National Fashion Retailer
Now Hiring in Sydney
The Brand |
Our client is a leading Australian womenswear brand celebrated for creating confidence through style. With a reputation for trend-led collections, elevated occasion wear, and exceptional customer experiences, they have cultivated a loyal following and a strong national retail presence. Passionate about empowering women, the business fosters a dynamic and people-first culture where development, connection, and commercial success go hand in hand.
The Role |
With a passionate team, an extensive retail network and a continued focus on developing its people, our client is seeking an experienced People & Culture Business Partner to join its team.
Reporting to the Head of People & Culture, this is an opportunity to play a pivotal role in supporting retail leaders across the business, providing practical, commercially considered people advice while building leadership capability and driving consistent people practices.
This is a genuinely hands-on position, suited to someone who thrives in a fast-paced retail environment, enjoys building meaningful relationships and is equally comfortable navigating complex employee relations matters, supporting recruitment or partnering with leaders on workplace safety.
You'll be a visible and trusted partner to the retail network, spending time in stores, understanding the challenges faced by operational teams and providing solutions that balance the needs of the business with a positive employee experience.
People & Culture Business Partnering:
Build strong, trusted relationships with retail and Head Office leaders, providing practical and commercially aligned people advice.
Coach and support leaders through performance management, employee relations matters and challenging people conversations.
Partner with operational leaders to build confidence, consistency and capability in people management.
Support organisational change initiatives, ensuring fair, considered and compliant processes.
Recruitment & Talent:
Manage end-to-end recruitment for priority and hard-to-fill roles across the retail network and Head Office.
Partner with retail leaders on workforce planning and proactive talent pipelining.
Support hiring managers through the recruitment process, ensuring a consistent and positive candidate experience.
Monitor recruitment activity and identify opportunities to improve hiring outcomes.
Employee Relations, WHS & Compliance:
Provide expert guidance across employee relations matters, including performance management, grievances, disciplinary processes and workplace investigations.
Manage workplace health and safety incidents, workers' compensation claims and return-to-work processes.
Ensure people practices, documentation and processes remain compliant with Australian employment legislation.
Partner with retail leaders to foster a safe, supportive and accountable workplace culture.
Identify people-related risks and opportunities for continuous improvement across the business.
The Skillset |
You'll be an experienced HR generalist or People & Culture Business Partner who brings a practical, solutions-focused approach to supporting leaders and teams.
You understand the pace and complexity of a multi-site retail environment and enjoy being close to the business, building relationships and making a tangible difference.
Ideally, you'll bring:
Demonstrated experience in a generalist HR or People & Culture Business Partner role, ideally within fashion, retail or another multi-site environment.
Strong employee relations experience, with the confidence to independently manage complex matters.
Sound knowledge of Australian employment legislation, including the Fair Work Act and WHS requirements.
Experience supporting end-to-end recruitment and workforce planning.
Exposure to workers' compensation, workplace investigations and return-to-work processes.
Strong coaching, influencing and stakeholder management skills.
A commercially minded, pragmatic approach with the ability to balance people and business priorities.
Excellent attention to detail and a proactive, collaborative working style.
Willingness to travel across the retail network as required.
The Offer |
This is an opportunity to join an established Australian fashion business where People & Culture plays an important role in supporting the success of its retail teams in a new year start based in Sydney.
With a broad remit, close partnerships with senior retail leadership and the opportunity to influence people practices across a national network, you'll have the scope to make a meaningful impact.
If you're a passionate, commercially minded People & Culture professional who enjoys being hands-on, building trusted relationships and empowering leaders to succeed, we'd love to hear from you.
One day WFH, flexible and trusting environment and a strong salary offering, we are also open to reduced hours for the right profiles.
For a confidential discussion, contact The Talent Mill or apply now.
Apply with Ange |
If this sounds like you, reach out to Ange for a confidential chat.
ange@thetalentmill.com.au
The Talent Mill Recruitment division is a bespoke consultancy and talent acquisition specialist within the fashion, lifestyle and retail industries. With more than 10 years specialist expertise with luxury, lifestyle & fashion brands globally we discover, recognize, and connect inspiring individuals to the most desirable brands as a trusted support to founder-led start-ups, SME’s and multinational corporations within the fashion & retail industry.
Recruitment – but make it ethical not transactional. Quality over quantity – always. Truly consultative and delivered at pace. We hold a genuine passion and expertise for the industries we support, and offer a unique and modern recruitment proposition – one where we develop long term, meaningful connections, add value and deliver an unforgettable service.