HR Manager – OVS Retail

With a network of over 2,000 stores worldwide and over 8,000 employees, we work every day to achieve our mission of making fashion and beauty accessible to all. We make a difference for our customers through our group's brands: OVS, OVS Kids, UPIM, Blukids, Croff, Les Copains, Stefanel, Shaka, and Goldenpoint. Apply to join our Group as **HR Manager – OVS Retail** and help us to launch our new office and market in Dubai. You will manage the Human Resources function for large\-format stores, ensuring alignment with OVS Global HR standards, Italian brand values, and Middle East retail strategy. **Your Key Responsibilities** * Embedding global brand practices into local operations, ensuring compliance with UAE labour laws, building high\-performing teams, and driving a premium customer\-centric culture consistent with OVS international benchmarks. * Ensure full compliance with UAE Labor Law, visa regulations, MOHRE requirements, and WPS, maintain updated employment contracts as per local and global guidelines. * Develop manpower plans aligned with store expansion, seasonal peaks, and sales forecasts and manage visa processing, onboarding documentation, and probation confirmations. * Implement OVS global training modules for product knowledge, styling, VM standards, and customer engagement and facilitate new store induction programs aligned with global brand storytelling. * Partner with Retail Operations to enhance selling skills and conversion KPIs and track training ROI and productivity improvements. * Ensure salary structures align with UAE retail benchmarks and OVS global compensation philosophy, manage retail incentive schemes and commission structures and coordinate payroll inputs, WPS compliance, and final settlements. **Qualifications \& Experience** * Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field * 6–10 years HR experience in fashion or large\-format retail * Experience working with international/global brands preferred * Strong knowledge of UAE labor laws and minimum 5 years working experience in UAE * Experience managing 80–200\+ retail employees * Fluency in English Mandatory