WHAT YOU'LL DO
- As a People Generalist , your main focus will be to support the full people agenda by executing people processes, assisting employees and managers, and ensuring smooth recruitment, onboarding, development, and engagement activities.
- You use people data and insights to guide actions, coordinate initiatives, and help create a fair, compliant, and supportive working environment.
- This hybrid role reports into our Head of People and sits in our New York Support Office.
A Day in the Life
Working at
- H&M means no two days are ever the same, but a typical day will include the following responsibilities*People Processes, Employee Support & Relations
- People Processes Implementation: Execute or support the employee life-cycle processes as per indication of group agreed processes
- People Initiatives Coordination: Coordinate and execute people initiatives or projects affecting the business units supported or function belonging
- Support Business Units: Support employees or managers when applicable while implementing people processes, initiatives or solutions affecting the business unit or function
- Employee and Labour Relations: Provide support in addressing employee inquiries, concerns, and basic employee relations matters.
- Also support on union negotiations if applicable
- Employee Engagement Initiatives: Support employee engagement initiatives and activities to enhance workplace satisfaction and productivity
- Talent, Recruitment & Development
- Ensure high‑quality recruitment by securing consistent hiring processes, including clear communication, guidelines, deadlines, and full management of Assessment Centers
- Support onboarding delivery and follow‑up for Store Management teams
- Training organization, facilitation, and quality follow‑up (incl. culture & values)
- Support Performance management and development follow‑up (dialogs, contribution journeys)
- Succession planning and talent pipeline management for Department Managers & Sales Advisor
- Data & Insights
- Data Analysis and Reporting: Analyze people metrics and data to provide insights for decision-making and report on key performance indicators relevant to business units
- You prepare and follow up on people data reports, including headcount, turnover, training metrics, and hiring follow‑up
- Explicit people KPI follow‑up linked to fair working environment outcomes
Qualifications
- We are looking for people with...Degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field
- Experience in HR operations or generalist HR role
- Strong organizational and administrative skills with attention to detail
- Good understanding of HR processes and employee lifecycle management
- Ability to analyze data and produce accurate HR reports
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Commitment to collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement
- Additional InformationWHY YOU'LL LOVE WORKING HEREWe value diverse backgrounds, including but not limited to race, ethnicity, gender, age, religion, sexual orientation, and disability
- We pride ourselves on being a values-driven organization, guided by our 7 unique values that have been part of our success story for over 75 years
- You’ll have access to our Colleague Resource Groups (CRGs) to find community and networking opportunities among colleagues
- We are an inclusive company where you’re encouraged to be yourself at work
- You will have access to a large global talent community, where career growth and aspirations have no limits
- You’ll be able to express your personal style with our employee discount at H&M, and COS*This job posting highlights the most critical responsibilities and requirements of the job and is not all-inclusive.
- There may be additional duties, and responsibilities assigned for this job at the company’s discretion.
Compensation
annual salary is $120,320 **H&M, in good faith, has assessed this posted range of compensation as the accurate range for this role and location at the time of this posting. H&M may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on candidate qualifications. This range may be modified in the future.
