HR Business Partner

Who are we?
Sanitarium is a progressive and dynamic business that is Australian owned and produces Australia’s leading breakfast products - Up & Go, So Good, Alternative Dairy Co range and Australia’s favourite breakfast Weet-Bix.
The Role
The HR Business Partner will report directly to the Manufacturing Manager, Brisbane, with a matrix reporting line to the HR Business Leader, Supply Chain. This is a stand-alone HR Business Partner role at a site level, supporting our Brisbane manufacturing site. While autonomous in nature, the role is part of the broader Supply Chain HR Team and works collaboratively with the Corporate People & Culture Team to achieve people outcomes.
This opportunity is ideal for an experienced HR Advisor or HR Coordinator who is ready to step into a Business Partnering role. You’ll be instrumental in building leadership capability, driving cultural initiatives, and supporting operational leaders with best-practice HR guidance.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide operational advice, support, and solutions on people matters to maintain cultural aspirations and build leadership capability.
- Implement strategies and initiatives across talent planning, learning and development, culture, employment relations, performance management, and employee engagement.
- Partner with leaders to support key ER/IR processes including performance management, absenteeism, workplace investigations, medical terminations, grievances, and EA negotiations.
- Support change management initiatives to ensure mínimal industrial impact, strong employee engagement, and business continuity.
- Lead and coordinate training initiatives, particularly those aligned with the Supply Chain learning framework.
- Contribute to the development of, and facilitate, training for operational leaders to build leadership capability and behaviors.
- Participate in and lead local and organisation-wide People and Culture initiatives and projects.
- Provide relevant people metrics and advice to key stakeholders to support informed workforce planning decisions.

What you bring
- Proven experience in HR Business Partnering or generalist HR functions, ideally within FMCG or a similarly fast-paced environment.
- Demonstrated success in delivering HR initiatives and programs, especially in onboarding, training coordination, and employee engagement.
- Experience in implementing and improving learning frameworks and systems.
- Strong understanding of employment legislation, industrial relations frameworks, Awards, and Enterprise Agreements.
- Experience supporting Enterprise Bargaining processes and negotiations.
- Excellent communication skills with the ability to build relationships and influence stakeholders.
- Working knowledge of WH&S practices and preventative measures.
- Commercially minded with strong business acumen and a customer-focused approach.
- Highly organised with effective time management skills and a proactive, problem-solving mindset.
- Tertiary qualifications in Business, Human Resources, or a related discipline.
- Certificate IV in Training and Assessment (highly regarded).

We are an organisation driven by our mission and values. If you share our passion for what we do, our products, and can respect our principles, then this is a great opportunity for you.
Hear why our employees love working at Sanitarium Health and Wellbeing, where people and purpose matter: