People & Culture Manager at Mons Royale in Wānaka, Otago, New Zealand

At Mons Royale, we believe action and adventure sports can be a force for good but most of the gear made for these sports is trashing the planet. That's why we're on a mission to shift riders from synthetics to natural fibres designing high-performance merino apparel that doesn't mess up the places we love to play.

We're looking for a People & Culture Manager to join the mission and our growing team in Wānaka. In this newly created role, you'll lead day-to-day people practices at Mons Royale, partnering with leaders across the business to build a strong team and a strong culture as we continue to grow globally.

The role spans recruitment, people operations, culture, employee relations and compliance across our office and retail teams. This is a hands-on role for someone who enjoys the full breadth of people work - from finding and welcoming great people, to coaching managers, to building the processes and culture that help a global team perform at their best.

What you'll do

• Partner with hiring managers to recruit great people, running an effective process and a candidate experience that reflects who we are

• Build our employer brand and talent pipeline in our target geographies, and support the SLT with workforce planning and talent strategy

• Manage global mobility, including immigration, visas and relocation support

• Own and keep elevating our onboarding framework so new starters are set up to succeed

• Lead the annual performance and salary review processes, including salary benchmarking and supporting the SLT with remuneration decisions

• Support managers to have useful performance and development conversations, and foster a culture of continuous growth

• Bring our values to life by embedding them in core people processes and leading culture and engagement activities, regular engagement surveys and response plans

• Continuously simplify and improve people processes and tools so they scale as we grow

• Report on key people metrics - giving leaders visibility and insight

• Support payroll processes across our geographies, working with Finance to make sure everyone is paid accurately and on time

• Provide practical, compliant advice and coaching on day-to-day people matters, and run formal people processes with care and sound judgement

• Keep our people policies up to date, well communicated and compliant across all our geographies

What you'll bring

• A genuine connection to what we stand for, pushing boundaries to drive change in an industry dominated by plastics.

• Generalist HR/People & Culture experience, with a track record of running people practices end to end in a growing business

• Experience across multiple international markets, or the appetite to learn the employment landscape beyond NZ

• Hands-on recruitment experience and a genuine enjoyment of finding and connecting with great people

• Sound judgement - you give practical, compliant advice and know when to respond and when to escalate

• A process improvement mindset - you build people practices that are impactful, efficient and scale as the business grows

• Highly organised with strong follow through

• A clear communicator, with strong verbal and written communication skills

• Comfortable working with people systems and data, using metrics to show what's working and what's not

• Curious about technology and AI tools that make people work smarter

Opportunity for Growth

Mons Royale is a fast-growing brand in the action and adventure sports space with lots of opportunities for career development, within and outside NZ.

Mountain town lifestyle and flexibility

We are based in mountain towns because we value time spent in the mountains and want to enable and encourage our team to achieve a work/life balance. While we do work hard and put in the hours, we also believe in the value of having a life outside of the workplace. This role will be based in our brand home, Wanaka.

We value people and our team

Company culture is important to us. We're often together in the mountains or catching up for a happy-hour bike ride. With offices in Squamish, Innsbruck and our hometown of Wanaka, Mons is comprised of a globally diverse workforce. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds and therefore all qualified applicants receive consideration for employment.

Embracing the entrepreneurial spirit

Being a part of a fast-growing brand means that there’s never a dull moment and that you’ll likely be involved in a lot of opportunities that may fall outside of your typical job description.

Competitive Salary and Discounts to fuel your passion

We offer competitive remuneration, discounted Mons Royale product and access to discounts across the outdoor industry.