People & Culture Business Partner

3 days ago


Macquarie Park, Australia Metcash Full time

**About the role**:
Bring to life our Metcash purpose - Championing Successful Independents Deliver the people strategy, nurture passionate leaders, who create constructive cultures, where our people have a strong sense of belonging and connection and strive to do extraordinary things for all our stakeholders across society - our teams, our retailers / members, our business partners, our shareholders and the communities in which we live

**What you’ll do**:
Develop the function annual people plan, working collaboratively and constructively with the Centres of Excellence (CoEs) to leverage expert capability in the design of initiatives, sometimes championing and piloting them, and at other times leveraging and deploying them

Work as a strategic business adviser to key stakeholders, facilitating the delivery of business outcomes through Metcash’s people levers and processes to create a ‘favourite place to work’

Act as the people lead in major business changes, providing key stakeholders with capability, support, and effective people related change management practices to enable and embed major business change

Identify key people priorities and deliver initiatives that improve performance, leadership, culture, and engagement, ensuring outcomes are measured to demonstrate the value added to the business

Identify, design, and implement initiatives to ensure the right talent is in the right place at the right time

With clear workforce plans, ensure effective talent acquisition and proactive sourcing to predict and meet future business needs, working collaboratively with the CoE to plan delivery

Work closely with the People & Culture (P&C) Advice Centre to understand major trends, working proactively to address underlying issues and focusing on continuous improvement

Act as a point of escalation with significant matters e.g., employment relations.

**What you’ll bring**:
Ideally (but not essential) two years’ experience in a P&C generalist role (either in a shared services environment or a P&C BP team)

Ability to influence and build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including varied levels of seniority

Ability (or capacity to learn how) to effortlessly navigate the dynamics of belonging to a Group function and localised business needs

Sound problem solving skills, able to analyse facts or data to determine root causes of challenges and then able to propose solutions

Either have or developing strong facilitation and coaching skills, with an ability to work effectively at all levels

Constructive and collaborative style

Passion and energy for the P&C function, people agenda and making a difference in a fast-paced, complex business environment.

**What we can offer you**:
The opportunity to make a meaningful difference to our business and lead a cultural shift for the better for an entire industry

Career opportunities, your personal development is important to us

An extra week of annual leave after your first year as part of our Fifth Week program, and the opportunity to purchase annual leave to help you recharge

At Metcash, we’re the power behind an independent Australia. For almost 100 years we’ve been proudly supporting local, family-owned businesses - sticking up for the little guys and helping them become the best stores in town. Today we’re Australia and New Zealand’s leading independent retail partner and wholesaler in the food, liquor and hardware sectors. And while we may be large in size, we’ll always be locals at heart.

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