HR Business Partner - Pharmacy
Sobeys
Requisition ID: 186764
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: HR Operations - Prairies & Pharmacy
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time
Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Nova Scotia; Alberta; Ontario
City: Dartmouth, Calgary, Mississauga
Location: Dartmouth Office, Calgary Office, Tahoe Office
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 bright new talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity for an HR Business Partner for Pharmacy.
Here’s where you’ll be focusing:
- Provide coaching, advice and guidance to leaders on employee relations issues, including; policy violations, investigations, discipline and terminations
- Lead investigations on employee relations issues
- Lead investigations on Legal employment issues
- Accountable to execute Employee Programs developed by COEs
- Manage the organizational change processes and approvals
- Respond to and made decisions surrounding any compensation issues
- Responsible to ensure Total Rewards (salary, benefits, pension, incentive) are administered in support of policies and guidelines
- Coach, advise and support leaders on all aspects of employee engagement through annual engagement survey and engagement scorecard
- 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 the leader in areas such as salary recommendations for new hires, transfers, relocations, and promotions
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
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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 designed to help our teammates to live better – physically, financially and emotionally.
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.
Our Total Rewards programs, for full-time teammates, goes 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.