HR Business Partner
Your Manager: Head of HR Business Partnering
Team: Human Resources
Location: Chiswick, London – we operate a hybrid working model
Contract Type: Permanent
Meet Pernod Ricard and experience Our Convivial Spirit!!
Ready to join Pernod Ricard, the world’s the #1 premium spirits organisation with the industry’s most comprehensive and diversified portfolio of premium brands including 18 of the world’s top 100 spirits brands?
As Créateurs de Convivialité, our purpose is to inspire authentic moments of sharing through our iconic brands, including Absolut Vodka, Jameson Irish Whiskey, and Martell Cognac, sold in over 160 countries. “Conviviality” is our secret ingredient, poured into everything we do, and rooted in every one of us who works here. Collective spirit drives our success, empowering you to craft your path and bring your authentic self to every occasion.
If you recognize yourself in the description below, don’t wait to apply!
About the role
The HR Business Partner at Pernod Ricard partners with the business to align people priorities with organisational goals, contributing to long-term success while fostering a culture of conviviality and performance.
What you will do
Strategic HR Planning and Partnership
- Collaborate closely with business leadership to develop and implement HR strategies that support business objectives.
- Partner with global teams to deliver key initiatives, including team design and senior talent planning.
- Work across leadership teams to align the People Strategy and support organisational growth.
Talent Management and Succession Planning
- Support talent acquisition, development, and retention strategies in partnership with global teams.
- Design and implement effective succession plans to build a diverse and future-ready leadership pipeline.
- Champion career development initiatives that enable employees to grow and thrive.
Employee Relations and Compliance
- Act as a trusted point of support for complex employee relations matters, ensuring fair and compliant outcomes.
- Ensure alignment with local labour laws, cultural practices, and risk management policies.
- Promote a positive, inclusive, and respectful working environment.
Performance and Change Management
- Enhance performance management approaches to align with team and organisational goals.
- Lead and support organisational development and change initiatives in partnership with leadership teams.
- Enable transformation projects that support people priorities and business strategy.
Data-Driven HR & Leadership
- Use HR data insights to inform decisions, including workforce planning and budget management.
- Coach and support People Partners to deliver tailored HR solutions.
- Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives aligned to global strategy.
Your skills and experience
- Experience in HR business partnering within a complex and evolving environment.
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships.
- Ability to adapt confidently to changing business needs.
- Strategic mindset with a focus on achieving meaningful outcomes.
- Demonstrates integrity and alignment with Pernod Ricard’s values.
- Experience using data to support informed HR decision-making.
Why join us?
Collective Spirit
You will be part of a connected, international community shaped by iconic brands, a performance mindset, and a proud legacy, where collaboration, fun and ambition coexist.
Craft your path
We empower you to own your career, innovate boldly and grow alongside our business, surrounded by leaders who value curiosity, energy, and impact.
Cultivate the future
You’ll help shape a business with a soul — one that cherishes the land, respects communities, and brings good times from a good place, responsibly and sustainably.
People are at the heart of everything we do at Pernod Ricard and are the foundation of our collective spirit as ‘Créateurs de Convivialité’. We promote inclusion throughout our business and supply chain. In our teams, we proactively foster a diverse work force and an inclusive culture, an environment where we can truly be ourselves.
We will assess your application for this role based on your skills, experiences, and achievements, not your gender, age, ethnic or educational background or any other such factors. Our recruiting team are more than happy to provide reasonable adjustments during our application and interview process, in order for you to participate fully in our recruitment experience.
Our mix of benefits
- Competitive salary, along with performance related bonus
- Defined Contribution Pension
- Private medical insurance, including income protection.
- Comprehensive Employee Assistance Programme
- Generous annual holiday entitlement plus public holidays,
- Pernod Ricard share incentive plan and share ownership plan.
- Life Assurance
- An allowance each year to spend on our brands.
- Regular events in our very own office bar.
- Our reward & recognition scheme
- Employee discounts from a range of high street retailers.
Learn more about working with Pernod Ricard https://www.pernod-ricard.com/en
Closing Date for Applications:
13th July 2026
Job Posting End Date:
2026-07-14Target Hire Date:
2026-08-07Target End Date:
Skills Required
- Experience in HR business partnering within a complex and evolving environment
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with ability to build trusted relationships
- Ability to adapt confidently to changing business needs
- Strategic mindset with a focus on achieving meaningful outcomes
- Experience using data to support informed HR decision-making
- Knowledge of local labour laws, cultural practices, and compliance risk management
- Experience leading organisational development and change initiatives
- Championing diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives
Pernod Ricard Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Pernod Ricard and has not been reviewed or approved by Pernod Ricard.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as strong overall, supported by comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage alongside life and disability insurance. Wellbeing support is reinforced through mental-health resources and broader wellness programming.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as a standout part of the package, including a 401(k) with a match and an additional profit-sharing contribution for eligible employees. A legacy defined-benefit pension is also referenced for certain earlier hires, adding depth to long-term financial support.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are unusually broad, including paid parental leave, paid caregiver leave, backup child/elder care resources, and adoption/surrogacy reimbursement. Additional supports such as Milk Stork and fertility/ART coverage further strengthen family-building coverage.
Pernod Ricard Insights
What We Do
Pernod Ricard is a convivial, responsible and successful global wine and spirits group and the #1 premium spirits organisation in the world. The Group represents 240 premium brands available in more than 160 countries. We are 18,500 exceptionally talented people worldwide with our own salesforce in 73 countries. Our portfolio is one of the most comprehensive in the market with every major category of wine and spirits, providing Pernod Ricard with a unique competitive advantage. To keep growing our business, transforming our industry and making a positive impact on the world, we believe in the power of human connection. Creating ‘convivialité’ is our business and our raison d’être. As ‘créateurs de convivialité’, our purpose is to turn every social interaction into a genuine, friendly and responsible experience of sharing. We believe there can be no convivialité with excess and strive to be sustainable and responsible at every step, from grain to glass.
