Tapestry People Partner — Field, EMEA (Temporary)

Overview

Tapestry is a global house of modern luxury lifestyle brands, including Coach, Kate Spade and Stuart Weitzman. As a multinational fashion group it combines brand-driven creativity with sophisticated retail and wholesale operations worldwide, and maintains regional hubs across EMEA to support its global commercial footprint.

Role & Responsibilities

• Act as the primary HR business partner for field retail and operations leaders across the EMEA region, delivering pragmatic people solutions that enable commercial objectives.
• Drive talent management processes including performance management, succession planning and talent reviews in partnership with local management.
• Provide expert guidance on employee relations, investigations and case management, ensuring consistent application of policy and local employment law compliance.
• Support workforce planning and resourcing for field teams; partner with recruitment to attract, onboard and retain frontline talent.
• Coach and develop managers on people leadership, engagement, change management and performance improvement.
• Implement regional HR programs and initiatives, ensuring alignment with global policy and local adaptation as required.
• Use HR data and metrics to identify trends, inform decisions and report on people KPIs to regional leadership.
• Collaborate with Centre of Excellence teams (compensation & benefits, learning, HR operations) to deliver integrated solutions for the field.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an HR Business Partner or People Partner supporting field/retail operations across multiple countries in EMEA.
• Strong working knowledge of EU and local employment legislation and practical experience managing employee relations cases.
• Demonstrable ability to influence senior and frontline leaders through coaching and data-driven recommendations.
• Comfort with a fast-paced retail environment and the agility to manage competing priorities across time zones.
• CIPD qualification or equivalent HR certification is preferred.

Skills

Experience

Typically requires 5+ years of progressive HR experience with at least several years as an HR Business Partner supporting retail or field operations across multiple EMEA markets. Prior exposure to multi-country HR policies, cross-cultural stakeholder engagement and hands-on employee relations is expected.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Psychology or a related field; professional HR qualification (e.g., CIPD) preferred.

Workplace

Culture

Tapestry combines creative brand heritage with a commercially-driven, collaborative workplace. The organisation values inclusivity, professional development and cross-border collaboration, offering the opportunity to work with established luxury brands and diverse international teams.

About Cerulean

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