HR Business Partner

3 weeks ago


Cremorne, Australia Accent Group Full time

Accent Group Limited is the leading digitally integrated retail and distribution business in the Apparel and Footwear performance and lifestyle market in Australia and New Zealand. With over 750+ stores, 35 brands and 40 online platforms. Our brands include; Glue, Platypus, Skechers, Hype DC, Vans, Dr. Martens, Subtype, The Athletes Foot, CAT, Merrell, The Trybe, Pivot, Timberland, Stylerunner, Palladium, Stance, Saucony, & Nude Lucy

About The Role

We are looking for an experienced HR Business Partner to join our high performing HR Team

Ultimately, as our HR Business Partner, you will be able to act as a consultant on human resource management and organisational changes, operationally and strategically partnering with the business to execute the People roadmap and the wider Accent Group strategy.

Reporting into the Group Head of HR & Training, this role will be primarily responsible for supporting our Retail field operations team with day-to-day requirements, and the implementation of people, culture and wellbeing initiatives.

Why Accent Group?
- Team member discounts up to 40% across all our Retails brands.
- An extremely nimble People department with substantial opportunity to create, implement and influence many projects and processes.
- Join a POWERHOUSE Retail Company with plans for significant growth.
- This is an exciting and rare opportunity to join Accent Group as we continue to grow at a rapid pace.

**Your key responsibilities will include**:

- Provide daily coaching and guidance to the Retail team, offering proactive, best practice advice on employee relations issues and compliance. This includes but not limited to employment, performance management, absence, disciplinary, conduct investigations and grievance matters.
- Ensuring the Retail team are kept well informed on issues which are appropriately escalated.
- Analyse, monitor and create key people metrics and indicator to forecast any risks, identify trends and measure success to drive continuous improvement.
- Ensuring compliance across all elements of the Retail environment measuring against the General Industry Retail Award and Fair Work Act. This may include leading any required changes made to current legislation.
- Building and implementing policies, procedures and supporting documents to help refine and proactively upskill.
- Help to create a consistent learning platform across all levels of the Retail business.
- Leverage a deep business understanding to identify issues (process or people), diagnose root causes, provide insights, offer recommendations and develop proactive solutions to solve business challenges such as productivity, engagement, skill development, attraction and retention & recognition.
- Support with greater People projects such as new system implementation, talent framework, on-boarding, HR one-on-one training or any other projects within the People strategy.
- Create and implement streamlined compensation structure with retail brands to create consistent approach, manage annual merit reviews, out of cycle requests and set up career progression structure across the Company.
- Provide coaching and advice on career development, recruitment practices, succession planning, compensation and performance management, diversity and inclusion and other human resource practices.
- Support with employment contract generation, letter creation or any other ad-hoc HR letters required
- Providing authentic leadership and direction to the Retail field and wider People teams.
- Suggest new HR strategies and initiatives

To be successful you will have the following key skills & competencies:

- Proven experience as a HR business partner, with thorough knowledge of employment legislation.
- Demonstrated 5+ years’ experience in HR and experience as in a People BP/Generalist position (ideally within the retail industry).
- Strong knowledge of employment legislation and ability to advise on a broad range ER/IR issues -in depth knowledge of the General Retail Industry Award.
- Microsoft program experience with excel, power point, outlook
- Exceptional communication, both verbal and written, and influencing skills to deliver outstanding results.
- Excellent people management and relationship building skills. Strong ability to develop and maintain relationships with a variety of key stake holders across all levels and locations of the business.
- Enjoy being hands on in a high performing team.
- Strong ability to multi-task and navigate competing priorities.
- You will a strong partner who can be assertive, read-the-room, tenacious but approachable.
- Demonstrate high levels of integrity at all times.
- Analytical and goal oriented, with demonstrable experience with understanding HR metrics and trends.
- Ability to adapt quickly and be flexible to a changing environment.
- Enjoys the challenge of creating new HR initiatives, adapting to challenges and accelerating.
- A ‘Make It Happen’ attitude - Willing to go above and beyond


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