Regional HR Business Partner – Retail (Iberia)

Regional HR Business Partner – Retail (Iberia)

Location: Madrid (with extensive regional travel)

Salary: Up to €100,000 + competitive benefits

Languages: Fluent Spanish essential | English required | Portuguese beneficial

The Opportunity

This is a senior, strategic HR leadership role within a large, fast‑paced international retail organisation, supporting a highly complex, multi‑site operation across Northern Spain and Portugal.

With responsibility for c. 5,000 colleagues and leadership of a regional team of HR Business Partners, this role goes far beyond traditional store HR support. It requires a commercially focused HR leader who can influence at senior level, think regionally rather than locally, and lead other HRBPs through scale, growth and complexity.

While titled Regional HR Business Partner, the scope, visibility and accountability align closely to a Head of HR-level role within a multi‑site retail environment.

Key Responsibilities

Act as a trusted, strategic HR advisor to senior regional retail leadership

Lead, coach and develop a team of 6-7 HR Business Partners, ensuring strong, consistent people delivery across the region

Own and drive the regional people strategy, translating commercial priorities into people outcomes

Partner with leadership on talent, performance, succession and engagement at scale

Act as the escalation point for complex employee relations, operating confidently in regulated and unionised environments

Use data, insight and commercial judgement to identify trends, risks and opportunities

Lead and support major change activity including growth, restructures and new store openings

Ensure governance, consistency and compliance of people policies across multiple markets

Operate as a credible peer within the wider regional leadership team, with strong visibility and influence

Candidate Profile

This role is deliberately not suited to candidates whose experience is primarily single‑site or highly operational.

We are seeking candidates with:

Fluent Spanish (mandatory) and the confidence to operate professionally in Spanish day‑to‑day

Strong experience as a commercial HR Business Partner within retail or other high‑volume, multi‑site environments (e.g. hospitality, FMCG, consumer-led sectors)

Proven experience leading, managing or strongly influencing other HR Business Partners

Ability to operate credibly with senior commercial stakeholders (Regional Directors, Heads of Sales, Operations Leaders)

Experience managing large geographic regions and organisational complexity, ideally cross‑border

A strategic mindset with the confidence to operate above day‑to‑day casework

Gravitas, resilience and the ability to balance pace with judgement

Portuguese is beneficial but not essential.

English is required, but the emphasis is on business fluency rather than perfection.

This is an ideal opportunity for someone stepping into their first six‑figure HR leadership role, or an established senior HRBP / Head of HR seeking broader regional exposure.

The SR Group (UK) Limited is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.