France HR Strategy Partner & Talent Lead

Burberry; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Burberry, Paris, seeks an HR Manager to partner with the France leadership team, aligning people strategies with business objectives while ensuring compliance with French employment law.

This role combines strategic HR business partnering with deep local expertise, serving as a trusted advisor, employee champion, change agent and local HR expert. It aims to translate business priorities into actionable people plans and to foster an inclusive culture across France.

Qualifications

• HR Business Partnering experience within a multi-site environment.
• Strong understanding of French employment law, labour relations and CSE processes.
• Experience managing complex employee relations and industrial relations matters.
• Strong business and commercial acumen with the ability to connect people strategy to business outcomes.
• Experience supporting organisational change, transformation and workforce planning initiatives.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.
• Ability to use data and analytics to drive decision-making.
• Experience working within luxury, retail or consumer-facing organisations is advantageous.
• Fluent French and English essential.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor to leaders across France, providing coaching and guidance on leadership effectiveness, organisational challenges and people strategy.
• Partner with business leaders to build a high-performance culture and embed Burberry's values and leadership expectations.
• Translate business objectives into actionable HR plans and initiatives.
• Use people insights, workforce analytics and business performance indicators to influence decision-making and improve organisational effectiveness.
• Promote diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives that support an inclusive employee experience.
• Partner with leaders to optimise organisational performance through workforce planning, organisational effectiveness and talent deployment.
• Analyse workforce trends and identify opportunities to improve productivity, retention and employee engagement.
• Support resource planning and organisational design activities to ensure structures remain fit for future business needs.
• Ensure people practices are aligned with both global standards and local market requirements.
• Drive talent strategies to attract, retain and develop high-performing employees.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Learning and Development and Reward teams to deliver integrated talent solutions.
• Lead succession planning and talent review discussions across France.
• Support implementation of leadership and development programmes, ensuring strong talent pipelines for critical positions.
• Embed performance management processes including goal setting, performance reviews, calibration and development planning.
• Lead complex employee relations matters, investigations and performance management cases.
• Act as the primary HR lead for relationships with employee representatives, trade unions and the CSE.
• Lead consultation processes in line with French legal requirements, including organisational changes, restructures and business transformation projects.
• Develop and maintain effective industrial relations strategies that support business objectives while fostering constructive social dialogue.
• Ensure compliance with French employment legislation, collective agreements, internal policies and regulatory requirements.
• Manage HR-related risks and provide guidance to leaders on complex employment law matters.
• Support organisational design, restructures, workforce planning and business transformation initiatives.
• Partner with leaders to deliver change programmes effectively while maintaining employee engagement and business continuity.
• Support culture and engagement initiatives that strengthen employee experience and reinforce Burberry's values.
• Help leaders navigate ambiguity and organisational change through effective communication and stakeholder engagement.
• Ensure effective utilisation of the HR operating model and collaboration with HR Solutions and Centres of Excellence.
• Use HR data, employee insights and workforce metrics to identify trends and inform strategic decisions.
• Provide regular reporting and insights to leadership teams.
• Drive continuous improvement in HR processes and ways of working.

Skills

HR Business Partnering

French employment law

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Change management

Employee relations

Job description

Burberry, Paris, seeks an HR Manager to partner with the France leadership team, aligning people strategies with business objectives while ensuring compliance with French employment law.

This role combines strategic HR business partnering with deep local expertise, serving as a trusted advisor, employee champion, change agent and local HR expert. It aims to translate business priorities into actionable people plans and to foster an inclusive culture across France.