People & Culture Business Partner

Ziwi Limited; Auckland; On-site; NZD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

ZIWI is seeking a People & Culture Business Partner to shape the future of our people practices and support fast growth across global markets. You will work with senior leaders to build high-performing teams, enhance HRIS, and drive policy development in a dynamic FMCG environment.

We value hands-on partnering, data-driven decision making, and the ability to influence outcomes across Commercial, Marketing, Innovation and Finance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in HR Advisor or HR Business Partner roles.
• Experience in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• Strong HR data capabilities and HRIS experience.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders and drive outcomes.
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing outcomes.
• Strong employee relations knowledge with sound knowledge of NZ employment law.
• Strong organisational skills with outstanding attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and responsiveness.
• Experience supporting global teams (Australia, US and China).
• Experience within FMCG, export or similarly complex environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the business to provide strategic HR support that drives performance.
• Lead P&C projects such as HRIS enhancement and talent identification/succession planning.
• Develop and continuously improve HR frameworks, processes and policies.
• Coach leaders to build leadership and management capability.
• Shape and deliver ZIWI's high-performance culture.
• Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and improve ways of working.
• Manage employee relations across global markets (AU, US, China).

Skills

HRBP experience

HRIS analytics

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

NZ employment law

Global teams

FMCG/Export

Leadership coaching

Growth mindset

HR process improvement

Global teams

FMCG/Export

Tools

HRIS platforms

AI analytics

Job description

Looking for a People & Culture role with variety, ownership, and influence?

ZIWI is New Zealand’s leading pet food exporter and a global leader in air-dried pet nutrition. Driven by our purpose of elevating every pet to their peak, every day of their life, we're helping cats and dogs thrive in markets around the world — and our global growth story is only getting started!

We're looking for a People & Culture Business Partner who wants to help shape the future of our business. This isn't a role for someone who likes maintaining the status quo. We're looking for a highly capable, commercially savvy HR professional who thrives in a fast-paced environment, enjoys rolling up their sleeves, and gets energy from building, improving, and creating. You'll partner with leaders across Commercial, Marketing, Innovation and Finance, helping them build high-performing teams while also contributing to the frameworks, processes and people practices that will support ZIWI's next stage of growth.

What will you be doing?

You'll partner with the business, providing strategic and pragmatic support, advice, and solutions that help our people thrive and drive business performance.

Take an active role in P&C projects, for example enhancing the HRIS, developing talent identification and succession framework

Develop and continuously improve people frameworks, processes and policies.

Coach and influence leaders, building leadership and management capability

Help shape and deliver ZIWI's high-performance culture.

Identify opportunities to simplify, automate and improve how we work.

Manage employee relations matters with confidence and sound judgement, including in our global markets (Australia, US and China).

Who are we looking for?

You may be an experienced HR advisor or already a P&C BP looking for your next step into a hands on partnering role where you'll make a real impact.

You'll bring:

• At least five years' experience in a HR Advisor role or an HR Business Partner role or
• Proven experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment and happy to operate strategically as well as roll your sleeves up to get the work done.
• IT and people data savvy with experience using HRIS platforms, Ai and analysing people data.
• A growth mindset, with a natural tendency to continuously look for improvements
• Experience partnering with senior leaders and influencing outcomes.
• Strong employee relations experience with sound knowledge of New Zealand employment law.
• Strong organisational skills with outstanding attention to detail.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining quality and responsiveness.
• Experience supporting global teams (Australia, US and China)
• Experience within FMCG, export or similarly complex environments.

You'll join a passionate, high-performing team and play a key role in shaping the future of our people practices as we continue to grow globally. If you're motivated by making an immediate impact, building trusted relationships, and helping shape a high-performance culture, we'd love to hear from you!