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CHRO - Luxury Retail - Hybrid Dubai & Lebanon

Dubai Permanent AED55,000 - AED60,000 per month (AED660,000 - AED720,000 per year) View Job Description
An international luxury retail business is seeking a Chief Human Resources Officer to lead its people agenda during a significant growth phase. Reporting directly to the CEO, the role will focus on culture, talent, leadership development, succession planning, and building a best-in-class HR function.
  • Lead HR & Culture transformation during rapid growth
  • Shape culture and talent strategy globally

About Our Client

International luxury consumer brand with a growing multi-market footprint.

Job Description

  • Partner with the CEO and senior leadership team on people and organisational strategy
  • Lead the evolution of the HR function from operational support to strategic business partnership
  • Drive culture transformation, accountability, collaboration, and performance excellence
  • Design and implement talent management, succession planning, and performance management frameworks
  • Establish leadership development and learning & development capabilities
  • Build a feedback-driven culture, including structured review processes
  • Enhance employee engagement, retention, and employer value proposition
  • Develop compensation, incentive, and recognition programs aligned with business objectives
  • Improve support and service delivery for frontline and customer-facing teams
  • Coach leaders on people management, organisational effectiveness, and change management
  • Lead and develop the existing HR team across multiple international locations
  • Support workforce planning to enable ambitious growth and expansion plans

The Successful Applicant

A successful 'CHRO' should have:

  • Proven senior HR leadership experience in retail, luxury, hospitality, FMCG, or other customer-facing industries
  • Previous experience leading people and culture transformation in a growing international business
  • Strong track record in talent management, succession planning, leadership development, and organisational design
  • Commercially minded with the ability to influence executive stakeholders
  • Positive, engaging, and highly visible leadership style
  • Decisive and assertive while maintaining strong relationship-building capabilities
  • Experience creating high-performance, feedback-oriented cultures
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through growth, complexity, and change
  • Willingness to spend significant time at the business's headquarters location
  • Experience within premium, luxury, or multi-site environments highly advantageous
  • Able to balance a hybrid location model

What's on Offer

There is a competitive package of up to 55,000 AED + Benefits and the unrivalled opportunity to shape an international HR agenda across this high profile retail group

Contact
Sevda Savas
Quote job ref
JN-102026-7128587

Job summary

Sector
Human Resources
Subsector
Head of HR
Industry
Retail
Where
Dubai
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Sevda Savas
Job reference
JN-102026-7128587