HR Business Partner Specialist

Company Overview

PUIG is a global leader in premium beauty, fashion, and wellbeing, home to some of the world's most iconic brands across Fragrance & Fashion, Makeup, and Skincare. In India, PUIG accelerates growth through a unique portfolio of luxury and prestige brands, combining entrepreneurial spirit with a people-first culture where talent, innovation, and business performance go hand in hand.

Job Summary

The HR Business Partner Specialist serves as a strategic advisor and business partner to Retail, Commercial, and Go-To-Market (GTM) leaders. This role translates business objectives into people strategies that drive profitable growth, workforce productivity, and organizational effectiveness. Beyond traditional HR support, the role leverages workforce planning, talent management, organizational design, leadership development, and people analytics to enhance business performance, employee experience, and future organizational capability.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor and thought partner to Retail, GTM, and Functional leaders, translating business priorities and challenges into actionable people strategies.
• Lead organization design, workforce modeling, and operating model effectiveness initiatives to ensure optimal structures, spans, layers, and role clarity.
• Own strategic workforce planning for retail populations, partnering with Retail Operations and Commercial leaders to optimize staffing, deployment, and workforce utilization.
• Provide expert guidance on employee relations, disciplinary matters, and complex workforce issues while ensuring compliance with labor laws and internal policies.
• Develop targeted interventions to improve employee engagement, retention, and experience, supporting leadership in fostering an inclusive, high-trust, and high-performing culture.
• Build and manage people analytics dashboards covering headcount, productivity, attrition, vacancies, talent health, succession coverage, workforce cost, and engagement metrics, translating insights into business recommendations.

Qualifications

• MBA or Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM) specializing in Human Resources or equivalent.
• Certification in Organization Development, Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), Workforce Planning, or HR Analytics is advantageous.
• Strong knowledge of labor laws, employee relations, and organizational development principles.
• Proficiency in people analytics and workforce planning tools.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to translate business needs into HR solutions.
• Strong problem-solving and change management capabilities.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in luxury, beauty, fashion, retail, fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG), or consumer businesses.
• Expertise in multi-location workforce environments.
• Advanced skills in leadership development and talent management.
• Ability to drive cultural transformation and diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging (DEIB) initiatives.

Experience

• 10 to 15 years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Significant experience as an HR Business Partner supporting retail, sales, commercial, or field-driven populations.
• Proven track record of partnering with senior business leaders and influencing strategic decisions.

Environment

The role involves working closely with Retail, Commercial, and GTM teams, likely requiring collaboration across multiple locations. The work environment is dynamic, supporting business transformation and growth initiatives, with a focus on strategic HR partnership and organizational effectiveness. The specific location and work setting are not specified.