Head of PEOPLE Business Partnering

Are you motivated by creating alignment and impact in a complex, international organisation? Then here’s your chance to take the lead on how PEOPLE partners with the business across BESTSELLER globally.

In this role, you will shape and strengthen an established setup across functions, markets and leadership levels, ensuring a clear and consistent approach that works in across our organiation.

YOUR TEAM
You will join BESTSELLER’s central PEOPLE department and become part of the global PEOPLE Leadership Team, reporting to the Chief People Officer.
You lead the PEOPLE Business Partnering function with five direct reports in Denmark and indirect responsibility for additional Business Partners across Denmark and regions.
Your set the direction for the Business Partner community and ensure clarity in how they operate across the organisation. You also act as PEOPLE Business Partner for the PEOPLE function, working closely with the PEOPLE leadership team and the Chief People Officer.

YOUR ROLE
You are responsible for developing and running the PEOPLE Business Partnering setup across BESTSELLER globally and for ensuring it delivers value in the business. Your focus is to define a clear framework and ensure that PEOPLE initiatives are implemented, followed through and anchored across the organisation.

Your responsibilities include:

• owning and evolving the global PEOPLE Business Partnering model, including defining roles, responsibilities and ways of working
• strengthening collaboration between Business Partners and Centres of Excellence to ensure a consistent and effective PEOPLE approach
• leading and developing the Business Partner community, including performance follow-up and capability building
• driving a clear structure for communication and collaboration across Denmark and globally
• ensuring rollout, adoption and follow-up on PEOPLE tools, processes and initiatives
• acting as the link between business needs and PEOPLE priorities and adjusting the setup based on feedback and results.

YOUR BENEFITS
In this role, you will work closely with senior leadership and gain a broad view of the business across functions and markets. You will operate in an environment where you are trusted to take ownership and make decisions. This gives you the opportunity to influence how PEOPLE contributes to business performance in practice.

You can look forward to:

• shaping how the Business Partnering setup develops over time
• gaining direct insight into and influencing strategic decisions
• leading and developing an experienced and diverse Business Partner community
• a role where your decisions have clear and visible impact.

YOUR PROFILE
You are an experienced PEOPLE leader with a strong business understanding and a clear view on what good Business Partnering looks like in practice. You are comfortable operating at senior level and motivated by building a setup that works across a complex, international organisation.
 
We imagine that you:

• have extensive experience from senior PEOPLE or HR Business Partnering roles in an international organisation
• have led leaders or experienced profiles and know how to build strong teams and capabilities
• have worked closely with senior stakeholders and act as a trusted sparring partner
• have experience building or evolving a Business Partnering setup across functions or regions
• lead effectively through others in a global matrix organisation, including without formal authority
• have a strong execution focus and ensure follow-through on priorities and decision.

WE LOOK FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU 
If you have any questions regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Michel Ruiz on +45 27 95 89 45. Otherwise, please send us your application and CV no later than  4 June 2026. We will be evaluating and interviewing candidates on an ongoing basis and reserve the right to close the ad before the application deadline, if we find the right candidate. 

LOCATION: Brande and Aarhus, Denmark.

ABOUT BESTSELLER  
At BESTSELLER, we are more than 20,000 people in 38 different countries working for over 20 fashion brands such as JACK & JONES, SELECTED, VERO MODA, ONLY, PIECES, VILA, OBJECT, MAMALICIOUS, NAME IT, NOISY MAY and Y.A.S. We are a family-owned company with a strong foundation and values to build on, empowering us to pursue the ideas we believe in to take BESTSELLER forward. We are committed to diversity and provide equal opportunities for everyone, irrespective of sex, race, ethnicity, religion or belief, disability, age, sexual orientation or gender identity. We strive to create an empowering environment where people can thrive and develop. For more information, visit www.bestseller.com.