HR Manager - OVS Retail

With a network of over 2,000 stores worldwide and over 8,000 employees, we work every day to achieve our mission of making fashion and beauty accessible to all. We make a difference for our customers through our group's brands: OVS, OVS Kids, UPIM, Blukids, Croff, Les Copains, Stefanel, Shaka, and Goldenpoint.

Apply to join our Group as HR Manager - OVS Retail and help us to launch our new office and market in Dubai.

You will manage the Human Resources function for large-format stores, ensuring alignment with OVS Global HR standards, Italian brand values, and Middle East retail strategy.

Your key responsibilities

• Embedding global brand practices into local operations, ensuring compliance with UAE labour laws, building high-performing teams, and driving a premium customer centric culture consistent with OVS international benchmarks.
• Ensure full compliance with UAE Labor Law, visa regulations, MOHRE requirements, and WPS, maintain updated employment contracts as per local and global guidelines.
• Develop manpower plans aligned with store expansion, seasonal peaks, and sales forecasts and manage visa processing, onboarding documentation, and probation confirmations.
• Implement OVS global training modules for product knowledge, styling, VM standards, and customer engagement and facilitate new store induction programs aligned with global brand storytelling.
• Partner with Retail Operations to enhance selling skills and conversion KPIs and track training ROI and productivity improvements.
• Ensure salary structures align with UAE retail benchmarks and OVS global compensation philosophy, manage retail incentive schemes and commission structures and coordinate payroll inputs, WPS compliance, and final settlements.

Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field
• 6-10 years HR experience in fashion or large-format retail
• Experience working with international/global brands preferred
• Strong knowledge of UAE labor laws and minimum 5 years working experience in UAE
• Experience managing 80-200+ retail employees
• Fluency in English Mandatory