Retail People Partner

Department: People

Location: South
Compensation: £43,000 / year

Description

This is a rare and exciting opportunity to join a vibrant, fast-paced People Team as a Retail People Partner.

In this role, you will work closely with Regional and Store Managers to support the delivery of the people plan across your region. You’ll play a key role in driving engagement, supporting managers, and ensuring consistent, high-quality people practices, while continuing to develop your own capability in a business-partnering environment.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone looking to step into a business partnering role and build experience in coaching, employee relations, and commercially focused people support within a dynamic retail setting.

This is a field-based role supporting stores across the Southern Division, covering the West Midlands, Anglia, South West & Wales, and South East regions. The role requires regular travel throughout these regions.

What does the role involve?

• Regularly visit stores to support managers with day-to-day people challenges
• Coach and guide managers to build confidence in managing performance, absence, and conduct
• Partner with Regional and Store Managers to deliver the People agenda
• Build strong working relationships with stakeholders across multiple retail sites
• Provide support on employee relations cases, including disciplinaries, grievances, and absence management (with guidance where needed)
• Use people data (e.g. absence, turnover) to identify trends and inform action planning
• Support the implementation of engagement initiatives and people-focused projects
• Assist with organisational change, restructures, and workforce planning activities
• Collaborate with the wider People team to ensure a joined-up approach
• Support delivery of key People projects across the retail division
• Promote a positive, inclusive, and people-focused culture