Job Description

Requisition ID: 166773

Career Group: Corporate Office Careers

Job Category: HR Operations RSC Atlantic and ON

Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%

Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)

Province: New Brunswick

City: Oromocto

Location: 0029 Oromocto RSC

Postal Code:

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, Lawton's 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.

Overview

Come be an important member of our Human Resources team supporting our retail support centre (warehouse) in Oromocto, New Brunswick. We're a team of kind hearted, retail focused, values driven individuals who are looking for a new teammate to join us.

*This position follows a hybrid working model: 3 days in the office, 2 days working remotely.

What you will get to do in this exciting role:

• Provide coaching, advice and guidance to leaders on employee relations and engagement issues, including; policy violations, investigations, discipline and terminations
• Lead investigations on employee relations and legal employment issues
• Accountable to execute Employee Programs developed by the HR Centre of Excellence
• Manage the organizational change processes and approvals
• Respond to and make decisions surrounding compensation issues
• Responsible to ensure Total Rewards (salary, benefits, pension, incentive) are administered in support of policies and guidelines
• Manage and support leaders through the annual performance review process
• Facilitate the performance calibration and succession planning processes
• Support leaders through the annual salary review process and incentive program
• Develop and refine position descriptions and assist in job evaluation as required
• Provide guidance to leaders in areas such as salary recommendations for new hires, transfers, relocations, and promotions
• Facilitate the recruitment process

What you bring to the table:

• Undergraduate Degree with a minimum of five years relevant experience
• Demonstrated knowledge/experience in all components of the generalist Human Resources function
• Experience in recruitment
• Demonstrated understanding of human behavior, as well as business management, operations and strategy
• Ability to influence, coach, and advise business partners effectively
• Strong negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to effectively prioritize and execute tasks in a high-pressure environment
• Ability to conduct investigations and present findings and appropriate resolution
• Excellent technical HR skills and understanding of employment, Human Rights and Labour laws
• Proven ability to handle confidential and sensitive information
• Ability to multi-task and work with changing/conflicting priorities
• Ability to deal with difficult people and handle sensitive issues
• Demonstrated ability to work with a large number of business partners in a matrix environment (preferred)

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.