People Partner

Platinum Search LLC; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Platinum Search LLC is partnering with a leading UK retail business to recruit an experienced People Partner to join its People team. This broad, hands-on role works with senior leaders to deliver strategic and operational people support across Head Office.

You’ll advise on employee relations, performance, talent planning and data-driven people initiatives, while maintaining compliant, commercially-focused practices in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as People Partner or HRBP in a generalist role.
• Good knowledge of UK employment law.
• Retail, fashion or fast-paced environment experience valued.

Responsibilities

• Provide proactive, commercially focused HR advice to managers and senior stakeholders.
• Manage employee relations matters including conduct, capability and attendance.
• Support performance management and high-performing teams.
• Develop people plans aligned to business priorities.
• Lead talent mapping and succession planning across client groups.
• Use engagement and exit data to shape people initiatives.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition and L&D on recruitment and development.
• Contribute to compensation, reward and benchmarking activities.
• Utilise people data to influence decisions and identify improvement opportunities.

Skills

Employee relations

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Coaching & mentoring

Education

CIPD qualification

Job description

We’re partnering with a leading retail business to recruit an experienced People Partner to join its growing People team.

This is a broad, hands‑on partnering role, working closely with senior leaders and managers across Head Office to deliver both strategic and operational people support. You’ll act as a trusted advisor to your client groups, helping to drive performance, engagement and talent while ensuring people practices are consistent, commercially focused and legally compliant.

The Role

You’ll partner closely with leaders and managers across your business areas, building strong relationships and developing a genuine understanding of their commercial priorities.

Key responsibilities will include:

• Providing proactive, commercially focused HR advice and coaching to managers and senior stakeholders
• Managing a broad range of employee relations matters, including conduct, capability and attendance
• Supporting performance management and helping managers build high‑performing teams
• Developing and delivering people plans aligned to business priorities
• Leading talent mapping and succession planning across your client groups
• Using engagement and exit data to identify trends and shape people initiatives
• Partnering with Talent Acquisition and Learning & Development on recruitment, retention and development
• Supporting annual compensation, reward and benchmarking activity
• Using people data and insights to influence decisions and identify opportunities for improvement
• Contributing to wider People team projects and initiatives

You’ll ideally bring:

• Previous experience in a People Partner, HR Business Partner or similar generalist role
• Strong employee relations experience and a good working knowledge of UK employment law
• Experience within retail, fashion, hospitality or another fast‑paced environment
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and coaching skills
• A commercial mindset with the ability to balance business priorities with a people-focused approach
• Strong analytical skills and confidence using people data to inform decisions
• An organised, pragmatic and solutions‑focused approach
• CIPD qualification or equivalent experience would be advantageous

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a well‑known and evolving retail business where you’ll have real exposure to senior stakeholders and the opportunity to influence the wider people agenda.

Due to the volume of applications, we are only able to respond to candidates whose experience closely matches the requirements of the role.