Hr Business Partner - Rsc - En

Requisition ID: 174348
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: HR Operations RSC Atlantic, ON & Big 8
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Vaughan
Location: RSC Office - ON
Postal Code: L4W 0C7
Our family of 134,000 employees and franchise affiliates share a collective passion for delivering exceptional shopping experiences and amazing food to all our customers. Our mission is to nurture the things that make life better – great experiences, families, communities, and our employees. We are a family nurturing families.
A proudly Canadian company, we started in a small town in Nova Scotia but we are now in communities of all sizes across this great country. With over 1500 stores in all 10 provinces, you may know us as Sobeys, Safeway, IGA, Foodland, FreshCo, Thrifty Foods, Lawtons Drug Stores or another of our great banners but we are all one extended family.
All career opportunities will be open a minimum of 5 business days from the date of posting.

Full-time role for an 18 month contract
We are currently looking for a Human Resources Business Partner with passion for food, people and retail to help give our employees the support, knowledge and tools necessary to do an amazing job in servicing customers in their communities. This position will be a 18 month contract role. Please note that due to position requirements, the successful candidate will need work on site.
This HR Business Partner will work closely with all employees and management at our Retail Distribution Centre. As part of a collaborative HR team, the ideal candidate will work closely with the other HR Business Partners, HR Centre of Excellence, and other HR partners. The responsibilities of this role include;

• Manage and support leaders in a unionized environment
• Manage the organizational change processes and approvals
• Respond to and make decisions surrounding any compensation issues
• Assist compensation in the administration of the annual salary review and incentive program
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on recruitment and selection of new staff
• Provide coaching, advice and guidance to leaders on employee relations issues, including; policy violations, investigations, discipline and terminations
• Collaborate with Integrated Health Management (IHM) team on employee leaves (WCB, STD, LTD) and assist with return to work as needed
• Manage and support leaders through the annual performance review process
• Provide guidance to the leader in areas such as salary recommendations for new hires, transfers, relocations, and promotions
• Support leaders through the annual salary review process and incentive program
• Develop and refine position descriptions and assist in job evaluation as required
• Liaise with Labour Relations on matters related to/consistent interpretation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Lead investigations on employee relations issues
• Coach, advise and support leaders on all aspects of employee engagement through annual engagement survey and engagement scorecard
• Accountable to execute Employee Programs developed by Centres of Excellence
• Liaise with legal counsel on employee related legal matters; Attend local mediation if required
• Facilitate the performance calibration and succession planning processes
• Collaborate with the HR Centres of Excellence (CoE) on creation of Employee Programs
• Lead investigations on Legal employment issues
• Support the administration of Talent Management and Learning and Development CoE’s in new or annual program rollouts
• Responsible to ensure Total Rewards (salary, benefits, pension, incentive) are administered in support of policies and guidelines

Job Requirements

• Demonstrated ability to work with a large number of business partners in a matrix environment (preferred)
• CPHR Designation or working towards CPHR designation is preferred
• Sound knowledge/understanding of provincial employment legislation
• Previous experience in a warehouse environment would be considered an asset
• Demonstrated knowledge/experience in all components of the generalist Human Resources function
• Experience working in a unionized environment
• Demonstrated understanding of human behavior, as well as business management, operations and strategy
• 3-5 years related Human Resource experience (at the Generalist Level)

Why work at Sobeys?

• Fitness center available;
• Recharging stations for electric cars.
• Proximity with senior management and openness to new ideas;
• Company involved in its community;
• Flexible working hours policy;
• Possibility of advancement;
• Teamwork;
• Friendly and welcoming environment;

We offer teammates competitive total compensation packages that will vary by role and location. Some websites share our job opportunities and may provide salary estimates without our knowledge. These estimates are based on similar jobs and postings for general comparison, but these numbers are not provided by or monitored for accuracy by our organization. We look forward to discussing the specific compensation details relevant to this role with candidates who are selected to move forward in the recruitment process.
Sobeys is committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.
While all responses are appreciated only those being considered for interviews will be acknowledged.
We appreciate the interest from the Staffing industry however respectfully request no calls or unsolicited resumes from Agencies.