Requisition ID: 185433
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: HR Backstage
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Ontario
City: Mississauga
Location: 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 talent to join our team! We currently have an opportunity as HR Business Partner.

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 issue
• Accountable to execute Employee Programs developed by Centres of Excellence
• Manage the organizational change processes and approvals
• Manage and support leaders in a unionized environment
• Respond to and make 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
• Collaborate with the HR Centres of Excellence (CoE) on creation of Employee Programs
• Collaborate with Integrated Health Management (IHM) team on employee leaves (WCB, STD, LTD) and assist with return to work as needed
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on recruitment and selection of new staff
• Liaise with legal counsel on employee related legal matters; Attend local mediation if required
• Liaise with Labour Relations on matters related to/consistent interpretation of the Collective Bargaining Agreement.
• Assist compensation in the administration of the annual salary review and incentive program
• Support the administration of Talent Management and Learning and Development CoE's in new or annual program rollouts

What you have to offer:

• 5 - 7 years of related Human Resource experience
• Demonstrated knowledge/experience in all components of the generalist Human Resources function
• Ability to establish good business relationships
• Dynamic and have a sense of initiative
• Curious and passionate about HR
• Know how to facilitate calibration sessions (performance, succession planning, etc.)
• Have a good understanding of compensation and recruitment processes
• Analytical skills and good sens of judgment
• Demonstrated understanding of human behavior, as well as business management, operations and strategy
• Demonstrated ability to work with a large number of business partners in a matrix environment (preferred)
• CPHR Designation or working towards CPHR designation is preferred
• Bilingual an asset (french & English) The candidate will be expected to work with peers in other provinces in the development, development and implementation of tools and processes across Canada, as well as provide support to Sobeys employees across Canada

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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.