People Director – Tangle Teezer

Job title:

People Director – Tangle Teezer

Company

BIC

Job description

For over 75 years, BIC has been creating ingeniously simple and joyful products that are a part of every heart and home.As a member of our team, you’ll be a part of reigniting a beloved brand as we continue to reimagine everyday essentials in new, sustainable and responsible ways.Our “roll up your sleeves and get the job done” approach to work creates an environment where self-starters, problem solvers and innovative thinkers thrive. BIC team members are empowered to take ownership of their careers and bring their unique perspectives to the table to make a meaningful impact on our mission.It’s a colorful world – make your mark by joining the BIC team today.Who are we?Helping you have healthy hair has been our mane goal since 2007. No matter your hair type – straight, curly, fine, fragile, or coily – our range of gentle brushes will leave you with healthier-looking hair and less breakage. With tools for every stroke of your routine, from massaging to detangling and blow-drying to styling, they’re your daily dose of confidence. So, you can take on whatever tangles life throws your way.The RoleAs Tangle Teezers Senior Manager, Human Resources you will be a highly visible and influential leader, both internally and externally, championing a culture of positive employee engagement.This role works closely with the CEO in setting the cultural tone of the organisation providing expert leadership to the People function, embedding best-in-class people practices that enhance employee experience, nurture our creative talent, and future-proof our organisation for continued success.Since 2024 Tangle Teezer now has the backing of BIC and our team have been working through a period of change, creating synergies with the BIC organization wherever possible. In this role you’ll be heavily involved in continuing to support this change programme with our people and the organisation. Partnering with our colleagues at BIC, you’ll work through the integration plan and be adept at landing these changes with Tangle Teezer employees in the smoothest possible way whilst ensuring that the day to day running of the business isn’t impacted.

• HR Business Partnering: Act as a strategic advisor to leadership, ensuring strong people advisory relationships and embedding best-in-class people practices.
• People Operations & HR Processes: Oversee the move from our current people processes, from payroll and benefits to employee relations and policy management.
• Performance & Compensation: Managing the transition from current core people programs including performance and feedback processes, compensation frameworks, and reward structures to align with BICs processes.
• Supporting the sunset of our HRIS (HiBob) and move to BICs HRIS (Success Factors)
• Engagement & Retention: Champion initiatives to enhance employee engagement, including structured feedback processes, values awards and manager capability development.
• Compliance & Risk Management: Ensure compliance with employment laws across multiple geographies, managing risk while maintaining an agile and business-friendly HR approach.
• Data & People Analytics: Track and analyse key HR metrics (e.g., attrition, engagement, hiring velocity) to inform business decisions and People outcomes.
• Learning & Development: working with the central BIC team to understand how Tangle Teezer can leverage their global management and leadership programmes.
• Internal Communications: you’ll be experienced at communicating changes in an engaging format to the business, regularly presenting at our monthly Townhall meetings and driving this agenda with the Senior Leadership Team.
• Leadership & Team Development: Manage and mentor the People Team, including Talent Lead, People Lead (US) Head of People Experience, People Advisor and Office & Events Manager, ensuring alignment with Tangle Teezers business objectives and culture.

What we are looking for in you:

• Proven experience in a senior HR/People role, partnering and driving discussions with senior leadership
• Strong business partnering skills, an ability to facilitate getting things done.
• Happy bouncing between operational and strategic work, at ease with the doing as much as the planning.
• Experience partnering a leadership team through a period of change, understanding how to articulate these changes to the business.
• Experience in a scale up environment and ability to manage matrix organizations
• Successful experience working in an international environment (UK, US and beyond)
• Exceptional communication skills and relationship management skills.
• Project management skills, able to see the bigger picture and translate this into actionable tasks for your team.
• Experience working within a hybrid/flexible work environment, agile approach, happy operating in ambiguity.
• Some experience and knowledge of HRIS platforms
• Preferably experience overseeing facilities/office management.
• Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire, mentor, and develop a team.
• A deep understanding of HR best practices, employment law, and compliance.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate across all levels of the organisation.
• Strategic thinking and problem-solving capabilities, with a track record of developing and executing successful people initiatives.
• A proactive, solution-oriented mindset with a passion for building a positive workplace culture.

The good Stuff:For all your hard work and dedication, we have fantastic rewards for you –

• Hybrid working with a minimum of 2 days in our London office
• A flexible workplace- core hours of 10am to 4pm.
• Performance related bonus – 20% based on annual salary
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service, and the option to buy more holiday days
• Enhanced Family Leave Policies
• Period & Menopause Policies
• Enhanced Pension scheme (5%)
• Life Assurance 4 x salary
• Medical Insurance with AXA
• Cashback medical plan
• Dog friendly office
• Enjoy a meeting-free Friday with a 4.00 pm finish to kickstart your weekend
• In office massages every fortnight
• A brand new, shiny office 2 minutes from Southwark station

#LI-HybridBIC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We strongly commit to hiring people with different backgrounds and experiences to help us build better products, make better decisions, and better serve our customers. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, veteran status, disability status, or similar characteristics. All employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.BIC is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for this employment opportunity. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any team member at BIC via email, or directly to a BIC team member in any form without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of BIC, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by BIC as a result of the referral or through other means

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Location

London

Job date

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:47:05 GMT

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