(CAN) Manager, People

Walmart Canada; Edmonton; On-site; CAD 92,000 - 126,000; Full time

Job summary

Walmart Canada is seeking a Manager, People to provide expert HR consultation, coaching, and support to leaders. You will translate business strategy into talent plans, advise on performance management, development planning, and employee relations, and collaborate to deliver HR programs that drive associate engagement and business outcomes.

The role emphasizes leveraging data analytics to identify trends, risks, and opportunities while supporting talent acquisition and succession planning within

Qualifications

• Minimum age 18 or older.
• Experience in HR leadership or people management preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to translate business strategy into talent plans and foster a high-performance culture.
• Advise on core HR programs including performance management, development planning, employee relations, compensation, and engagement.
• Collaborate with Centres of Excellence to design, facilitate, and execute HR programs aligned to business needs and sustainability goals.
• Support talent acquisition, onboarding, and succession planning using data analytics to identify trends and risks.

Skills

HR consulting

coaching

talent management

employee relations

compensation

engagement

performance management

development planning

Job description

Position Summary

The Manager, People provides expert HR consultation, coaching, and support to leaders, enhancing talent management, engagement, and performance while implementing strategic people initiatives to achieve business goals.

What you'll do

The Manager, People partners with leaders to translate business strategy into talent plans, fostering a high-performance culture. This role may involve coaching and advising leaders on core HR programs, such as performance management, development planning, employee relations, compensation, and engagement. The Manager, People also collaborates with leaders to ensure key people practices deliver a positive associate experience, acting as an advocate for associates. This position provides advice and counseling across all HR disciplines, ensuring compliance with policies and consistent application of HR programs and processes. The Manager, People may conduct investigations as required. In addition, this role collaborates with Centres of Excellence to develop, facilitate, and execute HR programs that align with business needs and sustainability goals. The Manager, People supports talent acquisition, onboarding, and facilitates talent review and succession planning processes. Utilizing data and analytics, this role identifies trends, mitigates risks, and seizes opportunities within the business unit. The Manager, People may champion or participate in strategic projects aligned with the company’s vision, mission, strategy, and culture.

Leadership Expectations

Respect the Individual: Demonstrates and encourages respect for all; builds a high-performing team; seeks, and embraces differences in people, cultures, ideas and experiences; creates a workplace and experiences where all associates feel seen, supported and connected through culture of belonging so associates thrive and perform; drives a positive associate and customer experience for all; identifies, attracts, and retains the best team members. Creates a discipline and focus around developing talent, through feedback, coaching, mentoring, and developmental opportunities; promotes an environment allowing everyone to bring their best selves to work; empowers associates and partners to act in the best interest of the customer and company; and regularly recognizes others’ contributions and accomplishments. Builds strong and trusting relationships with team members and business partners; works collaboratively and cross-functionally to achieve objectives; and communicates and listens attentively, with energy and positivity to motivate, influence, and inspire commitment and action. Acts with Integrity: Maintains and promotes the highest standards of integrity, ethics and compliance; models the Walmart values and leads by example to foster our culture; supports Walmart’s goal of becoming a regenerative company by making a positive impact for associates, customers, and the world around us (e.g., creating a sense of belonging, eliminating waste, participating in local giving). Follows the law, our code of conduct and company policies, and sets expectations for others to do the same; promotes an environment where associates feel comfortable sharing concerns and reinforces our culture of non-retaliation; listens to concerns raised by associates. takes action and encourages others to do the same; holds self and others accountable for achieving results in a way that is consistent with our values. Acts as an altruistic servant leader and is consistently humble, self-aware, honest, and transparent. Serve our Customers: Delivers expected business results while putting the customer first and consistently applying an omni‑merchant mindset and acts with an Every Day Low Cost mindset to drive value and Every Day Low Prices for customers. Adopts a holistic perspective that considers data, analytics, customer insights, and different parts of the business when making plans and shaping the team’s strategy. Strive for Excellence: Consistently raises the bar and seeks to improve; demonstrates curiosity and a growth mindset; seeks feedback, asks thoughtful questions, fosters an environment that supports learning, innovation, and learning from mistakes, and intelligent risk-taking; and exhibits resilience in the face of setbacks. Seeks and implements continuous improvements and encourages the team to leverage new digital tools and ways of working.

Pay

The pay range for this position is $91,900.00 - $126,390.00. Pay will be determined based on relevant experience.

L’échelle salariale pour ce poste est de 91,900.00 à 126,390.00. La rémunération sera déterminée en fonction de l’expérience pertinente.

Minimum Qualifications

Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.

• Age - 18 or older

Preferred Qualifications

Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.

• Walmart will accommodate the disability-related needs of applicants and associates as required by law.

Primary Location

6110 CURRENTS DR NW, EDMONTON, AB T6W 0L7, Canada

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