HR Commercial Business Partner – Sales & Marketin

Irwin & Dow Careers; Ras Al Khaimah; On-site; AED 120,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in FMCG seeks an HR Commercial Business Partner for its Sales & Marketing department. Based in Ras Al Khaimah, the role involves managing HR for multiple regions, implementing HR policies, and ensuring local compliance with labour laws. Ideal candidates have a minimum of 6 years of managerial HR experience, excellent English communication skills, and flexibility for travel. Salary is up to 20,000 AED plus benefits.

Benefits

Family schooling contribution

Medical tickets

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of HR experience at a managerial level, managing an entire business entity.
• Experience in a commercial environment preferred.
• Hands-on role developing and implementing HR processes.

Responsibilities

• Manage HR processes for 75-100 staff in multiple countries.
• Oversee payroll for various countries and ensure compliance.
• Develop HR policies in regions with new structures.

Skills

HR management

Excellent communication

Flexibility in travel

Stakeholder relationship management

Compliance with labour laws

Job description

HR Commercial Business Partner – Sales & Marketing

Salary - up to 20,000 AED plus family schooling contribution, tickets/medical, based in RAK.

Our client is a leading manufacturer in FMCG with offices throughout the MENA region. They are creating a new HR business partner position for the Sales and Marketing department. This role involves shaping processes and systems and requires a hands-on, start-up style approach to implement HR initiatives across multiple regions.

Responsibilities

• Cover between 75 and 100 staff based in UAE, Pakistan, Egypt, KSA (to join), Turkey, Africa, and India. This will require considerable travel, sometimes on short notice; the candidate must be highly flexible and hold a passport that allows easy travel across these countries (visas).
• Report to the HR Director and be based in RAK. For the first 6 months, the candidate should work in RAK to learn the business; after 6 months there is flexibility to be in Dubai 1–2 days per week.
• Manage an entire business entity from an HR perspective on a regional scale.
• Oversee payroll for the different countries corresponding to their headcounts.
• Develop and implement HR policies and procedures for regions where HR structures are relatively new—almost a start-up approach for some countries.
• Ensure local compliance with labour laws and maintain good local stakeholder relationships.
• Anticipate country-specific issues (economic and political) and assess their impact on HR and office operations, including salary inflation, civil unrest, and staff safety.
• Strong background in at least one of these HR areas: compensation and benefits, training and development, or recruitment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 6 years of HR experience at a managerial level, with experience managing an entire business entity.
• Experience in a commercial environment (not manufacturing preferred).
• Willing to work in RAK and travel at least 3 times per month.
• Hands-on role developing and implementing processes across the region.
• Excellent English communication skills, ability to present ideas, engage employees, and manage change effectively. Diplomacy with teams is essential.
• This role is planned to be active in Q3.

About The Company

Irwin & Dow was established by Tracey Irwin and Jocelyn Dow. We provide a refreshing approach by working in close partnership with clients and candidates within the Business Support, Secretarial, HR & Finance sectors. Our values of discretion and diplomacy are paramount and our goal is to be a partner of choice for clients and candidates.