People Business Partner Lead, Global Marketing – London

Ralph Lauren Corporation (NYSE:RL) is a global leader in the design, marketing and distribution of premium lifestyle products in five categories: apparel, accessories, home, fragrances, and hospitality. For more than 50 years, Ralph Lauren’s reputation and distinctive image have been consistently developed across an expanding number of products, brands and international markets. The Company’s brand names, which include Ralph Lauren, Ralph Lauren Collection, Ralph Lauren Purple Label, Polo Ralph Lauren, Double RL, Lauren Ralph Lauren, Polo Ralph Lauren Children, Chaps, among others, constitute one of the world’s most widely recognized families of consumer brands.

At Ralph Lauren, we unite and inspire the communities within our company as well as those in which we serve by amplifying voices and perspectives to create a culture of belonging, ensuring inclusion, and fairness for all. We foster a culture of inclusion through: Talent, Education & Communication, Employee Groups and Celebration.

As the People Business Partner Lead for Global Marketing, this role leads the planning and delivery of key People programs in partnership with our Global Marketing organization at Ralph Lauren. Working closely with our Chief Marketing Officer, the role serves as a trusted advisor to marketing leaders, functional Business Partners, and the broader People team and community. This role helps advance our enterprise People Strategy across performance, talent and succession planning, leadership and organizational design & development, and employee relations.

Strategic Business Partner

– Direct partner to business leadership and teams to develop people in alignment with business objectives. Partner with business leads on strategic organization design to build and maintain business functions that increase effectiveness and functionality, removing barriers internally and remaining competitive externally

– Develop and implement comprehensive people & talent strategy to support employees within the assigned businesses

– Provide thought leadership and coaching to leadership team on how to leverage tools and programs to achieve business outcomes

– Ensure strong customer-focused approach in order to build parentship with management. Consult and develop strategies regarding talent, workforce planning, and leadership development action planning and organization development

– Consistent partnership with Finance partners to ensure budget consistency throughout the year and during annual and LRP budget planning

– Partner closely with internal People partners and develop strategic relationships with compensation, organizational management

Employee Relations

– Support, coach and advise leadership with all employee relations and performance management matters

– Manage conflict resolution, complaints and conduct investigations in order to move toward resolution

– Make recommendations and partner with the Ralph Lauren Global People Practices team and Legal in order to ensure consistency with organizational policy, practice and local regulations

Talent and Performance Management

– Drive and manage the Annual Performance and Talent process for functional area(s) to build high performing teams

– Lead Talent Review process and provide strategic guidance and recommendations for employee development, succession planning, and retention of high potential talent

– Analyze data (turnover, employee relations, etc) to identify business opportunities; work with Global People partners to develop and implement solutions.

– Proactively identify talent needs with the business

– Direct internal recruitment process. Ability to recognize internal paths for development and partner with key business members to encourage internal movement

– Partner with Talent Acquisition team to facilitate the recruitment process – both reactive and proactive search

– Support leaders to create effective onboarding plans

-Partner with Employee Learning Experience team on specific development needs for the organization

Employee Engagement

-Act as thought partner to leaders on insights and actions related our Employee Opinion Survey results.

– Assesses organization to determine gaps and identify training needs in conjunction with line managers, and plans appropriate activities against these needs, partnering with the Learning and Development team for the selection and contracting of internal and/or external programs and consultants, while managing costs within the budget

General

– Other duties as assigned; essential duties may change depending on business needs

– Responsible for directing NY based HR Manager and shared Talent Acquisition and operational support.

– Experience and a proven track record working in HR business partner / generalist in a related field preferred.

– Proven experience operating as a strategic business partner, understanding how to add value through focus on the business operations and objectives.

– Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a complex people strategy in a matrixed organization

– Demonstrated influencing and analytical skills

-Experience working with a senior-level leadership team

– Experience with all aspects of HR, including performance management, total Compensation, benefits management, employee relations, recruiting, change management, problem resolution, training and organizational development.

– Strong presentation and communication skills.

– Ability to build and maintain effective working relationships across the organization as well as within the People function.