Strategic People & Capability Partner

Kmart Group; Victoria; On-site; AUD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Kmart Group is seeking a People & Capability Business Partner to partner with senior leaders, translating business priorities into practical people plans and overseeing workforce planning, succession and change initiatives. You will use data insights to identify risks, coach leaders, and manage complex employee relations within a fast-paced retail environment.

Working closely with the broader P&C team, you will support organisational design, remuneration and engagement programs, helping build

Qualifications

• 3–5 years' experience in a People & Capability business partnering role within a complex, fast-paced organisation.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations matters, including performance improvement, investigations, grievances and workplace conflict.
• Experience supporting organisational design, restructures and people-related change, including consultation, communication and implementation.
• Experience delivering core people cycles, including talent and succession reviews, performance reviews, remuneration reviews and engagement surveys.
• Strong ability to interpret people data and workforce trends to identify risks and insights.

Responsibilities

• Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into practical people plans aligned with the broader People & Capability strategy.
• Lead workforce and succession planning, including organisational design, resource planning and identifying future capability needs.
• Use workforce data and insights to identify people risks, trends and opportunities and recommend actionable actions.
• Provide trusted, commercially focused advice and constructive challenge on significant people decisions.
• Coach leaders to strengthen their capability across people leadership, performance management and organisational effectiveness.
• Manage complex employee relations matters in consultation with the Employee Relations team, including investigations, grievances and workplace conflict.
• Partner with leaders to plan and implement organisational change, including restructures, consultation and communication activities.
• Support leaders to build inclusive, high-performing teams and create a positive team member experience.
• Lead key people cycles across the client group, including performance, engagement, remuneration reviews, talent and succession processes.
• Partner with People & Capability Centres of Excellence and the Advisory Centre to deliver integrated people initiatives and support.

Skills

People & Capability

Workforce planning

Organisational design

Employee relations

Succession planning

Coaching leaders

Change management

Data insights

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Kmart Group is seeking a People & Capability Business Partner to partner with senior leaders, translating business priorities into practical people plans and overseeing workforce planning, succession and change initiatives. You will use data insights to identify risks, coach leaders, and manage complex employee relations within a fast-paced retail environment.

Working closely with the broader P&C team, you will support organisational design, remuneration and engagement programs, helping build