Associate Vice President, Employee Relations

At Richemont Americas, we aspire to reflect the ever-changing world around us. We are proud to employ talent from many different backgrounds, experiences, and identities to build a continually evolving, inclusive community where the diversity of our colleagues and clients is rich and celebrated. We believe when inclusion is fully embraced and empowered, creativity and knowledge emerge to deliver excellence, advancing the community that is uniquely Richemont Americas.

Associate Vice President, Employee Relations

Richemont Regional Functions | New York, NY

Reports to: SVP, Human Resources

MAIN PURPOSE

The AVP, Employee Relations works collaboratively with the Richemont Americas leadership team to develop and implement an Employee Relations strategy that drives an organizational culture of trust, respect, and equity, ensuring positive employee experiences through people-focused, legally compliant policies and practices. This role provides all levels of the organization with thought leadership, guidance, recommendations, support, and education to ensure consistency in the management of employee performance, behavior, conflict prevention, and dispute resolution.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

EMPLOYEE RELATIONS LEADERSHIP AND EDUCATION

• Provide all levels of the organization with day-to-day guidance, partnership, and ongoing education concerning Employee Relations best practices, and evolving laws and regulations.
• Build ER-related skills and competencies across the company’s leadership teams through the development and delivery of learning programs and activities, including consistent performance management processes and guidelines.
• Manage employee participation in compliance-related training programs.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify and address barriers to a positive, respectful, fair, and equitable workplace environment.

WORKPLACE INVESTIGATIONS

• Establish and lead the implementation of a consistent and equitable process for conducting and managing internal investigations relating to issues of employee misconduct including allegations of discrimination, harassment, retaliation, breach of privacy, conflict of interest, and other violations of applicable laws or policies.
• Conduct and resolve all internal investigations in response to employee complaints of policy or practice violations, including those received via the SpeakUp reporting platform.
• Prepare reports, summaries, and other necessary documentation to consistently and impartially communicate investigation facts, data, interview findings, etc. to all key stakeholders to inform conclusions and outcomes.
• Build and maintain positive, productive working relationships with HR leaders across the organization as well as internal and external Legal counsel to ensure integrity and respect for investigation processes and outcomes.

POLICY DEVELOPMENT, COMPLIANCE, AND RISK MANAGEMENT

• Lead the development, implementation, and adherence to all employment policies and practices, ensuring that they are legally compliant, meet or exceed the company’s values and standards of fairness and equity, and foster an inclusive and diverse workplace environment.
• Partner with Finance team to manage compliance with employee discount/sales policies across all Maisons.
• Partner with HR leaders to oversee and positively impact ER-related matters pertaining to recruitment and hiring; pay equity; leaves of absence; organizational restructuring; immigration; disciplinary action and terminations; etc.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to identify trends in Employee Relations matters; predict and mitigate risk; and develop and implement appropriate solutions.
• Gather, synthesize, and apply ER-related data and observations to develop long-term solutions to systemic employment issues.
• Evaluate and make decisions concerning the use of external Legal counsel in the management of Employee Relations matters, including investigations and litigation.

OTHER

Maintain flexibility and adaptability in meeting rapidly evolving business needs, and perform other functions and duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctor strongly preferred

Technical Skills/Abilities

• Deep level of expertise in current and evolving U.S. employment laws and regulations
• Well developed workplace investigation skills
• HR strategy development
• Policy creation

Personal Skills

• Relationship management
• Employee advocacy
• Ability to maintain the highest level of impartiality, information integrity, and confidentiality
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills

Richemont offers a generous compensation and benefits package for eligible employees. Only candidates selected for further consideration will be contacted.

We Offer – United States

Employee wellbeing is a top priority at Richemont. We offer a comprehensive benefits program to support employees and their loved ones. Our core benefits include medical, dental, and vision programs. Health savings and flexible spending accounts are also available. The company offers income protection solutions including life insurance, disability benefits, and 401(k) with employer match. Understanding the importance of work-life balance, our total rewards include paid time off, a wellness reimbursement benefit, and access to the employee assistance program. Employees are encouraged to make a difference in their local communities with volunteer days off, supporting initiatives that drive change.

At Richemont, We Craft the Future!

Expected Salary Range: $220,000 – 240,0000

Salary will be determined based on relevant skills and experience.