54500 GM People Operations - Plant & Food Research

General Manager People Operations

People & Culture

Auckland, New Zealand

Vacancy 54500

Bring together your technical, project, and people leadership skills & experience in this transformation role, and contribute to our Smart Green Future Together strategy for Aotearoa New Zealand.   

What you will be doing | Ngā whāinga matua

Reporting to the Group General Manager People and Culture, this role is responsible for developing and delivering efficient and effective people transactional and operational services and improving our employee experience. 

Your track record leading the development and implementation of technology enabled transactional services and process excellence to improve employee experience will help you to be successful.

As part of the People and Culture leadership team you will be a key contributor to the development of a values-based culture at Plant and Food Research, enabled by high quality data, reporting and processes. You will grow and challenge your team members to develop their capabilities and to support staff and people leaders.

What you will bring | Ngā tino pūkenga me ngā wheako

To be successful in this role, you will ideally have:

• Experience leading HR/Payroll operational transformation projects in large, complex organisations. This includes end to end process review, stakeholder identification and engagement, process and business rules design and implementation.
• Proven success in engaging stakeholders with the benefits of operational transformation projects including vendors, unions, staff and leaders and influencing positive outcomes.
• Ability to develop and implement innovative, pragmatic solutions that are appropriate for the core business and people of an organisation.
• Proven experience navigating between the strategic context of the organisation and the operational challenges and reality for its people.
• A good working knowledge of employment and associated legislation.
• Experience of leading and delivering concurrent projects in a structured way with clear accountabilities, milestone management and communications with programme sponsors and steering groups.

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What you will get | Ngā hua o tēnei tūranga

The opportunity to work within a friendly, team-based environment that encourages and supports work-life balance, and to contribute to exciting projects with an organisation which has an excellent reputation for its science and for being a great place to work! At PFR, we offer excellent employee benefits and flexibility, such as;

• Additional 7 days' leave and generous paid parental leave
• Excellent benefit choices in retirement savings and wellbeing & health
• Ongoing career development opportunities
• Flexible work - work from home and flexible hours
• Auckland based onsite childcare and subsidised cafeteria

About us | Ko wai mātou

At Plant & Food Research, Rangahau Ahumāra Kai, we believe science can create a better future. By finding smarter, greener options today, we're helping secure the world we want to live in tomorrow. With our partners, we use world-leading science and technology to improve the way they grow, fish, harvest, create, prepare and share kai.   We have 1000 people working across Aotearoa New Zealand and the world to help develop and deliver healthy foods from the world's most sustainable food systems.  We are on our journey towards becoming a meaningful and trusted partner to Māori, promoting the weaving of Mātauranga Māori and science to create growth and success for all of Aotearoa, New Zealand.