Requisition ID: 189880
Career Group: Corporate Office Careers
Job Category: HR RSC West & Wholesale
Travel Requirements: 0 - 10%
Job Type: Full-Time

Country: Canada (CA)
Province: Manitoba
City: Winnipeg
Location: 0014 Winnipeg RSC

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?

We are currently looking for a Human Resources Business Partner with passion for food, people and retail to help give our employees the support, knowledge and tools necessary to do an amazing job in servicing customers in their communities. This position will be based out of the Retail Distribution Centre at our Winnipeg Inkster Retail Support Centre (Warehouse) (1800 Inkster Boulevard, MB R3C 3J6). Please note that due to position requirements, the successful candidate will need work on site.

Here’s where you’ll be focusing:

This HR Business Partner will work closely with all employees and management at our Retail Distribution Centre. As part of a collaborative HR team, the ideal candidate will work closely with the other HR Business Partners, HR Centre of Excellence, and other HR partners. The responsibilities of this role include:

• Provide coaching, advice and guidance to leaders on employee relations issues, including; policy violations, investigations, discipline and terminations
• Lead investigations on employee relations issues
• Establish strong working relationships with operations leadership, other HR teams, and union representatives
• Lead investigations on Legal employment issues
• Accountable to execute and provide input on Employee Programs developed by Centres of Excellence
• Manage the organizational change processes and approvals including the expansion of company assets and projects for both our logistics warehouse and our transportation teams
• Manage and support leaders in a unionized environment
• Respond to and make decisions surrounding any compensation issues including providing guidance to the leader in areas such as salary recommendations for new hires, transfers, relocations, and promotions
• Responsible to ensure Total Rewards (salary, benefits, pension, incentive) are administered in support of policies and guidelines
• Support leaders through the annual salary review process and incentive program
• Coach, advise and support leaders on all aspects of employee engagement through annual engagement survey and engagement scorecard
• Facilitate the performance calibration and succession planning processes
• Develop and refine position descriptions and assist in job evaluation as required
• 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.
• Support the administration of Talent Management and Learning and Development CoE’s in new or annual program rollouts including through the annual performance review process

What you have to offer:

• Experience working in a unionized environment (preferred)
• Demonstrated knowledge/experience in all components of the generalist Human Resources function
• Sound knowledge/understanding of Manitoba provincial employment legislation
• 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 (preferred)
• Previous experience in a warehouse, transportation or manufacturing environment would be considered an asset

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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.