HR Business Partner

Become a People Champion, Shaping the Future of Beauty at L'Oréal: As an HR Business Partner, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of beauty by driving people strategy, fostering growth, and cultivating a thriving work environment within one of our dynamic divisions. You will be a strategic advisor to business leaders, partnering with them to acquire, develop, and retain top talent.

This role may be within one of our specific divisions or at our Corporate level, supporting the overarching needs of L'Oréal. The details of the specific division or Corporate focus will be outlined in the “WHO WE ARE” section. 

A DAY IN THE LIFE

Your responsibilities as an HR Business Partner at L'Oréal will encompass a range of critical activities, including:

• Talent Acquisition & Development: Partnering with hiring managers to attract and onboard diverse talent, identifying high-potential individuals, and creating tailored development plans to nurture their growth within L'Oréal.
• Strategic Workforce Planning: Analyzing current and projected talent needs, identifying critical capability gaps, and contributing to the strategic workforce plan for your division. You'll anticipate future resourcing requirements and ensure L'Oréal has the right people in the right roles at the right time.
• Change Management & Organizational Design: Leading and contributing to change management and organizational design initiatives, supporting the evolving beauty market, and providing strategic guidance to management.
• Employee Relations: Proactively managing employee relations cases, offering expert advice and guidance to managers in line with best practices, legislation, and L'Oréal's values. You'll ensure a positive and inclusive work environment.
• Data Analytics & Insights: Leveraging data analytics to inform HR and business strategies, extracting actionable insights from HR data, and using data to drive key HR initiatives and decision-making.
• Budget Management: Partnering with HR leadership and Finance to manage headcount and salary costs effectively within budget, identifying opportunities for optimization and resource allocation.

WHO YOU ARE

We are seeking individuals who embody the following qualities:

• Excellent Communicator & Influencer: You build strong relationships across the organization, effectively communicate complex information, and influence at all levels.
• Strategic & Solution-Oriented: You possess strong analytical and problem-solving skills, navigate ambiguity effectively, and develop impactful solutions to business challenges.
• Change Agent: You have experience leading and implementing organizational transformations, driving positive outcomes and navigating change effectively.
• Collaborative Partner: You build strong partnerships with stakeholders at all levels, foster collaboration, and work effectively in a matrixed environment.
• Data-Driven & Results-Oriented: You translate data into concise, impactful messages, use data to inform decisions, and are focused on achieving measurable results.

WHAT WE OFFER

Our industry-leading award-winning benefits package shows how much we value our people. We know they're at the heart of L'Oréal's success, so we offer a fair and competitive package to help you thrive.

Enjoy perks like money-saving offers, free mortgage advice, share options and an enhanced pension plan. Love our brands? You'll get up to 60% off iconic names like YSL, CeraVe, Armani, Kiehl's and Garnier! Because health matters, we offer private medical and dental insurance, discounted gym memberships, and onsite mental health support. We also provide enhanced family leave for all and up to 4 weeks of paid fertility leave, so you can prioritise what matters most.

Learning is in our DNA at L'Oréal. We'll help you master your role, build skills, and access top-notch leadership programs and monthly expert talks. And there's lots more too!

WHO WE ARE

L’Oréal is present in 150 markets on five continents. For more than a century, L’Oréal has devoted itself solely to ‘Create beauty that moves the world’; it is now the industry world leader with €29 billion consolidated sales. Together, we solve complex challenges at scale, while making sure we stay committed to making the world a more inclusive and a better place for everyone & our planet. Experience the excitement of agility to shape the future of beauty; where diversity and purpose come together to create meaningful impact. 
 
In the L'Oréal Consumers Products Division, our mission is to democratize the best of beauty, which means bringing beauty to all. And for us, beauty must be sustainable.   The Consumer Product Divisions holds the world’s #1 beauty brand with L’Oréal Paris, the #1 makeup brand with Maybelline New York, the #1 natural brand with Garnier, and NYX Professional Makeup. Beyond our four iconic global brands, we have a unique brand portfolio including others like Essie and Carols Daughter. 
 
In the L’Oréal Luxe Division, we create the very best of luxury beauty. Our portfolio makes up 26 brands of which 17 are global, including the highly-aspirational and multi-expert ones such as Lancôme, Yves Saint Laurent and Giorgio Armani. Thanks to our strong, balanced and complementary portfolio as well as our incredibly talented team of experts we are perfectly equipped to meet the endless and all-encompassing demands of luxury consumers around the world.
 
In the Professional Products Division, our mission is to be the partner of choice for the professional hair industry. Inspiring stylists and creating desirability amongst consumers with meaningful brands. We’re the founding Division for the L’Oréal group, with a rich history over 110 years. The 8-brand portfolio includes the likes of L’Oréal Professionnel, Kérastase, Redken and Matrix and the division is universally known for exclusively supplying salons and other professional customers with the most advanced technologies in hair and beauty products. 
 
Being part of the L’Oréal Dermatological Beauty Division will give you direct influence in achieving our mission: to help everyone in their quest for healthy and beautiful skin.’ As the world leader in dermocosmetics, our iconic brands La Roche- Posay, Vichy, CeraVe, SkinCeuticals, are recommended by dermatologists and health-care professionals worldwide. The division has maintained a double-digit growth worldwide for the last 5 years. 
 
Our Corporate Division supports the 4000+ strong workforce in the UK & Ireland.  It’s a fast-paced and dynamic environment when you’ll have visibility over our 4 Divisions and play an integral role in moving our business forward. Our founder Eugène Schueller once said that “a company is not walls and machines, it’s people, people, people”. Joining our corporate teams means joining the world leader in beauty, at the cutting edge of innovation. But above all, it means becoming part of a team of talented and inspiring people.
 

HOW WE RECRUIT

At L’Oréal, we take pride in creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment where everyone is welcome and their contributions are valued. When we recruit, hire, train, promote or engage in any other employment practice, we are committed to being an inclusive employer regardless of race, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, socioeconomic status, medical condition or disability, or any other protected status. When we look for talent, we welcome difference - different backgrounds, experiences, personalities and perspectives. The beauty we find in our differences gives us the freedom to go beyond. That’s the beauty of L’Oréal.