People Business Partner

We’re the feel-good fashion brand making style accessible and fun for over 55 years, on our website, mobile app and over 300 stores in the UK.

By living our values - we play to win, customer obsessed, we are one and it starts with me - we deliver That New Look Feeling for our customers and each other.

THE ROLE

As a strategic People Partner, you will have a sense of purpose in delivering the vision for people at New Look. With a deep understanding of your business area, you will develop and implement a people plan that supports their strategy, drives business performance through people and ensure an organisation fit for purpose whilst also contributing to the delivery of the broader people plan at New Look. 

You will provide trusted partnership to your functional directors and heads of department, understanding business performance measures and identify how you can strategically support, influence and drive this. 

Your customer will look to you as the expert in leadership, coaching, and driving business performance through people. 

WHATS IN IT FOR YOU

• 40% staff discount plus friends & family discounts throughout the year
• Access to our reward platform for external discount and offers
• Private pension scheme
• Profit related bonus scheme
• Company Car allowance - you can use it to buy, lease or fund your current vehicle or take as cash benefit
• AXA Private Medical Scheme
• Virtual GP access for you and your children – it allows you to speak to a doctor at a time and date that suits you
• All employees are covered by our life assurance policy from day one
• Unlock extra leave with our buy more holiday scheme.
• Celebrate YOU! Enjoy an extra paid day off on your birthday each year
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption leave, and shared parental leave.
• Spread the cost of your commute with interest-free season ticket loans
• Do your bit for the environment and save money with our Cycle2Work scheme
• We're proud to partner with the Retail Trust and Fashion & Textile Children's Trust

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING 

• Strategic Partnership: Build strong relationships with functional directors and heads of departments, providing expert counsel and influencing business performance through people strategies.
• Customer Centricity: Anticipate and address immediate, short, and long-term needs of your customers.
• Data Utilisation: Use data and reporting to identify trends and incorporate insights into the people plan.
• Talent Development: Develop high-performing teams through robust talent processes, succession planning, and collaboration with stakeholders and L& D.
• Performance Management: Promote an effective performance management culture and support organisational change.
• Employee Relations: Provide knowledgeable support in ER issues and advise on complex cases.
• Engagement & Culture: Drive a people-first culture, lead engagement activities, and ensure feedback translates into actions.
• Diversity & Inclusion: Promote equity, diversity, and inclusion across the business.
• Collaboration: Build effective relationships with Centres of Excellence to support the delivery of the people plan

WHO YOU ARE 

• Proven experience as a strategic leader, partnering with and influencing senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrates openness, honesty, and transparency, and models great behaviour.
• Strong commercial acumen.
• Excellent planning and prioritisation skills.
• Expertise in change management.
• Comfortable dealing with conflict and ambiguity
• High emotional intelligence to support, challenge, and coach effectively.
• Practical understanding of different leadership theories and practices.
• Thorough knowledge of UK employment law.

Why New Look?

We care about you and the planet and believe fashion should be a force for positive change.  We celebrate inclusion and diversity in everything we do. We’re proud of our inclusive culture and our talented team members who embrace our shared purpose, behaviours and values.

We prioritise development, offering training to support your progression, so you can be your absolute best and achieve your goals.

We pride ourselves on being a flexible employer, our colleagues work a range of patterns. If you have a specific pattern in mind, we're keen to discuss this with you in line with the output needed for the role.   

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