HR Director in the luxury sector

A well-known multinational luxury goods company is embarking on a global strategic restructuring project. This involves centralizing design and marketing functions at headquarters. Production and logistics will be centralized in a few locations across Europe, Asia, and the US.

This change includes a significant transformation in the operation and structure of the Spanish subsidiary. The Spanish subsidiary is one of the largest, with its own design, production, and logistics departments.

The HR manager at the subsidiary is about to retire and lacks the experience to undertake a project of this magnitude. In the medium term, the Spanish subsidiary needs an HR business partner more than an HR director. For these reasons, the company decides to hire an interim manager for a one-year period.

QMT Solution

He interim manager QMT had extensive experience in projects involving profound changes to the company’s structure and culture.

Together with the CEO of Spain and the group’s VP of HR, the profiles for key positions are redefined, and an assessment of the management team is conducted to determine who is a good fit and who isn’t. Part of the management team is replaced. The same process is followed with the second-level team.

A collective dismissal procedure is being negotiated with the unions for hundreds of people who worked in design, production and logistics.

The role of store manager is redefined with store staff, and a new variable compensation system is implemented.

A training system is created so that store employees can better convey the values ??and essence of the company.

After a year, the transformation of the Spanish subsidiary was completed. The interim manager’s project was finished. He received personal congratulations from the group’s CEO for the excellent work he had done.