HR Advisor

Overview

As an HR Advisor supporting Louis Vuitton’s UK, Ireland, and South Africa retail network, you will partner with retail leadership to drive a high-performance culture and engagement. You’ll guide managers on employee relations, performance, and compliance while shaping talent development and succession planning. You’ll analyze HR metrics to inform leadership decisions and lead regional HR initiatives. This role blends hands-on HR partnering with strategic workforce planning in a luxury retail environment.

Responsibilities

• Provide expert guidance on complex employee relations, performance management, absence management, and disciplinary processes in compliance with local law
• Partner with retail leadership to identify high-potential talent and contribute to succession planning frameworks
• Facilitate performance review cycles and career development conversations; collaborate with training teams to address skill gaps
• Monitor and report on HR metrics (turnover, absence, headcount) to inform senior leadership
• Drive culture, engagement, diversity and wellbeing initiatives across regions
• Contribute to regional and Maison-wide HR projects, change management, and policy/procedure improvements
• Support onboarding and integration with Talent Acquisition to ensure smooth transitions for new hires
• Ensure HR practices and documentation comply with UK, Ireland, and South Africa employment legislation

Key requirements

• Proven HR Advisor/Generalist with luxury retail, fashion, hospitality, or fast-paced retail experience
• Solid knowledge of UK and Ireland employment law; South Africa market experience is a plus
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and coaching skills
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic retail environment
• Experience using HR data to drive strategic decisions and operational improvements
• Collaborative, cross-country mindset; comfortable partnering with diverse store populations
• Passion for luxury sector and client-centric culture

• strong communication
• influence and diplomacy
• problem solving
• HR data analysis
• HR metrics reporting
• employee relations handling

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