Director, HR & Talent

Position: Director, HR & Talent (Contract)
Working Model :
Hybrid

Vacancy Status

This position is for an existing, open vacancy

Belong to Something Beautiful

At Sephora Canada, beauty is about feeling seen, valued, and empowered, individually and collectively. It is connecting deeply with others, celebrating diversity and inclusivity, unlocking your potential and making a difference every day. Together, we belong to something beautiful.

About The People Team

At Sephora, our people create and drive our success. We know that bringing the best beauty products, services, tools, and experiences to our clients means finding, training, and engaging the absolute best talent in the industry. Our HR team invests heavily in our talent, both at our Field Support Centre (FSC) and in Sephora stores. We strongly believe (and our actions prove it!)

that our people are our best asset, and we work every day to make Sephora an unforgettable place to work, by empowering our people to learn, lead and unleash creativity, to make genuine connections and build beautiful careers.

Ready for a career glow-up? As the Director of Human Resources and Talent, you will be responsible for developing and implementing Corporate HR strategies that align with our strategic initiatives and enhance the overall employee experience. You will lead the HR, Talent Acquisition and Talent Development teams, playing a crucial role in nurturing a high-performance culture rooted in Sephora's values and talent.

Your role will be instrumental in fostering an environment where our employees are appreciated, diversity is embraced, and a commitment to continuous learning is paramount.

What You’ll Do :
Culture, Engagement & Retention

Cultivate strong relationships with leaders, offering guidance on policies, procedures, and people practices, while jointly implementing initiatives to enhance our culture and support the business.

Lead Talent Management initiatives that drive engagement, development, and retention

Maintain existing programs, and build new initiatives promoting Culture and Wellbeing at Sephora

Continuously innovate and lead the team to deliver programs that enhance the employee experience, provide competitive advantage, and align to business strategy and Sephora’s EVP

Provide Data Driven Recommendations and build corresponding plans

Talent Acquisition

Lead and shape a best-in-class Talent Acquisition team and strategy that attracts diverse, high performing talent

Partner with senior leadership by serving as an advisor for key leadership hires and talent needs within the business

Champion diversity and culture in all aspects of the hiring process, including job descriptions, training for hiring managers, interview process consistency and candidate experience, leading to measurable improvement in the availability and selection of diverse candidates.

Utilize data and analytics, defining metrics and KPIs to illustrate recruiting ROI and business impact

Talent Development

Lead the career development planning process, structure, and training implementation

Create and build awareness around career pathing and mobility within our brand and LVMH

Lead the talent analytics and organizational management review processes to collect and submit information in addition to understanding key drivers of people trends and monitoring risk

Advise and partner cross-functionally to provide programming or training solutions to meet Sephora’s needs

Lead all aspects of the developmental needs for select employee groups (E.g. high-potential, Directors, VP’s etc.) and build programming solutions as needed

Engage support and consensus from cross-functional leadership team to help drive organizational change

Annual Processes

Drive the annual performance appraisal cycle, salary planning, and succession planning for all employees.

Lead the execution of initiatives linked to Sephora’s Listening strategy, including engagement surveys and action planning, Onboarding and Offboarding feedback, and ad hoc feedback

Oversee the LVMH annual reporting efforts

Organizational Structure

Collaborate with Functional leaders on strategy, organizational structure, performance, talent development, and succession planning.

Oversee the corporate headcount…