People Business Partner, Boden
Offers annual bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
British style clothing
Job no longer available
British style clothing
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
Offers annual bonus
More information about location
3 days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To create clothes that bring colour to our customers' wardrobes and fun to their lives.
Role
Who you are
- Good knowledge and experience within a similar role
- Excellent people skills
- Analytical and goal orientated
- Up to date knowledge of employment law and best practice
- Be CIPD qualified or a relevant alternative qualification (or working towards this)
- Can drive results through people in a fast-paced environment
- Experience working with HR software (preferably Workday although not essential) and show you are IT savvy
- Superb written and verbal communication skills
What the job involves
- Reporting to our Senior People BP, you'll work with a number of our business areas
- In this role, you'll help drive performance by acting as a coach and trusted advisor to our managers, supporting employee engagement, implementing our people plan, looking at trends and metrics, resolving employee relation issues and encouraging our managers to think about their people, their development and how best to grow their talent
- You create the right balance between doing the right thing for our people and the commercial needs of the business and will also act as consultant and change agent on organisational changes
- Be a trusted advisor to our leaders and people managers by building strong relationships and providing a commercial people perspective
- Help promote a positive and high performing culture by supporting talent development and contributing to conversations around performance
- Provide solutions to ER challenges, keeping abreast of all legislative changes and best practice and implementing solutions in line with our Values
- Work closely with the People Operations team to ensure all our people information is up to date, relevant and on brand
- Spend time working with people managers, the Learning and Talent team and other People BPs to improve and grow our talent
- Sometimes you will help facilitate and deliver creative and innovative training
- Support the TA team and your leaders to recruit the right people in the right place at the right time
- Advise and support on the people budget for their area
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Initially set up as a mail order company in 1991, Boden has since become a major UK fashion brand specialising in quality clothing designed to stand the test of time. They have 2 million active customers worldwide, and have attracted high profile buyers including Kate Middleton, Michelle Obama, and Holly Willoughby.
Previously relying on catalogue sales, they were unable to achieve the real time responsiveness vital in today’s retail industry. As a result, in the past few years Boden’s heavily invested in modernising their IT systems and created a new way to capture data on their site. Having adapted to changing consumer behaviours, now 95% of their sales happen online, enabling them to compete with the growing number of eCommerce competitors like ME + EM and Mint Velvet.
This new digital approach has not been their only success in recent years. Traditionally, many UK retailers have failed to gain a foothold in the US. However, the company’s quintessential British branding has successfully set them apart, leading to Boden’s US sales already overtaking those in the UK and the business continues to grow faster there.
Moving forwards, Boden is overcoming a 2023 dip in sales triggered by an unneeded menswear revamp that lost sight of its core customer base. It is now reverting back to its classic formula and planning on further expansion in the US, determined to double sales in the next few years.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-4% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Flexible Hybrid Working
- Targeted Annual Bonus Scheme
- Generous Boden Clothing Allowance & 30% Discount on All Current Clothing Ranges
- Holiday Increase With Years of Service
- Portal With An Array of Discounts & Cashback Offers on Retail & Entertainment
- Group Personal Pension Scheme & Life Insurance Cover
- 24/7 Virtual GP Service For You & Your Household
- Free Onsite Parking, Teas & Coffee Stations & Subsidised Café With Free Toast For Breakfast
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Johnnie Boden
(Creative Director)Started Boden in 1991 from their kitchen table with an eight-piece menswear collection, and has since expanded the company to the titan it is today.
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