People & Culture Manager Edinburgh Parks - Edinburgh Parks

We’ve been trusted to serve Aussie communities since 1914 and grown to become a top 30-listed on the ASX with 120,000 team members and a portfolio of iconic brands. At Coles Group, you’ll not only get to make a difference to millions of Aussie lives—you’ll also get to see your impact.

About the team

An exciting opportunity has become available for a People & Culture Manager to join our team based at our Coles Edinburgh Parks Distribution Centre. Reporting to the Regional Head of People & Culture, you will operationally support our Distribution Centre senior leadership team in the achievement of our people plan and foster best practice team engagement.

In this complex heavy industrial environment, this role would suit an engaging, experienced professional, comfortable in a unionised environment who can identify and deploy strategies to achieve Coles people plan and operational methodology.  
 
 

About the role

Acting reasonably independently, you will act as a trusted advisor in providing strategic advice, evaluate risk & legislative compliance and leverage centralised expert teams in Melbourne. You will seek out initiatives to improve our business and bring concepts to reality whilst ensuring our people metrics remain on target.

You will ensure our business continuity by developing succession plans and build capability through gender equity, diversity, and targeted initiatives. 

This role is suited to someone who is tertiary qualified, experienced with a unionised workforce, with significant professional HR experience who is comfortable operating in a standalone environment. 

•    Partnering with the Head of Operations and DC leadership team 
•    Managing end to end P&C activities ahead of the transition to our new operating model
•    Managing the succession and development planning processes to support the talent pipeline, and managing leave liabilities
•    Subject Matter Expert for change and transformation activities within the business
•    Identifying opportunities to support the business to sustainably improve engagement
•    Coaching Operations Leadership team to drive continuous improvement across the P&C
•    Driving a performance and learning culture; and,
•    Executing the Corporate P&C Strategy and engagement of key stakeholders
 

About you and your skills

•    Tertiary qualified or demonstrated strong performance in a senior HR/ P&C role
•    Significant P&C generalist experience within Logistics, Supply chain or similar industry is highly desirable
•    Strong stakeholder skills with the ability to partner and influence at all levels
•    Business consulting/partnering
•    Cultural and business change and transformation experience (accreditation valuable but not a requirement)

Take your next step into something bigger, apply now

With us it’s not about the discounts (although you do get those), it’s about joining a team where your wellbeing and professional development is invested in and celebrating your contributions is the norm. And because everyone leads unique lives, we offer flexible work including work from home, additional leave and parental leave entitlements.

We’re continuing to build a gender equitable team, and a culture that’s just as diverse, inclusive and welcoming as the communities we serve. We encourage applications from people of all ages, cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples), abilities, sexual orientation and gender identities.

We’re happy to adjust our recruitment process to support candidates with disability. Find out more in the ‘Our Recruitment Process’ section of our careers site.

Safer together

We’re committed to providing a safe environment for our team members and our customers, so you’ll need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 before joining the team, unless you’re medically exempt. You’ll also need to disclose and evidence your COVID-19 vaccination status as part of your application. Thanks for understanding.

Job ID: 59219 

Employment Type: Full time