HR Business Partner (m/w/d)

For our great HR team in Munich, we are looking for another full-time team member with focus on our Maison Van Cleef & Arpels from April 2025.

HR BUSINESS PARTNER (m/f/d)

Who are we?  

A High Jewelry Maison with a strong heritage who promotes exceptional know-how in an enchanting and creative environment! 

Our Maison is looking for talented individuals who contribute to developing and transmitting their expertise with care and no compromise.  

At Van Cleef & Arpels you will be surrounded by passionate experts and will contribute to many new projects which allows our Maison to regularly reinvent itself. 

At Van Cleef & Arpels, we are proud to hire talents from many different backgrounds and experiences. We believe that when diversity and inclusion are fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence.  

Are you a good match? 

You have significant experience in Human Resources Management.

You have strong interpersonal and communication skills, enabling you to deal with a variety of profiles at all levels of the organization including leadership, influencing and relationship-building across functions. 

You are recognized for your challenging partnership, and you have demonstrated ability to prioritize workload and manage multiple projects/ timelines while being agile and flexible to pivot according to changing needs. 

You have demonstrated the ability to drive progressive change management in a context of business evolution, as a truly effective change agent.     
You also have a strong ability to conduct & foster process improvement. 

You are an enthusiastic and positive team player with strong change agility. 

You have ideally knowledge of and experience with German employment laws. 

You speak English and German fluently.

What are we expecting from you?  

Reporting to our HRD, you will work with the stakeholders to integrate the human resources function within the overall business strategy and act as a trusted adviser on organisational structure and effectiveness.​

You will be responsible for providing HR guidance, advice and support to managers and employees, therein supporting the People Strategy towards cultivating a high-performing team in line with the Maison strategy and standards of excellence.

In this function you will:  

• Act as HR Business Partner of proximity for the business and team members, establishing trustful relationships and being present on the ground with the office and boutique teams.
• Guide, advise and support managers in improving ways of working, advising on legal and HR change process, timelines, and sensitively managing people implications. 
• Partner with Talent Acquisition and managers, to ensure sharp talent attraction, acquisition and capabilities across the organization by facilitating recruitment strategy that reflects brand values and guiding principles.

• Manage the overall Talent Management cycle including Talent Review and Succession Planning sessions.  

• Manage the salary cycle process and plan staff cost budgets while working on cost controlling measures in cooperation with dedicated Van Cleef & Arpels controlling team. 

• Work in close collaboration with local and European stakeholders and create an inspiring working environment in line with local legislation and works council agreements if required.  
• Participate in ad-hoc European HR-related projects as a representative for your market, contributing to a successful local implementation as per the Maison strategy whilst ensuring alignment with the local needs & framework.

More than a role…. We recruit for a career! 

By joining Van Cleef & Arpels you will be part of a Maison where employee career development is at the heart of our ambition.   

Upon your arrival, you will be immersed in our enchanting world with trainings on our history, know-how and creations. 

The recruitment process 

Send your application online. 

If your profile matches our search, you will be contacted by our HR team for an interview. 

Along the recruitment process you will meet the HRD Northern Europe, the Managing Director and the Regional HRD and a representative of the Talent team at the Van Cleef & Arpels HQ.

Our benefits within Richemont!

• 13 salaries
• Monthly German public transport ticket
• Birthday voucher every year
• holiday allowance
• Support wellpass
• Further training programmes
• Staff Sale (after completion of probationary period) and Family & Friends Sale
• And much more...