Senior People Business Partner

Senior People Business Partner - Hybrid Role - Office in Bicester Village 3 - 4 times per week

Something Extraordinary Every Day™

As our Senior People Business Partner, you will be adding value as a strategic, commercial business partner to the designated Bicester Village teams.

You will be coaching people leaders to raise the bar, focusing on talent development and growth, whilst ensuring our colleagues perform at their best every day.

What you will be doing

• Proactively support the success of the ongoing performance management process to drive a high performing culture throughout the Bicester Village teams
• Develop and deliver against the strategic resource plan in partnership with the hiring managers
• Consider external best practise, leverage internal innovation and creative ideas to deliver an improved people service
• Be the expert of employee relations practice and issues across jurisdiction
• Working in close collaboration with all People Teams at Central level, to ensure that our Colleagues are at the heart of everything we do​
• Building your commercial awareness, so you can proactively understand and deliver against the needs of the Business​
• Nurturing respectful relationships and embracing diversity of voices

What makes you special

Every colleague is an entrepreneur at heart and this drives our organisational culture, which values invention, innovation and risk taking. To be successful with us, you’ll have:

• Experience in a similar People / HR role in a matrix, international organisation
• Experience in coaching and guiding all line managers to grow their people providing world-class, best practice leadership to their respective teams
• Impactful communication style and interpersonal skills
• Ability to influence line managers and facilitate change management
• Be able to demonstrate a high level of empathy, self-awareness and resilience

There’s no one quite like us

The Bicester Collection are the worlds’ leading luxury shopping destinations, and we are committed to creating magical and memorable experiences for our guests. Taking the name of the founding Village, The Bicester Collection distinguishes the 12 Villages in Europe, China and USA as one collection of destinations for our guests, our brand partners, our travel and tourism partners, our corporate and financial media, and our internal teams.

Why we’re exceptional

The key to our success is the quality and commitment of our people. To work in one of the teams at any of the Villages is to play an active role in redefining both the art and the science of retail. This creates a dynamic approach that underpins our ability to anticipate future trends in a fast changing world.

Come and live your story with us

The key to our success is the quality and commitment of our people. The Bicester Collection is made up of 1,200 colleagues of 50 nationalities. We are diverse in background, age, experience and leadership style. We believe that an inclusive workforce makes magic happen, and with this in mind we welcome everyone - regardless of age, gender identity, race, sexual orientation, physical or mental ability or ethnicity - to be a part of our family. We are offering a fantastic opportunity for a professional and commercially focused individual to join us. We have huge ambition for what we can achieve together and we want to have fun!