Director HR Operations - Atlantic

Requisition ID : 184421

Career Group : Corporate Office Careers

Job Category : HR Operations Retail Atlantic

Travel Requirements : 0 - 10%

Job Type : Full-Time

Country : Canada (CA)

Province : Nova Scotia

City : Stellarton; Dartmouth

Embark on a rewarding career with Sobeys Inc., celebrated among Canada’s Top 100 employers, where your talents contribute to our commitment to excellence and community impact.

Our family of 128,000 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 1,600 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.

Ready to Make an Impact?

Sobeys is full of exciting opportunities, and we are always looking for passionate new talent to join our team! We are looking for a Director HR Operations for the Atlantic region.

This role will involve partnering with Operations Leadership (VPs and DOs), and Operations CoE staff to align on HR priorities required to support business objectives and build effective implementation plans to advance all initiatives.

Here’s Where You’ll Be Focusing :

• Lead HR Operations activities in the Retail business segment to support overall people, culture, and business performance.
• Drive retail leadership’s understanding and ownership of creating and maintaining a positive work environment.
• Support the culture and engagement planning process between Operations Leadership, Store Management, and frontline teammates.
• Partner with retail leaders to manage direct relationships between management and teammates in all non-union locations.
• Lead a team of HRBPs to drive fair, equitable, and consistent decision making in employee relations matters.
• Ensure the consistent deployment of HR tools, systems use, processes, policies, and procedures in retail.
• Ensure we maintain high levels of management / employee communications.
• Lead the annual development and execution of a retail leadership development plan, to support succession and the maintenance of a healthy talent pipeline to support our operational needs.
• Provide professional advice to direct reports and Operations Management in relation to collective agreement administration, employment law, labor law, human rights matters, and any other issues which require conflict resolution.
• Manage annual IHM audit process with HR team and OH&S CoE.
• Monitor engagement, employee and labor relations issues and ensure that management activities are properly aligned with the Company's policies and operating culture.
• Create a high performing team of HR professionals who support the varied and changing needs of our retail business.
• Create a succession plan for HR professionals and ensure individual development plans are being executed to prepare future talent.
• Coach, develop and empower teammates to effectively execute their daily roles.
• Provide a strong voice within Operations as the advocate for Human Resources requirements and employee considerations.
• Mitigate risks to the business through effective application of legislation and Sobeys’ policies.

What You Have to Offer :

An Undergraduate Degree with a minimum of ten years relevant experience in HR Generalist for a multi-location employee population >

500 Union and non-union retail operations setting.

At Sobeys, we require our teammates to have the ability to adhere to a hybrid work model that requires your presence at one of our office locations at least three days per week.

This requirement is integral to our commitment to team collaboration and the overall success of our office culture.

We offer a comprehensive Total Rewards package, which varies by role and is designed to help our teammates to live better physically, financially, and emotionally.

Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, go well beyond your paycheque :

• Competitive Benefits Package, tailored to meet your needs, including health and dental coverage, life, short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Access to Virtual Health Care Platform and Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• A Retirement and Savings Plan that provides you with the opportunity to build and add value to your savings.
• A 10% in-store discount at our participating banners and access to a wide range of other discount programs, making your purchases more affordable.
• Learning and Development Resources to fuel your professional growth.
• Parental leave top-up
• Paid Vacation and Days-off

We are committed to accommodating applicants with disabilities throughout the hiring process and will work with applicants requesting accommodation at any stage of this process.

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