Head of People & Workforce Strategy

Hrconnectlimited; Te Puke; On-site; NZD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

EastPack is seeking a senior HR leader to shape and integrate people strategy across its high-volume operations. You will work closely with senior leaders and managers to lead safety, capability, and workforce planning in a business investing heavily in technology and automation.

You'll be out on the floor as much as at the leadership table, building trust with a diverse workforce and delivering fast, human-centred recruitment and people processes during peak seasons.

Qualifications

• This is not a role for someone who wants to lead HR from behind a desk.
• We want someone who gets energy from people and from the operation.
• Someone who can move comfortably from a conversation with the Board or CEO to walking the floor, talking to employees and understanding what is really happening.
• Someone who is strategic enough to think about the future, but practical enough to roll up their sleeves and get things done.
• You'll need to be curious, driven, resilient and straight-up, with the confidence to challenge when required and the emotional intelligence to build trust across a very diverse workforce.
• Experience in a large operational, manufacturing, primary industry, logistics, food or other high-volume environment would be valuable.
• More important, however, is how you lead and relate to people.

Responsibilities

• You will lead the people and safety strategy across the business, working closely with leaders to build capability and strengthen performance.
• Workforce planning will be a major focus, ensuring EastPack has the right people and capability for the future as automation continues to change the skills and workforce required across its operations.
• With thousands of people joining the business during peak season, this is a significant operational undertaking requiring strong workforce planning, efficient processes and a recruitment model that can deliver at pace without losing the human connection.
• Importantly, this is a highly visible role. You will be expected to get out amongst the business, understand what is happening on the ground and build strong relationships across a very diverse workforce.
• You will need to be just as comfortable challenging a decision around the leadership table as you are having a conversation with someone on the floor.
• Ultimately, your role will be to make sure EastPack's people strategy isn't something that sits alongside the business strategy - it is part of it.

Job description

EastPack is seeking a senior HR leader to shape and integrate people strategy across its high-volume operations. You will work closely with senior leaders and managers to lead safety, capability, and workforce planning in a business investing heavily in technology and automation.

You'll be out on the floor as much as at the leadership table, building trust with a diverse workforce and delivering fast, human-centred recruitment and people processes during peak seasons.