HR Generalist & People Partner — On‑Site AU

Arvato; Sydney; On-site; AUD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Arvato Supply Chain Solutions in Australia is seeking a Human Resources Advisor for the Villawood distribution centre, supporting warehouse and support staff. The role operates as a hands-on generalist, implementing global people policies on site and reporting to the Australian Managing Director.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, maintain confidential HR records, advise supervisors on performance and conduct, and coordinate onboarding and payroll-related matters.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline + 1 year of relevant experience OR at least 5 years of relevant experience
• Solid understanding of Australian employment law, payroll compliance, and HR best practices
• Strong interpersonal, negotiation, and problem-solving abilities
• Proficiency in payroll platforms (e.g., Workday, ADP) and Microsoft Office Suite

Responsibilities

• Run recruitment end to end for the site's warehouse and support roles — writing and placing job advertising across SEEK, Indeed and Arvato's careers channels, briefing labour-hire partners for pick-pack and forklift crews, and then screening, shortlisting and interviewing applicants before putting selection recommendations to the relevant hiring manager.
• Keep the site's employee data accurate and confidential — holding personnel records, contracts, leave and payroll-input files, and training and licensing registers current within Arvato's HR information systems, and pushing new-starter, transfer and exit updates through cleanly for payroll, audit and reporting.
• Be the first port of call for supervisors and shift managers on everyday people questions — talking them through Arvato's workplace-relations policies and the site's HR procedures, guiding them on performance, attendance and conduct or disciplinary steps, and escalating complex or higher-risk matters to the APAC HR Director.
• Coordinate onboarding and induction for new starters joining the floor — booking site and WHS inductions, issuing and explaining employment contracts, salary and roster conditions, taking people through their entitlements, and pointing them to training pathways and the internal-movement and promotion opportunities that open up as the site grows.
• Take in and document new hiring requests from the site's operational departments — sitting with Operations, Inbound, Outbound, and people leaders to capture each role's job description, pay band and employment conditions, and logging the approved requisition so recruitment starts against a clear, agreed brief.
• Keep live openings in front of the right people — posting current vacancies to Arvato's external job boards and internal noticeboards, responding to candidate and job-seeker enquiries, and keeping hiring managers across pipeline and applicant status for each open role.
• Help resolve issues on the floor before they grow — supporting managers through employee grievances, complaints and conduct matters, gathering the facts, and joining discussions with employees, labour-hire providers and, where relevant, employee representatives about pay, rostering and other terms and conditions, while referring formal negotiations and higher-risk disputes to the APAC HR Director.
• Keep the site aligned with its employment obligations — working across the modern awards, enterprise arrangements and employment contracts covering the warehouse and workforce, checking pay and classification treatment against Fair Work and NSW legislation, and giving managers plain-English guidance on how award terms and dispute-resolution steps apply in practice.
• Contribute to the site's people frameworks — helping draft and roll out workplace-relations policies, HR programs and the procedures that sit behind them, and supporting the APAC HR Director and Managing Director on the practical detail of any enterprise agreement or productivity- and wage-adjustment arrangement that applies at Villawood, including how each change lands and is put into practice on the floor.
• Coordinate the site's employee-voice channels — helping stand up and run the site's consultative and WHS committees, organising toolbox talks, consultation sessions and employee-participation and engagement activities, and making sure feedback and outcomes travel back to both employees and site leadership.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Negotiation

Problem-solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Resources or related

Tools

Workday

ADP

Microsoft Office

Job description

Arvato Supply Chain Solutions in Australia is seeking a Human Resources Advisor for the Villawood distribution centre, supporting warehouse and support staff. The role operates as a hands-on generalist, implementing global people policies on site and reporting to the Australian Managing Director.

You will manage end-to-end recruitment, maintain confidential HR records, advise supervisors on performance and conduct, and coordinate onboarding and payroll-related matters.