforce plans aligned with departmental strategic direction and future business needs, ensuring the organization is equipped for growth.
• Drive the development of high-potential talent through targeted programs, leveraging CELINE and LVMH's internal resources and external best practices.
• Oversee the annual performance review process through the RISE platform, ensuring fair and equitable evaluation and development planning.
• Partner with retail leaders to ensure objectives are properly set for their teams and that annual performance reviews are completed with consistency and quality across the network

• Partner closely with the HR Generalist, who serves as the primary point of contact for first-level employee relations matters and exit interviews across the retail network, while managing more complex and high-level employee relations matters as they are…