Posted 18 July, 2026
People Manager - ROI Retail
M&S
Dublin, Dublin D01 YE83, Ireland
Full Time
Reference: 1752960211
Job Description
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop Remarkable People
ESSENTIAL
KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Develop Remarkable People
- Coordinate all Colleague Manager moves, ensuring a robust succession plan is in place across stores.
- Enable a pipeline of diverse Colleague Managers by working with the Store Managers, RPP and ALP to identify RLA talent, and building development plans.
Drive High Performance - Support Store teams to deliver people processes to a high standard e.g. colleague engagement, performance management and absence
- Support the Regional People Partner & Regional Manager(s) with regional People Activity as required, e.g. Pulse Survey
- Support store teams to proactively manage and improve the performance of the bottom 10%
100% Accurate Execution - Work with the RPP to identify regional risk including absence cases, performance needs and training.
- Work with the ALP to identify newly appointed TMs and provide follow up coaching to ensure success in role.
- Champion People System transformation programmes
- Analyse People Data and Insights Making Recommendations to Follow Through Actions.
- Use data to identify opportunities to coach Store Managers and drive improvement, prioritising presence in opportunity stores.
- Promote the use of MyHR and Colleague Services in Stores, driving self-service compliance in operational people processes.
Employee Relations - Work with central Employee Relations team to provide advisory support to management teams on all ER activity
- Support with absence and disciplinary cases, grievances and appeals as required.
- Support with submissions for third party cases eg. WRC, Labour Court
- Work effectively with the rest of the Ireland People Team, by contributing ideas and expertise and acting as a fully participative team member to assist colleagues in the delivery of all elements of the People Plan and to be a high performance team.
ESSENTIAL
- Minimum 3 years' experience in a People Role
- Full clean drivers' license
- Fully mobile across ROI region
