HR Business Partner – Retail, East & Central Region

🕒 August 6

🌽 Illinois, New York – Remote

🌽 Illinois – Remote 🗽 New York – Remote

💵 $110k - $115k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

👩‍👩‍👧‍👦 Human Resources (HR)

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SKIMS

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51 - 200 employees

👗 Fashion

🛍️ eCommerce

Fashion • eCommerce

SKIMS is a solutions-oriented apparel brand that designs and sells underwear, shapewear, loungewear, and complementary clothing and accessories. Founded as a direct-to-consumer label, SKIMS focuses on body-positive, fit-driven pieces crafted in a range of fabrics and strengths, with product lines for women, men, and kids sold primarily through its e-commerce storefront and select retail channels. The brand is known for its emphasis on comfort, inclusive sizing, and trend-forward collections and collaborations.

📋 Description

• Serve as a strategic advisor to Regional Directors and Store Leaders on employee relations, performance management, corrective action, and conflict resolution • Lead complex, multi-site investigations with documentation and timely follow-through • Coach leaders on feedback delivery, performance improvement, accountability, and inclusive leadership • Identify regional people trends, risks, and hotspots and implement preventative strategies • Act as a cultural steward across stores • Execute people strategies supporting retail goals, operational priorities, and growth • Translate HR strategies into scalable field-ready programs • Support decision-making for the East and Central Regions through data, insights, and business acumen • Collaborate with Recruiting, Legal, Payroll, Benefits, HRIS, and People Operations • Support workforce planning, staffing needs, organizational changes, new store openings, and scaling initiatives • Deliver leadership training and support store-leadership onboarding • Guide goal setting, reviews, calibration, development planning, performance improvement, talent reviews, and succession planning • Use HR metrics to identify opportunities and influence regional strategy • Embed inclusive practices and support engagement and belonging initiatives • Ensure compliance with employment laws across assigned jurisdictions and partner with Legal on escalated matters • Conduct HR audits, compliance reviews, and policy refreshers • Maintain HR resources and provide on-the-ground partnerships through regular regional travel

🎯 Requirements

• Must be based in the New York Metropolitan area or Chicago Metropolitan area • Travel regularly, averaging 50% across assigned regions, with occasional HQ travel and support for multiple time zones • 5+ years of progressive HR experience • 3+ years in a multi-site retail HR Business Partner role supporting high-volume teams; 700–1,000+ employees preferred • Expertise in employee relations, investigations, performance management, and coaching leaders through complex matters • Ability to influence and partner with leaders at all levels • Strong judgment and a solutions-oriented mindset • Experience working across multiple states • Strong knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws • Ability to manage confidential information with discretion, professionalism, and integrity • Exceptional communication skills and ability to deliver clear, concise, actionable guidance • Experience with HRIS systems, preferably UKG, reporting tools, and Microsoft Office Suite • Experience supporting scaling retail organizations, new store openings, or rapid-growth environments is a plus • PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, or SHRM-SCP certification preferred