Position – Head of Talent Management & HR

Duties & Responsibilities Talent Identification & Sourcing: • Identify and create a pool of talented individuals to staff vacancies reducing the turnaround time for augmenting the retail team. • Partner with the operations teams to drive store growth for existing and new store locations. • Evaluate and hire talent across the different brands as well as the head office support functions. Onboarding & Induction: • Enhance the induction process and ensure consistency in the on-boarding experience for all team members. • Lead New Hire Feedback and action plans. • Evaluate new hire performance in the initial 3-month period of employment

Employee Retention: • Create employee retention strategies. • Proactively address employee grievances and issues. • Partner with the operations team to drive employee motivation & productivity. Talent Management: • Creation & management of internal progression programs for career progression. • Establish a process for the Identification of talent and succession planning. • Lead role transitions & internal career transfers. • Develop and implement a performance management plan for employees across brands and support functions. • Manage company-wide HR communication. Campus Engagement: • Manage the end-to-end execution of the internship program. • Plan and execute a campus hiring plan for staffing front-end roles based on requirements. Employee Experience: • Lead employee engagement programs for the team across locations and brands. • Drive Rewards & Recognition and employee experience programs. • Administer engagement surveys to gather employee feedback. • Execute interventions for the retail teams – out-bound/experiential learning workshops etc. • Lead the employee wellness agenda.