HR Administrator, Rent the Runway

Salary not provided
JIRA
Slack
Junior level
New York

1+ day a week in office (Secaucus, NJ)

Rent the Runway

Women's clothing subscription service

Be an early applicant

Rent the Runway

Women's clothing subscription service

501-1000 employees

B2CSustainabilityFashionConsumer GoodseCommerce

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided
JIRA
Slack
Junior level
New York

1+ day a week in office (Secaucus, NJ)

501-1000 employees

B2CSustainabilityFashionConsumer GoodseCommerce

Company mission

Rent the Runway's mission is to power women to feel their best every day.

Role

Who you are

  • 2 years of experience in an HR support role, demonstrating a strong understanding of HR functions like recruiting, payroll, employee engagement, and onboarding
  • Clear, confident communicator who enjoys interacting with employees at all levels. You excel in building relationships and are approachable, empathetic, and solution-oriented
  • You can manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively in a fast-paced environment. Attention to detail is one of your strengths and you’re known for your reliability and consistency in completing tasks on time
  • You have a proactive mindset, always looking for ways to improve processes and solve issues efficiently
  • You enjoy being part of a diverse and dynamic team and are excited about the opportunity to grow and develop within HR

Desirable

  • Experience working with payroll systems and handling I-9 verification and compliance
  • Prior experience supporting wellness or employee recognition programs
  • Experience working with HR software (Workday, HRIS, or similar platforms) and are comfortable using tools like Jira, Slack, and email to communicate and track employee queries
  • Bilingual in Spanish a plus

What the job involves

  • As an HR Administrator, you will provide administrative support to our People & Talent team as a key team member supporting your assigned business unit
  • Reporting to the HRBP of the Secaucus Facility, the HRA will help with payroll, recruiting, employee engagement, and training tasks
  • The HRA will also act as the primary point of contact between the People Team and employees through HR Office Hours, our Peoples Services Jira Portal and being the face of the team in our distribution center
  • Our HRAs are key to creating a strong employee experience and will have scope to grow their careers and deepen their skills as members of a diverse, high-performing, and supportive team
  • Provide administrative support to the People team
  • Serve as a reliable source of information for employees in our distribution center, promptly answering questions regarding payroll, benefits, and employment policies
  • Create an exceptional employee experience ensuring employees feel informed and cared for by addressing issues promptly and professionally
  • Support the recruitment process (including internal mobility) to hire strong candidates that will positively impact our company and team and coordinate onboarding as required
  • Act as a liaison between the HR department and other employees
  • Follow and update as-needed, policies and procedures that enhance our employee experience and workplace environment
  • Screens and interviews, and liaising with candidates/hiring managers to create a seamless candidate experience
  • Support our staffing agencies in Orientation tours for New Hires by scheduling and coordinating new hire orientation, onboarding and training sessions
  • Handle all pre-hire requirements including profile creation, schedule assignment, new hire I-9 verification process ensuring compliance
  • Respond to employee queries to resolve questions and issues promptly and professionally. Escalate issues to HRBP as required
  • Assist the HRBP with formulating policies, procedures, and changes, as well as communicating updates to employees
  • Conduct employee exit interviews as required
  • Organize employee recognition programs, events, and activities to celebrate achievements and milestones
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop and implement wellness programs and initiatives
  • Compile and process employee documentation and records, keeping employees' databases/HRIS up to date
  • Track employee attendance, PTO, and leaves, and assist with payroll processing and documentation by maintaining employee schedule, supervisor, timecards and reporting in Workday/HRIS
  • Complete department reporting on a daily/weekly/monthly basis as required in support of your business unit:
  • This may include HR Stats, Missing Hours Reports, Missing Workday Reports, EOAs, Surveys, FMLA/ADA, Attendance, Shyft etc
  • The role objectives/responsibilities of the HRA adapt to the needs of their business unit and various people team initiatives/ OKRs offering scope to develop skills and deepen knowledge of the HR/Talent function

Our take

Rent the Runway seeks to profit from two important trends in apparel consumption: wanting to stay on top of the latest fashion trends while living and purchasing sustainably. By providing a platform for women to rent designer pieces, its users can have it all.

The company allows users to rent, subscribe, or buy designer apparel and accessories. It achieves this with its network of partnerships with hundreds of top designers and managing the crucial but complicated logistics in-house. It offers its partnered brands sophisticated analytics about potential customers in return for lower prices on designer garments.

Rent the Runway is now focused on diversifying revenue streams while reducing its costs. Its recent partnership with Amazon is an example of this new direction: while it will use this chanel sell to clothes previously rented through its platform, it will for the first time be selling new clothes based off of rental items modified in line with market data.

While moves such as this may well shift Rent the Runway towards profitability, it also risks undercutting the company's central message of sustainability and supporting the circular economy. The company believes that by creating better quality clothing it will nonetheless be aiding in the fight against fast fashion. Time will tell if this move helps or hinders the sustainability movement, but it is likely to boost Rent the Runway's bottom line regardless.

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Insights

Led by a woman
Top investors

Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

-6% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)

Apr 2021

$70m

SERIES G

Apr 2020

$100m

SERIES G

Total funding: $491.2m

Company benefits

  • Generous Paid Time Off including annual leave, paid bereavement, and family sick leave - every employee needs time to take care of themselves and their family.
  • Universal Paid Parental Leave for both parents + flexible return to work program - because we know your newest family member(s) deserve your undivided attention.
  • Paid Sabbatical after 5 years of continuous service
  • Exclusive employee subscription and rental discounts
  • 401k match
  • Work from home opportunities
  • Comprehensive health, dental care and dependents care from day 1 of employment - Your health comes first and we’ve got you covered.
  • Competitive Stakeholder Pension - taking care of your future
  • Company wide events and outings - our team spirit is no joke - we know how to have fun!
  • Hybrid Work - our corporate employees have the option to work remotely 3 days a week, in accordance with Company policies

Company values

  • Great ideas can come from anywhere
  • Opportunity is yours for the taking
  • Risk and failure are encouraged
  • Embrace and trust the RTR Family

Company HQ

Hudson Square, New York, NY

Leadership

Prior to Rent the Runway, was director of business development at IMG where she focused on the creation of new media businesses for IMG's fashion division.

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