People & Culture Business Partner - Arc'teryx

ARC'TERYX; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous discounts across Arc’teryx

Parental top-up

Flu vaccinations and skim checks

Quarterly outdoor team activities

Development programs

Gear library access

Barrister on-site

Job summary

Arc’teryx ANZ is seeking a People & Culture Business Partner to shape the employee experience across our Australian & New Zealand retail network. You’ll work in stores, partnering with leaders to translate business priorities into practical people strategies that drive performance and engagement.

You’ll build trusted relationships, coach leaders on people priorities, and lead employee relations while balancing commercial outcomes with supporting our people.

Qualifications

• 5+ years progressive HR experience within retail or fast-paced environments.
• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related discipline preferred.
• Strong business acumen and ability to link people priorities to outcomes.
• Experience navigating stakeholder relationships and influencing at all levels.
• Coaching mindset with focus on development and performance.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Retail leadership across ANZ to deliver people strategies.
• Build authentic relationships with stores and the wider business.
• Coach leaders on performance, talent, succession, and workforce planning.
• Lead employee relations with sound judgment, balancing commercial outcomes.
• Provide expert advice on employment law and retail awards.
• Champion people programs like engagement and talent reviews.
• Use data to identify trends and turn insights into actions.
• Support continuous policy/policy improvements and organisational design.

Skills

HR experience

Coaching mindset

Stakeholder management

Data-driven

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

HRIS

Job description

We’re Arc’teryx, and we build gear that’s obsessively engineered to perform in the wildest weather. Born in the Canadian Coast Mountains, we’re driven by design, performance, and a deep respect for the outdoors.

At Arc’teryx, we believe that great products start with great people. As our business continues to grow across Australia and New Zealand, we’re looking for a People & Culture Business Partner to help shape the people experience behind our rapidly evolving retail business.

This isn’t an HR role where you sit on the sidelines. You’ll beout in the business, in our stores, alongside our leaders and connected to our teams, translating business priorities into thoughtful people strategies that help individuals and teams perform at their best.

You’ll be the key P&C partner to our Retail leadership team across ANZ building trusted relationships, coaching leaders, navigating complexity and helping us create high-performing, values-led teams.

What you’ll do

As a trusted partner to our Retail leaders, you’ll have the opportunity to influence the full employee experience, including:

• Partner with our Retail leadership team across ANZ to develop and deliver people strategies that support business performance and growth.
• Build strong, authentic relationships across our stores and wider business, becoming a trusted and credible P&C partner.
• Coach and challenge leaders on people priorities including performance, talent, succession, recognition, development, workforce planning and organisational design.
• Lead employee relations matters with sound judgement, balancing commercial outcomes with doing what’s right for our people.
• Provide expert advice across employment legislation, Fair Work requirements and relevant retail awards.
• Champion our key P&C programs across Retail, including performance reviews, employee engagement and talent reviews.
• Use people data and business insights to identify trends, opportunities and risks and turn those insights into practical recommendations.
• Listen to our retail teams and use their feedback to continuously improve our policies, programs and overall employee experience.
• Identify capability, resourcing and organisational gaps and work with leaders to develop solutions.
• Champion personal development and help our people understand the tools, opportunities and pathways available to them.
• Get out into our stores and markets, partnering with cross-functional teams and bringing P&C insights, trends and opportunities to life.
• Maintain strong HRIS data and processes that support accurate reporting, compliance and informed people decisions.

What we’re looking for

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, ideally within retail, hospitality or another fast-paced, customer-focused environment.
• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business or a related discipline is preferred, or equivalent professional experience.
• Strong commercial acumen and the ability to connect people priorities to business outcomes.
• Confidence navigating complex stakeholder relationships and influencing at all levels.
• A genuine coaching mindset; you know when to support, when to challenge and when to ask the right question.
• Strong employee relations knowledge and experience navigating Australian employment legislation and the Fair Work framework.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with an ability to use data to identify trends and inform decisions.
• Strong project management skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a constantly evolving environment.
• The ability to operate autonomously while knowing when collaboration is needed.
• Comfort with ambiguity, change and building solutions where there isn’t always a playbook.
• A continuous improvement mindset and a willingness to challenge the status quo in pursuit of better.
• A passion for personal development, both your own and the people around you.
• A love of getting outside and living the experiences our brand exists to enable.

Why Arc’teryx?

We’re on a journey of significant growth across ANZ, and this is an opportunity to have a genuine impact on how we scale our people practices and culture alongside the business. Some of the benefits we offer:

• Generous discounts across Arc’teryx and other Amer Sports brands.
• Paid parental top-up program.
• Annual flu injections and skim checks.
• Quarterly outdoor team activities and opportunities throughout the year to live it.
• Access to local and global development programs.
• Access to a local gear library across all Amer Sports brands.
• Barrister on-site every Wednesday.

Inclusion & Belonging

Arc’teryx is committed to actively creating and fostering a culture of inclusivity where voices are heard, people are seen and values are respected.

We care about the uniqueness of our applicants, employees and guests, and strive to create a safe environment fueled by curiosity and acceptance. We believe inclusion makes our workplace healthier and happier, drives creativity and innovation, and helps us better reflect the communities where we operate.

All applicants, employees and guests can expect equality of opportunity and fair treatment in alignment with our values.