HR Business Partner - Discount (contract)

Requisition ID : 183400

Career Group : Corporate Office Careers

Job Category : HR Ops, Discount, Liquor & Admin

Travel Requirements : 0 - 10%

Job Type : Full-Time

Country : Canada (CA)

Province : Ontario

City : Mississauga

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 131,000 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 bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for an HR Business Partner - Discount for a 18 month contract.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing :

Individual Accountabilities

• Responsible to advise and support the Director of Operations and Store Managers on matters related to employee / labor relations and the HR function
• Accountable for the consistent deployment of HR tools, systems, processes, policies and procedures and leadership development curriculum
• Provide professional advice to Operations Management in relation to collective agreement administration, employment law, labor law, human rights matters, and any other issues which require conflict resolution
• Provide a strong voice within Retail operations as the advocate for HR requirements and employee considerations
• Work with Labour Relations in collective agreement negotiations and on the administration of collective agreements (as applicable)
• Partner with the Store Manager to investigate and address employee issues while ensuring consistency in progressive discipline and investigations
• Ensure that we have consistently high levels of Management / Employee communications throughout our locations
• Drive the creation and maintenance of a positive work environment between Operations Leadership, Store Management and all front line employees
• Proactively works with operations management to ensure that company policy, procedures and, where they exist, collective agreements are administered appropriately
• Makes recommendations on unique issues not covered by current policies / procedure and proposes policy changes
• Coach managers through the progressive discipline and termination process
• Liaise with security and legal counsel as required
• Work with the recruitment team(s) to coordinate external recruitment plans (new stores / job fairs)
• Coordinate employee position changes and store openings / closings / conversions
• Lead the development and execution of an integrated workforce plan, succession plan and overall talent development plan to create a talent pipeline which supports operational requirements on an ongoing basis
• Assists with WCB, STD, LTD, LOA and RTW procedures
• Coach franchisees to enhance HR capabilities

Key Support Accountabilities

• Works with management, and where they exist, union representatives, to ensure consistent approach to progressive discipline action, termination decisions, and dispute resolutions
• Working closely with the Leadership Development function, supports all initiatives through curriculum development, training, and / or facilitation of learning with operations staff as required
• Collaborate with HR CoEs to influence development, testing and deployment of new or enhanced systems, tools, processes programs and policies
• Work with Labor Relations function to support collective agreement negotiations and the administration of collective agreements
• Works with the IHM and OHS teams to ensure a safe work environment and adherence to return to work procedures

What you have to offer :

• 3 + years HR Generalist experience or equivalent
• Undergraduate degree preferred and a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience
• Retail experience preferred
• Ability to negotiate and resolve conflict
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to effectively create and manage workforce plans
• Ability to conduct investigations and take corrective action
• Ability to coach, advise and partner effectively with Operations Leadership
• Excellent technical HR skills and understanding of employment, Human Rights and Labour laws
• Understanding of the principles of adult learning and engagement
• Ability to facilitate leadership training sessions

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 competitive compensation package, which varies by role. 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 our organization nor monitored for accuracy.

We will consider factors such as your working location, work experience and skills as well as internal equity, and market conditions to ensure the selected candidate is paid fairly and competitively.

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.

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.