Bilingual, HR Business Partner (English/French) – 6 Months Contract

Position: Bilingual, HR Business Partner (English/French) – 6 Months Contract

Location: Markham, ON

Schedule: Hybrid (2 days in office, 3 days at home)

Start Date: Asap

Job Summary

We are looking for an HR Business Manager to collaborate with team members from our head office and showroom population. In this role, you will act as a strategic business partner and coach for people leaders and provide operational support to employees. You are an experienced HR professional, that is passionate about the employee experience, and you know how to balance the needs of the business and the needs of the people. As we build our business and grow the number of employees, you will be part of developing HR programs, policies and processes related to talent management, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness, as well as supporting the day to day HR operations. We are looking for someone who likes to turn ideas into reality and can roll up their sleeves and dive in, someone that is a true generalist, that’s innovative and passionate.

Duties

• Partner with leadership to identify their needs, and assist them by building effective practices, policies and programs to best support both the business and employees.
• Build strong and trusted relationships with leaders and employees to act as a consultant, have open and direct conversations, challenge ideas and provide opinions to influence business decisions. Advise on and resolve all policy questions, job-related concerns and employee performance issues.
• Advocate for employees and remind leaders of the impact of their decisions on their people.
• Ensure consistent culture and develop programs and initiatives to support it.
• Manage employee relations and performance management issues which require confidentiality and discretion.
• Review and analyze data to identify trends and recommend solutions to business challenges, improve performance, retention, and employee experience.
• Lead projects relating to talent management, learning and development, employee engagement and retention.
• Lead HR processes such as annual performance reviews, compensation, and policy related implementations.
• Identify training and development needs for teams and individuals and assist with training initiatives.
• Recruitment strategy of our showroom and head office employees and ensuring we have a team that is set up for success.
• Develop and implement talent management, learning and development strategies which support our culture and collaborate with business partners in these processes.
• Ensure compliance with employment legislation and ESA.
• Work as an integrated member of the Human Resources team.
• Support all other areas of Human Resources, when required and any other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 5+ years human resource generalist experience.
• Degree or diploma in Human Resources or relevant program, CHRP designation would be an asset.
• Proven experience in all aspects of Human Resource Management, including recruitment, employee relations, performance management, leadership development and training.
• Human Resources experience supporting 250 or more employees, hourly or retail employee client groups and/or automotive dealership experience is preferred.
• Passion for creating a positive employee culture and experience.
• Strong interpersonal, communication and customer service skills.
• Empathetic leader with ability to develop credible and trusted relationships.
• Exercise a high degree of professionalism and diplomacy in interactions with all levels of the organization.
• Demonstrated problem-solving and critical-thinking skills; able to identify issues, propose solutions, and implement appropriate changes.
• Self-motivated, reliable and follows through on commitments.
• Solutions focused, strong work ethic, and desire to achieve excellence.
• Highly flexible and adaptable within a rapid and changing work environment.
• Excellent computer skills, proficient with Excel and Word.
• Strong knowledge in employment laws; multi-jurisdiction experience preferred.

To apply please email your resume to [email protected]

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Thank you in advance to everyone that applied, unfortunately due to volume we will only be contacting selected candidates. If you’re not contacted, we will keep your application on file and consider you for other and/or future opportunities in your field that might be of interest to you.

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• Job ID / No. du Poste: 37233
• Open Positions / Postes Ouverts: 1