People & Culture Business Partner

2 weeks ago


Melbourne, Australia Fonterra Full time

**General Information**:

- Date Published- 30-May-2023- Advertising Ends- 29-Jun-2023- Country- Australia- Location- Melbourne & Southern Victoria- Role Type- HR- Work Type- Permanent- ID#- 4858**Position Description**:

- Hybrid work model - work from home and office
- Career development opportunities in an industry leading, global organization
- Work within a team of like-minded professionals

**About the opportunity**

Fonterra are seeking an experienced, driven, and passionate People and Culture (P&C) Business Partner to join our team of highly engaged and supportive P&C professionals.

Based at our modern Richmond office and operating within a hybrid work model with WFH flexibility, you will be responsible for providing generalist HR advice to people leaders and employees across the Australian business. This is a central role, working in collaboration with P&C Managers across all sites, as well as head office.

Acting as the first “port of call” for HR cases, referred by employees, people leaders and HR, you will be a strong coach, working through a variety of issues and scenarios. Day to day, you will assist with investigations, disciplinary procedures, performance management and absenteeism, leave management, change management and other ad-hoc ER issues.

Supporting key cyclical activities across the entire employee life cycle, you will collaborate with people leaders and employees on tasks such as annual performance and remuneration reviews and engagement surveys, working closely with the HR Coordinator to gather data, track progress and ensure milestones are met for on-time completion.
In addition to the more “BAU” tasks, there is scope within this role to build and deliver leadership capability within the business, supporting the roll-out of our HR strategy, and be involved in other interesting organisational projects as they arise.

**About You**

We are looking to welcome someone to our team who brings broad experience, a willingness to learn the business and who will seek to understand the challenges of this complex organisation.

You will be proactive, thrive on working in a fast paced and dynamic environment, and are looking for an opportunity to add value to the business.

Critical to your success in this role will be your excellent engagement, relationship management and influencing skills, teamed with your highly developed communication skills and “customer first” mindset.

You will also have:

- Tertiary qualifications in Human Resources (or related discipline)
- A broad working knowledge of generalist HR processes, ideally gained within a large, complex, fast paced organisations
- Experience in managing complex ER cases with autonomy, discretion and professionalism
- Knowledge of HR management concepts, practices and Australian labour law
- Ability to design and deliver people programs and initiatives with effective project management, planning and organisational skills
- Ability to communicate and build partnerships with all levels of management and employees

This is a truly exciting opportunity for an experienced P&C professional to join our global organisation, work within a team of like-minded professionals, and be exposed to innovative projects and genuine career development opportunities

**Our Story**

Fonterra is a global nutrition company owned by 10,000 farming families in New Zealand. We employ 20,000 people around the globe and offer amazing opportunities for people who want to join our team.

In Australia, we take the milk we collect from our farmers, and our eight manufacturing sites across Victoria and Tasmania turn this into dairy foods that generations of Australians have grown up with and love, including Perfect Italiano, Mainland, Western Star, and Bega. We also sell dairy ingredients to many of the world’s leading food companies and partner with foodservices business across the country to get dairy foods into chefs’ hands.

At Fonterra, we understand that to attract top talent we need to have the jobs that will make you want to get out of bed in the morning. Diversity, inclusion, and flexibility are a big part of our business, and with a collaborative culture, inspiring leaders and passionate people, this is a great place to work.



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