PX Business Partner

Mercury NZ Limited; Auckland; Hybrid; NZD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5 extra leave days per year (MyDays)

$400 tax-free home-office setup

Job summary

Mercury NZ Limited is seeking a seasoned People Experience partner to become the primary strategic ally for a portfolio, translating strategy into practical workforce plans and actions that strengthen capability, culture and business performance.

You’ll partner with Executives and senior leaders, shaping the future of work with the effective adoption of technology and AI, while coordinating across PX Advisory and specialist teams.

Qualifications

• Significant generalist HR experience in a senior BP or HR Manager or equivalent role.
• Experience partnering with Executives and senior leadership teams.
• Experience in large, complex organisations (1000+ employees).
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking; translate strategy into action.

Responsibilities

• Build a strong understanding of portfolio commercial drivers, priorities and risks.
• Provide trusted advice and challenge linking people decisions to business strategy and performance.

Skills

Senior HR partner

Executive partnering

Organisational design

Workforce planning

Culture and change

Data-driven insights

Business partnering

Strategic advisory

Job description

Mercury is a bold future-focused organisation, providing energy and telecommunications to more Kiwis than anyone else, leading the way with renewable energy and working toward a sustainable future. At the heart is our purpose. Taking care of tomorrow: connecting people and place today. This pushes us to do all we can to create a better future for our people, our communities, and Aotearoa New Zealand.

This newly created role is an opportunity to shape and deliver the people priorities supporting Mercury’s corporate functions. Partnering closely with Executives and senior leaders, you’ll translate our strategy and long-term goals into practical workforce plans and actions that strengthen capability, culture and business performance.

You’ll join an experienced and collaborative People Experience (PX) team focused on getting the fundamentals right, strengthening our operating model and continuing to lift the quality of service we provide to the business.

This role has the flexibility to be based in Auckland or Tauranga. As a business, we are constantly evolving and adapting and this may mean the business units you partner with may change, providing more experience and exposure across Mercury.

Mō te tūranga | About the role:

As the primary strategic PX partner for your portfolio, you’ll build a strong understanding of its commercial drivers, priorities and risks. You’ll provide trusted advice and constructive challenge, helping leaders connect people decisions with business strategy, performance, affordability and risk.

A key area of focus will be helping Mercury prepare for the future of work. You’ll bring together people, technology and ways of working to help leaders understand future workforce needs, build capability and support the effective adoption of technology and AI.

You’ll balance strategic thinking with practical execution. This includes coordinating support across PX Advisory and specialist teams, while maintaining clear ownership of the strategic relationship and wider people plan.

• Significant generalist HR experience in a senior Business Partner, HR Manager or equivalent role
• Proven experience partnering with Executives and senior leadership teams
• Experience within a large, complex commercial organisation, ideally with more than 1,000 employees
• Strong commercial and strategic thinking, with the ability to turn strategy into practical action
• Demonstrated capability across workforce planning, organisation design, leadership, culture, talent and complex change
• Strong influencing skills and the confidence to provide constructive challenge
• Experience using data and insights to identify issues, influence decisions and track outcomes
• Additional 5 days leave per annum (MyDays)
• $400 one off tax-free payment towards setting up your home office
• Offers on electricity and telco - if you're a Mercury customer, you can enjoy some great discounts on your electricity and telco bill
• A diverse workplace where your unique abilities and talents will be recognised and encouraged
• Annual salary reviews with excellent parental leave policy, with the option to purchase additional leave
• The opportunities, career paths and facilities associated with working for one of New Zealand's largest multi-utility providers
• Flexible working policy - The autonomy and trust to work flexibly from our purpose-built premises and from home, recognising the value of this flexibility in the modern world
• Discounted health insurance and free life and income insurance
• Excellent well-being programme including up to $100 annual check ups and confidential assistance programme
• Gender affirmation leave and supportive bereavement leave to be taken when you lose anyone close to you, including your pet

Mercury is a learning organisation that is committed to providing you with opportunities to grow and develop that will benefit you now and in the future. Part of your role includes building your skillset and mindset through a variety of ways. We believe this creates an energised, innovative and agile work environment where you will feel valued.

Every voice has its place - and together, we thrive.

At Mercury, we believe that having a team of individuals with different backgrounds, experience and capability working together makes us stronger and better as an organisation. We know that some candidates may only apply for a role if they meet all of the criteria.