Job Title: Manager – People Partnering

Purpose of role: To partner the Regional Manager and coach Store Managers to build stronger store leadership, improve colleague experience and enable customer-centric business growth across the region. The role ensures timely hiring, onboarding, retention, internal mobility, performance, culture, employee relations and consistent fulfilment of people policies and statutory requirements across stores.

Key Deliverables (Essential functions & Responsibilities of the Job):

Partner with Regional Stakeholders to Enable Commercial Goals
Partner with Regional Managers and Store Managers to align people actions with business priorities, customer experience and store operating needs.
Work with Regional Manager, Talent Acquisition and Store Managers to support timely and quality hiring for store roles.
Support new store openings by enabling recruitment, onboarding and people readiness in partnership with TA, Learning and People Operations.
Support store closures, expansions and restructures, ensuring smooth colleague communication and transitions.




Use regional management information, attrition, vacancies, engagement feedback, ER themes, store visit insights and NPS signals to identify stores requiring focused action.
Leadership Coaching & Manager Capability
Coach Store Managers and Commercial / Department Managers on performance, conduct, attendance, conflict, colleague development and team effectiveness.
Enable managers in improving working conditions for colleagues and ensure they follow up performance and development plans.
Build manager ownership for team engagement, colleague listening, fair issue resolution and consistent people practices.
Improve Colleague Experience and Strengthen Culture
Enhance colleague experience by ensuring fair working conditions, transparent expectations, timely issue resolution and strong onboarding support for new colleagues.
Clarify and reinforce M&S; behaviours to strengthen culture and rights ways of worki

📌 Manager - People Partner (India)
🏢 Marks and Spencer Reliance India Private
📍 India