Career Opportunities: People Partner - Stores (1013009) Requisition ID 1013009 - Posted - New Zealand - Full-time - Retail Operations
We are Woolworths Group
We are Woolworths Group. 200,000+ bright minds, passionate hearts, and unique perspectives across Australia and New Zealand. Connected by a shared Purpose - 'to create better experiences together for a better tomorrow'. That Purpose fuels our ambition to explore new ideas, make brave commitments, and innovate better ways to meet the food and everyday needs of more than 24 million customers every week.
If you're excited to turn today's blue-sky thinking into a better tomorrow for future generations, you'll find yourself supported and enriched in a dynamic, inclusive, and empowering workplace. With a culture of genuine care, a flexible approach to work, and opportunities across the group to grow your career and make a meaningful impact, the possibilities for what we can achieve together are endless.
What you'll do
This is an exceptional opportunity to further build your experience with one of New Zealand's largest employers. As part of our high performing team you'll be joining a fast-paced, dynamic organisation where we are proud of our customer centricity and our ability to make a real difference for our teams within a complex, large-scale, matrix environment. Responsible for end to end people partnering across leaders and teams, you will play a key role in our 'Team First' approach to business partnering, supporting simplification of the way we work, and critically, value creation through delivering effective people solutions.
As a trusted People Experience Partner (Senior People Partner), you will be responsible for developing the next generation retailers and leaders. You will deliver best in class people experiences, leverage Group-wide people initiatives, and drive sustainable change outcomes as we continue our transformation journey. Working with Stores across South & East Auckland/Waikato/Tauranga, you will be hands-on in managing a broad set of relationships and will be accountable for people outcomes across the region you support.
Key responsibilities include:
Strategic HR Business Partner for stores across the South & East Auckland, Waikato through to Tauranga
Establishing great relationships with key stakeholders to allow you to partner across the people model to deliver outcomes
Implementing HR team objectives aligned to relevant HR people strategy for your Zone
Shape data-led people priorities that underpin our Business Strategies, partnering across the people model to deliver outcomes
Building team connection to Purpose & Business Strategies through shaping team narrative & engagement plans
Managing people risk through the development of risk mitigation strategies & monitoring key controls within the Business
This portfolio covers 50 stores across south and east Auckland, Waikato and the Bay of Plenty.
What you'll bring
You'll have proven generalist experience, ideally gained within a multi-site, retail environment where your professional nous, strong relationship and engagement skills, and ability to apply and adapt people solutions that enable strategy, stand out. Previous experience in managing change, a practicable understanding of NZ employment legislation, and coaching and supporting a wide range of store leaders, is key. Previous exposure to delivering People solutions in an agile environment is advantageous, but not critical.
What you'll experience
Our Team Members are at the heart of everything we do and we're always looking for ways to support your career journey and reward great work:
Team discounts across our range of Woolworths Group brands you know and love and a robust rewards program that celebrates and incentivises purpose-driven work.
Strong package including base salary, bonus and tool of trade car
Ongoing development within an ANZ team and access to COE/specialist career opportunities
A range of programs to help you prioritise and manage your wellbeing, including 24/7 access to the Sonder app.
A progressive and competitive leave policy that gives you more space for what matters to you.
If you're smart and good at what you do, let's work together | Me mahi tahi tatou
Everyone belongs at Woolworths Group
Diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging are key to realising our purpose of better together for a better tomorrow. We recognise the value our team's diversity brings to our business, customers, and communities and that teams with diverse experiences and backgrounds enrich our group and are better able to innovate and solve problems. As one of the largest employers in Australia and New Zealand, we aim to create a truly inclusive workplace where everyone feels that they belong, can be their best selves, and reach their full potential.
We encourage all candidates to apply; please let us know in your application if we can support you with any adjustments in the hiring process.
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