Senior Director, HRBP Commercial

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As Senior Director HR Business Partner Commercial you will serve as a strategic advisor to senior Commercial leaders shaping people and organizational strategies that drive growth execution and results.

This HR Leader will report to the VP HRBP Commercial and will support our Retail Center of Excellence Global Licensing and Commercial Operations Merchandise Planning & Inventory Management (MPIM) and Beyond Yoga. This role requires a strong HR generalist with proven leadership in a global organization; one who can provide strategic business partnership and subject matter expertise to help the organization build capabilities develop talent and reinforce culture. You will partner closely with Commercial leadership to build high-performing teams strengthen leadership capability and create an environment where people feel connected to the work accountable for outcomes and equipped to win in the marketplace.

About the Job

Strategic Partnership to Drive Results

• Co-create and drive a comprehensive talent strategy designed to maximize investment improve productivity and inspire and enable the pursuit of exceptional performance with a spirit of humanity
• Partner with leaders to align people talent and organizational strategies with revenue growth margin and market expansion priorities.
• Translate strategy into workforce plans operating models and leadership capabilities that enable execution across channels.
• Provide clear credible counsel that balances strategic perspective with practical results-oriented solutions.

Organizational Effectiveness & Change

• Help senior leaders to reimagine and transform critical business functions (i.e. MPIM) from providing support to being a competitive advantage in the market
• Lead organizational design workforce planning and role clarity efforts to improve speed decision-making and accountability.
• Support leaders through periods of growth change or market disruption ensuring focus engagement and performance are sustained.
• Strengthen manager effectiveness as a primary lever for productivity engagement and retention.

Leadership Talent & Succession

• Partner with Talent Management and Talent Acquisition to assess talent against best-in-class standards and ensure the organization has the right capabilities capacity and leadership bench.
• Lead succession planning and leadership development efforts aligned to current and future commercial needs.
• Coach senior leaders and managers to raise the bar and maintain high performance team standards on performance collaboration and leadership impact across teams and regions.

Belonging Engagement & Performance Culture

• Support leaders in creating a work environment where people feel respected included and connected to shared goals.
• Demonstrate and reinforce leadership behaviors that promote trust collaboration and accountability.
• Use engagement retention and performance data to identify trends and drive targeted actions that improve team effectiveness and commercial outcomes.
• Help leaders balance high expectations with support enabling strong performance without sacrificing sustainability or humanity
• Proactively lead and participate in cross-functional projects and initiatives successfully balancing corporate enterprise responsibility and local contextualization

Employee Relations & Risk Management

• Provide sound judgment and guidance on complex employee relations matters ensuring consistency fairness and alignment with company standards.
• Ensure compliance with local employment laws and regulations across regions in partnership with Legal and regional HR teams.
• Proactively identify people-related risks and help leaders address issues before they impact performance or brand reputation.

Data Insights & Execution Discipline

• Leverage workforce data engagement insights and commercial metrics to inform priorities and decisions.
• Hold business leaders and HR partners accountable to clear goals and measurable outcomes.
• Drive simplification and continuous improvement in people processes to support speed and execution.

About You

Required

• 15 years of progressive HR experience including senior-level HR Business Partner roles.
• Strong HR generalist capability across organizational effectiveness talent employee relations and change leadership.
• Demonstrated success supporting Commercial Sales or revenue-driving organizations in complex fast-paced environments.
• Experience operating in global multi-country organizations navigating local labor cultural and regulatory differences.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and coach at the executive level.
• Analytical and business-oriented mindset with the ability to connect people strategies to commercial outcomes.
• Experience supporting multi-channel or matrixed retail and/or apparel organizations.
• Experience in workforce planning and org design in growth or transformation contexts.
• Track record of building and leading high-performing HR teams.

The expected starting salary range for this role is $204800-$300300 per year. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range based on the location of the role. The amount a particular employee will earn within the salary range will be based on factors such as relevant education qualifications performance and business needs.

LS&Co. is an affirmative action and equal employment opportunity employer. We welcome and value people from diverse cultures backgrounds and experiences to make LS&Co. a collective success.

EOE M/F/Disability/Vets

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