We have an exciting opportunity for a people focused, results driven people experience partner to join our senior leadership team at Chipotle Europe. This role works closely with our restaurant teams to help shape a growing and thriving people culture. You should have a proven track record of coaching and developing leaders at all levels within the organization and leading employee engagement initiatives that create best-in-class work environments and drives real results.

Key to this position, is the ability to understand HR principles and legal frameworks to identify practical solutions for our business challenges. Additionally, you must be able to interpret and localise Chipotle policies and practices, employment law and other regulations to provide advice, guidance and/or clarification for employee relations related inquiries. You will partner with Regional and Corporate Leadership to hire top talent and set them up for success. You must be truly Guest Obsessed and relentless about delivering on our people and growth objectives.

WHAT YOU WILL DO - The Top 5

Support Leadership in their ability to Select and Build Effective Teams

Partners with Leaders to ensure the region is staffed and stable
Define the resourcing strategy for our restaurants and support centre
Drive application flow via effective third-party management
Partner with Field Leadership to support their ability to select and retain talent
Monitor monthly performance in the area of staffing and retention and offer insights into how we can improve our people culture to support market stability

Partner with Leadership to build a pipeline of future leaders at all levels

Facilitate people planning sessions to deliver effective succession and talent development plans
Guide Leadership on how to leverage talent management tools
Engage consistently with leadership to assess and coach on talent capability, potential, and development
Drive performance conversations and the annual review process
Partner with Learning and Development to support professional development opportunities for the region

Drive a Culture of Accountability and Compliance

Champion a safe, respectful and inclusive culture where employees thrive and model Chipotle’s purpose and values
Establish the link between front-line teams and executive leadership by bringing the peoples perspective to the leadership table
Partner with HR and Compliance to drive employee policy
Partner with US COEs to support the business in the areas of ethics, compliance, and respectful workplace investigations support policy development and legal compliance in the HR space to ensure local best practice

Drive people strategy to enable a business growth through people growth

Use key business metrics and a solid understanding of business operations to develop tailored solutions and innovation
Stay curious and research best practices in learning, growth, and development to ensure our teams evolve in progressive ways
Leverage technology and data analytics to drive decision making for Leadership
Coach, counsel, and guide Leadership regarding people interactions and project execution
Drive change management to deliver strategic initiatives

Foster an employee experience of Reward and Inclusivity

Lead the localization of Chipotle’s employee value proposition and total rewards to ensure that the people experience is consistent with market expectations
Partner with Operations and Finance to deliver
Drive the regions recognition strategy in line with the business priorities
Ensure that all people processes are led through the lense of inclusivity
Support a culture of engagement and drive activities that foster a sense of inclusion

Key Characteristics & a note on our systems

Curiosity – Ask questions and seek to understand at all levels of the organization
Business Acumen – Keen understanding of macro and micro socio-economic and environmental factors that impact on the business
Character – The ability to dig deep and drive purpose and values in every situation
Tenacity – Be relentless about finding solutions
Change Management – The ability to lead strategic change projects
Collaborator – The ability to lead and influence multiple disciplines and keep teams working in the same direction towards a common objective
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