Human Resources Business Partner (Hrbp) - Western Canada

Company Description

Laura Canada is an iconic and innovative family-owned retailer housing two leading women’s fashion apparel brands, Laura and Melanie Lyne. Based in Laval, Quebec, we design, produce, market and distribute quality apparel across Canada. We proudly employ over 2,000 dedicated team members and operate more than 140 locations and two online stores. We attribute our success to the unwavering commitment of our team to delivering outstanding customer experiences while embodying our shared values of integrity, respect, teamwork, performance, and passion.

At Laura Canada, we believe that delivering an outstanding customer experience is driven by our commitment to an outstanding employee experience.

Laura Canada’s Human Resources team is currently expanding!

We are now looking to reinforce our ongoing commitment to our teams with a progressive and integrated vision for Talent Development, Business Partnership and Talent Acquisition that will ensure our ability to attract and engage colleagues who will continue to drive our business.

If you are looking for a fulfilling professional life, to leave your mark in the evolution of the HR function and make a meaningful difference in the lives of colleagues, customers and communities, this opportunity is for you!

The Role:

We are looking for an accomplished and enthusiastic Human Resources Business Partner to join our team.

The Human Resources Business Partner provides expertise, advice and creative solutions to attract and engage talents and to promote a high-performance culture combined with an inclusive and stimulating work environment.

THE CHALLENGE

In the context of deploying a new Human Resources service offering, you will:

• Propose and use HR key performance indicators to confirm needs, provide observations on trends, and propose appropriate interventions.
• Collaborate proactively with clients and play an influent advisory role on change management, talent development, succession planning and communications.
• Understand your internal clients’ business issues, identify and prioritize HR needs in order to translate them into strategies, innovative integrated solutions and concrete action plans that will facilitate the achievement of business objectives.
• Define, influence and promote employee experience, employer brand and organizational culture.
• Ensure the deployment of HR programs, solutions and key initiatives in partnership with HR centers of expertise.
• Optimize existing practices, processes and programs and implement new ones based on industry’s best practices.
• Guide and advise Managers on team effectiveness and engagement, conflict resolution and employee relations; guide them on governance, litigious issues and effective enforcement of labor laws and HR policies, procedures and programs.

Qualifications

• Strong business acumen
• Strong knowledge of the Office Suite
• Ability to learn quickly, to influence, to work in a changing environment, to analyze and solve problems
• Creative, proactive, accountable, flexible, credible, curious, and positive
• Bachelor's degree in human resources, industrial relations, management or a related field of study
• Minimum of 3 to 5 years of experience in human resources, including at least 3 years in a HR Business Partner or Generalist position
• Strong knowledge of the various labour laws in force and their application
• Knowledge of one or more HR information systems and tools
• Bilingualism (English and French) will be considered an asset
• Availability to travel 30% of the time in areas of responsibility across Western Canada and Greater Toronto Area
• Certified Human Resources Professional (CHRP) designation
• Excellent interpersonal, teamwork and communication skills, both oral and written

Additional Information

At Laura Canada, there are no limits to what you can achieve - come see for yourself!

To know more about the Company and submit your candidacy, visit https://www.lauracanada.ca/en/.