Senior HR Advisor - Corporate & Commercial

• Working from home flexibility 60/40
• Yearly annual salary review + bonus scheme
• Be part of a fun, dynamic & hard-working team

About our role:

An exciting opportunity to support the Corporate & Commercial part of the business. Based in Melbourne, with flexibility to travel interstate when required, you will partner with leaders and act as the first point of contact for all HR related enquiries.

Responsibilities include:

• Serve as the primary HR support for the Corporate & Commercial functions (up to 200 employees), providing advice and partnering with leaders to shape and execute people strategies aligned with business goals.
• Support all recruitment activity within Corporate & Commercial functions. Advise and assist leaders in applying sound recruitment and selection practices, and preparing appropriate inductions to support new starters introduction to the business
• Collaborate with the Head of HR to design and implement strategic workforce plans, talent strategies, and organisational development initiatives.
• Lead the end-to-end talent management lifecycle, including succession planning, leadership development, and performance enablement, ensuring alignment with Lactalis’ future capability needs with stakeholders.
• Provide coaching and mentoring to leaders on complex employee relations matters, organisational change, and leadership effectiveness.
• Interpret and apply complex industrial instruments and employment legislation, providing advice and managing sensitive cases with minimal supervision.
• Act as the “pulse” for pending or potential HR issues, proactively advising the Head of HR – Corporate of any barriers and/or threats to employee engagement and performance
• Lead the analysis and action planning of the Employee Engagement Survey, driving initiatives that enhance culture, retention, and performance.
• Act as a change agent, identifying and addressing organisational challenges and proactively advising on solutions that enhance employee experience and business outcomes.
• Support with visa and rights to work queries
• Work collaboratively with the HSE team to ensure stakeholder are well supported with appropriate training and wellbeing initiatives in the course of their employment.
• Own and deliver the learning and development strategy for the Corporate & Commercial stakeholder team, including budget management, training needs analysis, and delivery of leadership development programs.

About you:

• You obtain a tertiary qualification in HR or related discipline
• Have 3+ years experience in a HR Generalist role
• Demonstrated analytical, problem solving and negotiation skills to effectively resolve issues in the workplace
• Experience in FMCG environment preferred
• Experience with effective application and interpretation of Awards, employment contracts and other legislation
• Experienced in Microsoft Office and HRIS systems, skilled with excel reporting

Our story:

Ours is a STORY of a family business created by the Besnier Family in 1933 and is today the worlds’ No. 1 dairy company. We are 85,000 loyal team members working across 100 countries and together we create the #LactalisExperience.​

Lactalis Australia’s iconic and heritage brands are our PASSION, providing quality and nutritious products for all Australians. We are humble, proud and resilient. We care for our employees, land, farmers and consumers, which is our driving purpose to ensure a responsible and sustainable dairy industry. ​

We take pride in developing our internal talent and encourage entrepreneurship by bringing together pragmatic and tenacious personalities. Our accountability ensures we have ownership within our roles and with our EXPERTISE and dairy “know how”, sets us apart.

Lactalis is a supporter of reducing barriers that exist due to traditional working practices and therefore flexible work arrangements will be considered for this role.

We are an equal opportunity employer and we encourage applications from people regardless of gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs or ability.

If you are ready to join the #LactalisExperience Apply now!