Senior HR Business Partner Corporate & Business Expansion | Retail
Job description / Role
Employment: Full Time
Overview
Established in the 1930s as a trading business, Al-Futtaim Group today is one of the most diversified and progressive, privately held regional businesses headquartered in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Structured into five operating divisions: automotive, financial services, real estate, retail, and healthcare; employing more than 35,000 employees across more than 20 countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, Al-Futtaim Group partners with over 200 of the world's most admired and innovative brands.Al-Futtaim Group's entrepreneurship and relentless customer focus enable the organisation to continue to grow and expand, responding to the changing needs of our customers within the societies in which we operate.
By upholding our values of respect, excellence, collaboration, and integrity, Al-Futtaim Group continues to enrich the lives and aspirations of our customers each and every day.
Overview of the role
Act as a strategic HR advisor to senior leadership, driving cross-functional organizational design, reporting efficiency, and scalable people strategies. The role is critical in building new business sectors from scratch, leading through M&A transitions, and shaping agile structures that enable performance, growth, and compliance.
What you will do
Organizational design & transformation- Lead org structure design, workforce planning, and reporting lines to support growth and efficiency.
- Drive restructuring and capability shifts during M&A, integration, or new business launches.
- Conduct org reviews and assessments to ensure agility and alignment.
- Build HR and talent infrastructure for new sectors or markets from inception.
- Accelerate onboarding and upskilling to drive productivity in newly formed units.
- Shape succession, retention, and performance strategies aligned with business goals.
- Deliver impactful L&D plans and talent development for high-potential and critical roles.
- Ensure adherence to HR policies, internal controls, local laws, and Emiratization targets.
- Support cultural transformation, engagement, and change initiatives.
- Manage manpower planning, HR budgeting, and employee cost reporting.
- Use human capital metrics to advise leadership and enable data-driven decisions.
- Workforce optimisation
- Play an advisory role in creating and managing a lean and multi-skilled workforce.
- Support and facilitate the implementation of business structure reorganisation and consolidation to deliver efficiencies.
- Play a key role in communicating organisational messages and monitoring feedback within the business units.
- Ensure compliance with localisation policy and targets. Look at business unit productivity and take necessary actions to improve it.
- Change management
- Analytics
- Organization design & development
- Coaching and performance management
- Strong HR Business Partner or HR Generalist experience
- Proven track record in org design, start-up HR, and M&A transitions
- Degree in HR, Psychology, or Business; CIPD preferred
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About the Company
Established in the 1930's, the Al-Futtaim Group initially operated as a trading enterprise. Rapid development throughout the 1940's and 50's saw it establish itself regionally as an integrated commercial, industrial and services organisation, positioning itself one of the leading business houses in the lower Gulf region.Today, it operates collectively over 40 companies bearing the Al-Futtaim name, dominates many market segments in the UAE, and has expanded its sphere of operation to include Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Egypt.
The Group comprises a diverse range of strategically positioned operating subsidiaries and associate companies, structured to give the Al-Futtaim Group the flexibility and versatility to keep ahead of local competition while keeping pace with the ever-evolving global business scenario.The Groups continued investment in world-class systems technology is clear evidence of its commitment to maintain leading edge performance and service delivery.
The success of the Al-Futtaim Group can be attributed to a business approach that combines the ability to change with the traditional values of integrity, service and social responsibility that define its core business philosophy. This, linked with the Groups belief in decentralisation, gives the heads of the operating companies a high degree of functional autonomy and authority, providing the Group with essential flexibility, and individual employees a clearly defined work culture and sense of responsibility.
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