HR Business Partner

Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: HRBP RBS (5143888)
Ahold Delhaize USA, a division of global food retailer Ahold Delhaize, is part of the U.S. family of brands, which includes five leading omnichannel grocery brands - Food Lion, Giant Food, The GIANT Company, Hannaford and Stop & Shop. Our associates support the brands with a wide range of services, including Finance, Legal, Sustainability, Commercial, Digital and E-commerce, Technology and more.
Primary Purpose: The HR Business Partner role acts as a strategic partner the organization, ensuring that HR possesses a deep knowledge of business objectives and that HR strategy is embedded into functional areas in support of business goals. The incumbent provides strong, consistent HR leadership to the function to add value to the organization using business, operational, analytics, and talent management acumen.
Our flexible/ hybrid work schedule includes 3 in-person days at one of our core locations and 2 remote days. Our core office locations include Salisbury, NC , Chicago, IL, Quincy, MA, Carlisle, PA, Scarborough, ME, Hyattsville, MD and Mauldin, SC.
Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the HRBP Lead 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 analytics-driven support to functional area partners in support of business goal achievement.
• Stay abreast of industry and disciplinary best practices and key trends to improve ways of working.
• Contribute to the business strategy by consulting with 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.
• Counsel managers consistent with company policies/practices, legal considerations, compliance regulations, and company priorities-advocating both company and associate concerns. Address associate relations issues as needed.
• Lead business functions in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements and build strategies for job reinvention as roles are being redefined in line with business strategy.
• Provide insights and lead action-planning efforts to increase associate engagement and create a winning culture proactively.
• Drive an inclusion culture by embedding diversity and inclusion in staffing, associate relations, learning, and other HR discipline areas
• Operate as a team of HR Business Partners who act as internal consultants, proactively identifying and partnering with the business in addressing issues and concerns (associate engagement, interpersonal problems, work conditions, etc.).
• Drive a performance-driven, value-based culture working with functional areas to ensure associates understand how their performance contributes to overall business performance.
• Define career pathways for advancement and drive development activities (MD / Succession Planning), ensuring robust IDPs are in place and progressing, especially for associates designated as talent or promotable, focus on diverse talent development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree: HR Certification preferred.
• 5-7 years in HR, with a working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, associate and union relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and state-respective employment laws.
• Must be able to problem solve, navigate ambiguity, and embrace change
• Ability to interpret information and make business-based recommendations
• Project management and process improvement skills desired
• Strong interpersonal, communication (written & verbal), presentation, and customer service skills
• Knowledge and the ability to interpret and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, and policies.
• Ability to thoroughly understand the organization's hierarchy, jobs, qualifications, compensation practices, and the administrative practices related to those factors.
• Experience engaging, motivating, and influencing people.
• Ability to interpret information and make business based recommendations
• Navigate ambiguity & embrace change

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At Ahold Delhaize USA, we provide services to one of the largest portfolios of grocery companies in the nation, and we're actively seeking top talent. Our team shares a common motivation to drive change, take ownership and enable our brands to better care for their customers. We thrive on supporting great local grocery brands and their strategies.
We offer an experience where our associates are valued; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business and our employees are representative of the communities that we serve. We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a blend of physical, financial and emotional wellness.
We believe in collaboration, curiosity, and continuous learning in all that we think, create and do. While building a culture where personal and professional growth are just as important as business growth, we invest in our people, empowering them to learn, grow and deliver at all levels of the business.
Job Requisition: 401582_external_USA-IL-Chicago