Human Resource Business Partner

Address: USA-ME-South Portland-54 Hemco Road

Store Code: DC 01 Management (2701011)

ADUSA Distribution is the distribution company of Ahold Delhaize USA, providing distribution services to one of the largest grocery retail supply chains in the nation. ADUSA Distribution receives, stores, manages inventory, and ships fresh and non-perishable product throughout the network of local brand stores. ADUSA Distribution facilities handle a mix of product types, including fresh, frozen, grocery and health and beauty care items. Our team is supporting the supply chain network evolution to an integrated self-distribution model of the future, serving leading omnichannel grocery brands – Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. To learn more about our company and the other supply chain companies of Ahold Delhaize USA, visit www.adusasc.com.

Primary Purpose

The HR Business Partner role acts as a strategic partner for the Brand, ensuring HR possesses deep knowledge of business objectives and that the HR strategy is embedded into functional areas in support of business goals. The incumbent provides strong, consistent HR leadership to the function with the objective of adding value to the organization using business, operational, analytics and talent management acumen.

Duties And Responsibilities

• Collaborate with the VP of HR to support and guide the implementation of a uniform HR Business Partner model and expectations that promote a strategically focused HR Business Partner team able to provide exceptional, analytics-driven support to functional area partners, in support of business goal achievement.
• Support the continual monitoring and refinement of model as needed based on HR Business Partner and business feedback, and evolving business needs.
• Remain informed of industry and disciplinary best practices and key trends.
• Contribute to the business strategy by helping business functional areas to identify, prioritize, and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures, and processes.
• Review key business performance targets and their related talent implications with functional business leaders.
• Lead critical HR initiatives/special projects.
• Design and/or deliver HR training and development programs, including Performance Management, legal compliance, leadership development, and diversity, union awareness and avoidance.
• Lead a team of AR and Talent Specialists according to general practices, policies, applicable laws by state based on assigned territory.
• Counsel managers consistent with company policies/practices, legal considerations, compliance regulations, and company priorities—advocating both company and associate concerns.
• Provide insights and lead action-planning efforts to proactively increase associate engagement and create a winning culture.
• Promote diversity and inclusion in staffing, associate relations, learning and other HR discipline areas.
• Support the business proactively with internal communications, announcements and associated change management efforts.
• Lead business functions in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with business strategy.
• Utilize strategic workforce plans to drive talent recruitment and pipeline initiatives; collaborate with Talent/Learning on new / innovative recruitment methods.
• Plan and support college recruitment programs to further build candidate pipeline for future succession
• Drive diversity within talent acquisition, ensuring a balanced and diverse slate of candidates for all positions being recruited.
• Drive and lead associate engagement efforts through being a visible, active, and involved member of the brand HR team.
• Foster business relationships that are built on the HR team gaining deep knowledge of business objectives and providing strategic counsel and analytics in support of goal attainment.
• Operate as a member of the brand HR Team who act as internal consultants, proactively identifying and partnering with the business in addressing issues and concerns (associate engagement, interpersonal issues, work conditions, etc.).
• Drive a performance driven culture working with functional areas to ensure that associates understand how their performance contributes to overall business performance.
• Drive development activities (MD / Succession Planning), ensuring robust IDPs are in place and progressing, especially for associates designated as talent or promotable.
• Support the business in determining internal and external learning and leadership development options to address the unique learning needs of their associate base and leadership teams.
• This position influences business functional areas in the Brand organization beyond its department.. The incumbent supports the implementation of a best-practice HR Business Partner operating model and the application of consistent expectations and metrics that promote a focus on talent management, a performance-driven culture and analytics in support of driving business objectives
• The incumbent is focused on implementing the overarching HR Business Partner strategy and program execution. Thinking is directed towards identifying new opportunities where HR can add value to the function and requires solutions that build on industry best practice in order to improve current practice or result in the direct development of new procedures/approaches
• Supports and influences the functional area it supports, as defined by the total revenues or operating budgets of the business department
• Actions and decisions are wholly owned by this role within the scope of responsibility. The incumbent thinks beyond existing procedures, policies and approaches, and uses judgment to develop solutions for each challenge, providing broad, consistent direction and support.
• Relationship building is important for this role. This position must maintain effective relationships with the Brand leadership teams, Talent/Learning, Total Rewards, HR Services, and business functional areas in customizing strategies and programs that meet the needs of the Company’s associates as well as tie to the Company’s overarching strategy.
• Partners with functional areas as assigned to provide support for HR business initiatives.
• Supports business function as determined by business requirements.
  
  

Qualifications

• Working Knowledge of Microsoft Office Programs
• 3-5 years in HR, business administration, or related field
• Bachelor’s degree
• Travel 10-20% outside of home office
  
  

Preferred Requirements

• Strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills
• Presentation skills
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Customer focus
• Effective team player
  
  

We are an organization that values diversity and encourages all qualified individuals to apply without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law. Our organization is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities, including applicants. If you have a disability and require assistance in the application process, please email recruiting@adusasc.com

Job Requisition: 378816_external_USA-ME-South-Portland_5202024