Manager, Human Resources

Job Title: Manager, HR Business Partner SW Brand & Tapestry Digital
Reports to: SVP Global Human Resources, SW & Tapestry Digital
Date: January 2022

Primary Purpose:
The Manager Human Resources is the strategic HR business partner for the SW brand & Tapestry Digital groups. They collaborate across the business to develop and implement high impact initiatives to build and nurture an inclusive, highly engaged culture where talent thrives. With a significant focus on talent management and organization effectiveness, the HR Manager is a key partner in supporting the growth of our people and our teams to enable business success.

As part of the global HQ team, the manager partners with the SVP HR to manage and facilitate global HR projects with our SW and TPR partners in Europe and APAC. They also represent SW and Tapestry Digital on global HR projects and companywide initiatives.

The successful individual will leverage their proficiency in Human Resources to...
Culture & Organization Effectiveness
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Partner with leaders to create a high level of employee engagement and satisfaction - making this a great place to work and grow, taking action against employee survey feedback while embedding purpose and values.
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Champion EI&D; partner with Tapestry EI&D COE to develop group specific initiatives, communications, and actions to build and nurture a culture of inclusion.
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Lead the SW Spotlight Squad - a cross-functional group accountable to drive culture initiatives focused on recognition, teambuilding, and social impact.
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Work with leaders on organization design projects; utilize practices such as process mapping, RACI, role charters to support leaders and teams to clarify process, roles and accountabilities to enable team effectiveness and business success.
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As advisor and partner, coach and council leaders on all aspects of team and people management using inquiry and business acumen to problem solve and diagnose areas of opportunity
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Partner and facilitate expertise from Tapestry HR COE functions to drive People Strategy: Talent Management, Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Learning & Development, Communications and Global People Svs & HRT
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Partner closely with Legal, ER and People Partner team on all aspects of employee relations and compliance.
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Influence and facilitate strong change management for organizational initiatives; providing effective planning, communication, and training to enable successful execution of change efforts; ensure actions and steps are in place to follow up, assess progress and continue to drive effective change.

Talent Management
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Work with people managers to deliver an excellent employee experience and a meaningful career journey for every member of the team - onboarding, performance management, individual and team development, training and on the job learning.
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Manage partnership with the Talent Acquisition team to communicate full-time and temporary recruitment needs, including organizational changes/context, job descriptions, and budget
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Partner with leaders and people managers, the TA partners, and external partners to recruit and hire strong talent across all areas of the business.
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Partner with leaders and people managers to drive annual Performance Management process from goal setting through year end reviews.
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Facilitate Talent Review annually; partner with leadership to assess and calibrate talent, develop succession plans and create development plans to advance our top talent and create a strong talent bench.
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Coach leaders in developing effective individual development plans to advance our top talent and create a talent bench, effectively utilizing Tapestry development programs for key talents
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Develop, implement, and manage client group specific initiatives for talent development

Workforce Planning & Compensation
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Manage quarterly compensation planning as part of QO process and annual LRP/AOP; oversee work of HR Associate to maintain data accuracy and that the compensation/headcount files meeting all Tapestry requirements. Partner closely with finance to co-own achievement of financial objectives.
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Manage annual merit increase, stock equity and rewards planning & execution. Partner with leadership, people managers and Tapestry Compensation to meet all requirements and budgetary goals.
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Prepare compensation analysis and proposals, consulting with Total Rewards as required.
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Manage temp and freelance/IC requests, the compensation planning, compliance, and contracts. Liaise with Tapestry partners across TA and Legal. Manage accuracy of the temp tracker and budgets with the HR Associate.
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Supervise HR Associate to process compensation related cost (sign-ones, one-time payments, confidential hire/exits, planned positions)

HR Administration & Compensation
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Own the ongoing accuracy and integrity of employee data in PeopleHub system in partnership with Global People Services; continuously audit and work with HR Associate to maintain.
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Create and maintain up to date organization charts for all groups in visio.
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Together with HR Associate, liaise with hiring managers on all aspects of position management; facilitate job creation and administration, entering job requisitions in PeopleHub, managing job description creation; Partner with Tapestry People Service on position request and creation tracking
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Supervise HR Associate to process mass people changes including promotions, supervisor updates, and data corrections.
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Guide leaders, people managers, and employees to appropriate sources for queries and request (including the Loop, PeopleHub (HR System) and our contact center - Tapestry People Services).

The accomplished individual will possess...
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5+ years of experience in HR generalist, HR business partner or talent management positions of increasing responsibility
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Bachelor's degree strongly preferred
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Highly collaborative and excels at relationship building and all communication (written, verbal and non-verbal)
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Experience partnering/working with people of all levels in an organization; Demonstrated ability to embrace difference and partner with others inclusively
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Demonstrated business acumen and curiosity. A love of fashion, retail, and a passion for the consumer!
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Demonstrated ability to develop plans to address key business issues, and utilizes plans to impact business and achieve desired results
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The ability to handle multiple priorities at once with superior organizational skills, and be a fast learner who can navigate process and manage projects independently
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Ability to maintain composure and effectiveness in a fast-paced environment while being professionally assertive when appropriate
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Strong analytic skills and attention to detail
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Experienced with SAP-based HR System is a plus, not required
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Proficient in MS office, specifically Excel - required

Our Competencies for All Employees
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Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
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Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
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Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
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Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
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Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
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Perseverance: Pursues everything with energy, drive, and a need to finish; seldom gives up before finishing, especially in the face of resistance or setbacks.
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Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
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Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
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Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.
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Managerial Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.

Our Competencies for All Employees
- Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and "actionable" positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
- Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
- Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
- Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
- Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
- Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
- Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.
Our Competencies for All People Managers
- Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
- Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
- Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale
and spirit in his/her team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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