HR Manager

Lactalis; Bunbury; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discounted private health insurance

Full-time, permanent role with Lactalg

Career progression opportunities

Job summary

Lactalis Australia is seeking an experienced HR Manager to partner with leaders at Harvey Fresh and Forrestdale sites to drive performance and foster a high-engagement culture. Based at our Harvey Industrial Factory and reporting to the Site Manager, you will lead HR initiatives, employee relations, and industrial negotiations across sites.

This true business partner role offers exposure to enterprise agreement negotiations, recruitment, learning and development, and shaping a positive workforce

Qualifications

• Experience in a HR Manager or Senior HR Business Partner role.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex ER and IR matters.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and negotiation skills.
• The ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead all HR processes and initiatives across the Harvey Fresh and Forrestdale sites.
• Act as the first point of contact for HR, ER and IR matters.
• Coach and support leaders on performance management and employee relations.
• Lead Enterprise Agreement negotiations and union engagement.
• Liaise with Fair Work and other external stakeholders on industrial matters.
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, talent and succession planning activities.
• Engage with Learning & Development to plan, budget and track training needs for the site
• Proactively develop and implement communication, cultural and employee engagement improvement initiatives.

Skills

ER expertise

IR expertise

Stakeholder mgmt

Negotiation

Leadership

People coaching

Job description

• Access to discounted private health insurance, amongst other retailer discounts and offers
• Full-time, permanent role within the world's no.1 dairy company
• Career progression opportunities

We are seeking an experienced HR Manager to join our team, partnering with leaders and employees across our Harvey Fresh and Forrestdale sites to drive business performance and foster a high-engagement culture.

Based at our Industrial Factory in Harvey, and reporting to the Site Manager, with a dotted line to the Head of HR - Industrial, you will partner with leaders and employees to deliver high impact HR and IR solutions that drive business performance and foster a culture aligned to Lactalis values.

This is a true business partnering role, providing expert advice and support across all aspects of the employee lifecycle while leading strategic HR initiatives, employee relations matters and industrial negotiations. You will be a trusted advisor to senior leaders, managers and employees, helping build leadership capability and create a positive and engaged workforce.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead all HR processes and initiatives across the Harvey Fresh and Forrestdale sites.
• Act as the first point of contact for HR, ER and IR matters.
• Coach and support leaders on performance management and employee relations.
• Lead Enterprise Agreement negotiations and union engagement.
• Liaise with Fair Work and other external stakeholders on industrial matters.
• Drive recruitment, onboarding, talent and succession planning activities.
• Engage with Learning & Development toplan, budget and track training needs for the site
• Proactively develop and implement communication, cultural and employee engagement improvement initiatives.

About you:

You are a hands-on HR professional with strong ER and IR expertise who enjoys partnering with operational leaders and influencing positive people outcomes. You will bring:

• Experience in a HR Manager or Senior HR Business Partner role.
• Strong knowledge of employment legislation, Awards and Enterprise Agreements.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex ER and IR matters.
• Excellent stakeholder management, coaching and negotiation skills.
• The ability to work autonomously in a fast-paced environment.

Our story:

Ours is aSTORYof a family business created by the Besnier Family in 1933 and is today the worlds’ No. 1 dairy company. We are 85,000loyalteam members working across 100 countries and together we create the#LactalisExperience.

Lactalis Australia’s iconic and heritage brands are ourPASSION, providing quality and nutritious products for all Australians. We arehumble,proudand resilient. We care for our employees, land,farmersand consumers, which is our driving purpose to ensure a responsible and sustainable dairy industry.

We take pride in developing our internal talent and encourageentrepreneurship by bringing together pragmaticandtenaciouspersonalities. Ouraccountability ensures we have ownership within our roles and with our EXPERTISEand dairy“know how”,sets us apart.

Lactalis is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role.

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Lactalis Australia is proudly part of the Lactalis Group, the #1 Dairy Company in the world employing ~2500 locally and over 85,000 globally. Still proudly privately owned by the Besnier family, we are the team behind iconic brands such as Pauls, Ice Break, Oak, Vaalia, Tamar Valley, Jalna and Lemnos, to name just a few. Our mission is to offer healthy, tasty and affordable products that bring us closer together.

People are what makes our business a success and career opportunities exist from farm gate to supermarket shelf – whether that be milk processing, collection, production, quality, maintenance, product sales, innovation, research and development, and the corporate support teams.

Lactalis Australia is proudly part of the Lactalis Group, the #1 Dairy Company in the world employing ~2500 locally and over 85,000 globally. Still proudly privately owned by the Besnier family, we are the team behind iconic brands such as Pauls, Ice Break, Oak, Vaalia, Tamar Valley, Jalna and Lemnos, to name just a few. Our mission is to offer healthy, tasty and affordable products that bring us closer together.

People are what makes our business a success and career opportunities exist from farm gate to supermarket shelf – whether that be milk processing, collection, production, quality, maintenance, product sales, innovation, research and development, and the corporate support teams.