Senior People Experience Business Partner - Hybrid

Blackwoods-1; Australia; Hybrid; AUD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

Blackwoods is seeking a Senior People Experience Business Partner to support our Regional Operations leaders across a national Trade Store network in Australia. You will help build high‑performing teams, drive organisational change and deliver practical people solutions enabling business success.

You will influence leaders at all levels, navigate complex employee and industrial relations matters, and shape the workforce of a large, customer‑focussed organisation.

Qualifications

• Significant HR Business Partnering experience within complex operational environments.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred; HR qualifications highly regarded, other degrees considered.
• Strong ER/IR expertise, including EBA enterprise bargaining experience.
• Demonstrated success leading organisational change and transformation programs.
• Strong capability in workforce planning, talent management and succession planning.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge and coach senior leaders.
• Highly collaborative, commercially minded and hands-on.

Responsibilities

• Partner with operational leaders to execute workforce and people strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Lead workforce planning, succession planning and talent initiatives to build future leadership capability.
• Support significant business transformation and organisational change programs.
• Coach, challenge and influence leaders to strengthen performance, accountability and engagement.
• Drive improvements across retention, attendance, performance management and leadership effectiveness.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations, industrial relations and risk management matters.
• Lead enterprise bargaining activities and maintain productive union relationships.
• Use workforce insights, data and metrics to identify opportunities and inform decision making.
• Design and facilitate leadership development and capability-building initiatives.
• Build strong partnerships across People, Safety, Talent Acquisition and operational leadership teams.

Skills

HR Business Partnering

ER/IR expertise

Change & transformation

Workforce planning

Talent management

Succession planning

Leadership coaching

Strategic collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree preferred

Job description

About the role

We're seeking a Senior People Experience Business Partner to support our Regional Operations leaders across a national Trade Store network. Supporting more than 50 locations and approximately 480 team members, you'll play a critical role in building high-performing teams, driving organisational change and delivering practical people solutions that enable business success.

This is a unique opportunity to influence leaders at all levels, navigate complex employee and industrial relations matters, and help shape the future workforce of a large, customer-focused organisation.

What you'll be doing

• Partner with operational leaders to execute workforce and people strategies aligned to business objectives.
• Lead workforce planning, succession planning and talent initiatives to build future leadership capability.
• Support significant business transformation and organisational change programs.
• Coach, challenge and influence leaders to strengthen performance, accountability and engagement.
• Drive improvements across retention, attendance, performance management and leadership effectiveness.
• Provide expert advice on employee relations, industrial relations and risk management matters.
• Lead enterprise bargaining activities and maintain productive union relationships.
• Use workforce insights, data and metrics to identify opportunities and inform decision making.
• Design and facilitate leadership development and capability-building initiatives.
• Build strong partnerships across People, Safety, Talent Acquisition and operational leadership teams.

We're looking for someone who

• Significant HR Business Partnering experience within complex operational environments.
• Tertiary qualifications at bachelor's degree level are preferred. While qualifications in Human Resources are highly regarded, candidates with degrees from other disciplines will also be considered.
• Strong (ER) employee relations and (IR) industrial relations expertise, including (EBA) enterprise bargaining experience.
• Demonstrated success leading organisational change and transformation programs.
• Strong capability in workforce planning, talent management and succession planning.
• Proven ability to influence, challenge and coach senior leaders.
• Highly collaborative, commercially minded and comfortable working both strategically and hands-on.

What's In It For You

• Build a career with Blackwoods: join a diverse national team and be exposed to projects, personal development and future career opportunities
• Exclusive Perks:Team Memberdiscount cardfor Kmart, Bunnings, Target & Officeworks,FREE One Passsubscription&discountedoffersfrom over 400 retail partners
• Be recognised and recognise others:team events and celebrations
• Workplace flexibility: genuine hybrid working opportunities, ability topurchase additional annual leave and paid parental leavepolicy

As part of our recruitment process and commitment to safety, you will be required to undertake background checks (which will include a pre-employment medical assessment involving drug & alcohol testing).

Blackwoods also promotes diversity and inclusion across our workplaces and encourages applications from all backgrounds, including people from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, the LGBTQI+ community and people with disabilities.

Our Story

Blackwoods is one of Australia’s leading providers of Maintenance, Repair and Operations (MRO) products and industrial safety solutions, supporting industries including mining, manufacturing, construction, transport, logistics and government. Backed by Wesfarmers, Blackwoods offers the stability of a market leader along with strong career development and growth opportunities across the broader group.