People Partner

picnic.app; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fresh lunch & snacks

CZ health insurance discount

Lease a Bike discount

OpenUp mental health access

25 holidays

Job summary

Picnic is seeking a People Partner to join the central People team across Amsterdam, Paris, and Düsseldorf. You will coach leaders, drive staffing, onboarding, development, and retention strategies, and act as a trusted advisor on people-related initiatives, with a strong data-driven approach.

You will partner with cross-functional experts to staff and develop teams, manage performance, and continuously improve people programs while communicating effectively with stakeholders across the business.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in HR, Psychology or similar.
• 3 to 5 years of experience as an HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or similar.
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders.
• Project management and operations experience.
• Driven to challenge convention and reinvent how work is done.
• Natural ability to coach and develop teams.
• Ability to see the big picture and data-driven approach.
• Passionate about people and able to work with colleagues of all levels.
• Fluency in English (Dutch is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to design and execute staffing, onboarding, development, rotations, motivation, retention, and organization.
• Drive performance management through check-ins and bi-annual reviews.
• Serve as a trusted advisor and coach to the leadership team.
• Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles.
• Drive people-related initiatives with data-driven insights and proactive solutions.

Skills

Excellent communication

Project management

Coaching and development

Data-driven

Fluency in English

Dutch language (plus)

Education

Master's degree in HR, Psychology or similar

Job description

Our People team strives to revolutionize human resources in the same way that Picnic has revolutionized grocery delivery. Picnic's central team is built up out of 1000 talented individuals spread across three main locations: Amsterdam, Paris and Düsseldorf. The People team consists of 15 People Partners that take full responsibility for the development and organization of everyone in the central team. As a People Partner you will be responsible for approximately 75 Picnic-ers. You'll partner with a cross-functional group of experts to design and execute the strategy for how your assigned team staffs, onboards, develops, rotates, motivates, retains, and organizes.

Tricks of the trade

Performance management: Drive performance and talent by conducting check-ins and bi-annual reviews and performance calibrations with employees

People management: Be a trusted advisor and a coach to the leadership team and play a critical role in enhancing leadership effectiveness

Staffing: Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles

Project management: Drive people-related initiatives, provide insightful data to guide decision-making, and provide proactive solutions

Continuous improvement: Design and improve people programs (including staffing, onboarding, learning & development and rotation processes)

Staffing: Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles

Stakeholder management: Enable business leaders to cultivate an effective leadership pipeline

Documentation: Conduct all admin-related tasks around development agreements, contracts, and compensation

Your superpowers

Master's degree in HR, Psychology or similar

3 to 5 years of experience as an HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or similar

Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders

Project management and operations experience

Driven to challenge convention and reinvent how work is done

Natural ability to coach and develop teams

Ability to see the big picture and data-driven approach

Passionate about people and able to work with colleagues of all levels

Fluency in English (Dutch is a plus)

Picnic perks

Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.

We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate

You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.

All the rest

At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.

A bit about us

When you join Picnic, you're joining the shopping revolution, delivering groceries to millions of people across Europe, and we're growing fast. Think super fresh products and personal service, but in a modern, sustainable way. And we're the only ones in the world doing it all by ourselves. From our fully automated fulfillment centre to delivery algorithms and marketing campaigns: we do it all in-house. Our team consists of 85+ nationalities and we're always looking for new talent. Ready for the ride?

Recruitment Process

1. CV screening
2. Phone screening
3. Online assessment
4. Interviews
5. Assessment day
6. Offer

Commitment to equal opportunities

Picnic is an equal opportunity employer- this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.
At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.

Our Mentality

At Picnic, we build from scratch with an owner's mindset. We dive into the unknown, taking end-to-end responsibility for every outcome, going the extra mile to tackle complex challenges. We turn insights into action, working as a team to get things done. We move fast, never compromising on quality or long-term impact. With grit and commitment we build what has never been built before!