P&C Business Partner, Retail, US

Department: People & Culture

Reports to: Director, People & Culture, Retail

Location: Remote USA – LA area

Your Opportunity at ARC’TERYX:

You define your role as a strategic partner. You partner with regional managers and our field retail employees to accomplish business objectives, through the application of thoughtful, intentional and innovative people practices. You are an expert in building platforms for people to perform at their best.

Meet Your Future Team:

The People & Culture Business Partner team operates in strategic partnership with the business, to drive the continuous evolution of people practices and foster a culture of belonging that generates high-performance, strength-based teams, and values-based leadership. You will partner with Retail leaders in the application of thoughtful, intentional, and innovative people practices.

• Serving as the main P&C Business partner to our Retail leaders in USA-West region
• Thoughtfully leading all aspects of the people retail business model
• Supporting retail teams to create a people strategy that builds amazing teams who exceed business objectives
• Fostering, nurturing and evolving relationships that enable rapport, trust and influence throughout the company
• Providing advice and coaching to managers and employees on relevant business and people priorities such as; identifying key talent, succession planning, supporting recognition and rewards, developing objectives, performance management, organization design, workforce planning, learning & development and terminations
• Identifying business and resource gaps and partnership with retail leaders on solutions
• Gathering and analyzing relevant people and business information to identify trends and communicate recommendations to get alignment on priorities and implement improvements
• Ensuring relevant personal-development tools and information for teams and employees are readily available, communicated, and understood – you champion personal development
• Leading and championing companywide P&C programs for the store teams, such as the Performance Review Process, Employee Engagement Survey, and Talent Reviews
• Developing cross-functional projects from scratch and participating in business-wide projects that aim to solve organizational pain points
• Engaging in store and market visits with cross-functional partners to represent talent and P&C data and trends

• Creating ‘out of the box’ P&C solutions to meet the business needs
• Leading organizational design in partnership with senior business leaders
• Partnering to create people programs to support the business, Interim Role Program, Retail Stretch Assignment Program, etc. 

• You are based in the LA area and can travel up to 25% to stores in your region
• You have 5 -10 years of progressive HR experience in retail and/or hospitality
• You are comfortable navigating relationships, with expertise in leveraging data to manage a complex group of stakeholders
• You highly collaborative style and a willingness and demonstrated ability to work in teams as both a leader, and supporting team member
• You have the ability to coach, mentor, advise team members towards growth and development paths in alignment with business and personal objectives
• You have strong project management skills with the ability to adapt to changing priorities
• You have strong analytical and problem-solving skills, easily able to analyze data, assess people, understand trends, and develop prioritized recommendations
• You have excellent listening and communication skills, comfortable communicating large complex changes
• You are comfortable operating in the work, and simultaneously enjoy being part of highly complex business discussion
• You have the ability to quickly build an in depth understanding of the business, key processes, priorities and plans
• You remain highly flexible and adaptable when faced with ambiguity
• You are able to balance autonomy and collaboration
• You inspire breakthrough thinking and continuous improvement
• You seek the best (but sometimes not the easiest) solutions, with an unwavering commitment to do what is right
• Your passion for your work is paralleled by your passion for getting outside and living it

Equal Opportunity

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 we do so in a safe space fueled by curiosity and acceptance. 

Creating an inclusive workplace is connected to our core value Do Right while also having the added benefit of helping make our business better. We believe inclusion helps us to create a healthier, happier workplace, drive creativity and innovation, and reflect the communities where we operate.  

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

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