Job ID: R2000591221 
 

Job  Description:

Come make your difference in communities across Canada, where authenticity, trust and making connections is valued as we shape the future of Canadian retail, together. Our unique position as one of the country's largest employers, coupled with our commitment to positively impact the lives of all Canadians, provides our colleagues a range of opportunities and experiences to help Canadians Live Life Well®.
 

At Loblaw Companies Limited, we succeed through collaboration and commitment and set a high bar for ourselves and those around us. Whether you are just starting your career, re-entering the workforce, or looking for a new job, this is where you belong. 

As a Senior HR Business Partner (Sr. HRBP) for Technology & Analytics, you will hold a highly influential and strategic position, serving as a critical partner to leaders within one of our most dynamic and innovative divisions. This role demands a seasoned HR professional capable of translating complex business objectives into actionable HR strategies, driving organizational effectiveness, and fostering a high-performance culture within a rapidly evolving technological and agile environment. You will be instrumental in shaping our talent strategies and ensuring our workforce is equipped to achieve ambitious business goals and sustain our competitive advantage.

What You'll Do:

• Strategic HR Leadership: Assist in the development and implementation of advanced HR strategies, including organizational design, operating model optimization, and complex change management initiatives that directly support the strategic priorities of the Technology & Analytics division. Leverage sound judgment and deep HR acumen to drive these critical deliverables.
• Business Integration & Impact: Proactively identify, analyze, and diagnose critical human capital needs arising from sophisticated business strategies. Lead the analysis of client needs and influence the direction for new or revised HR services, programs, and operational plans based on the business long-term strategies. Align HR strategic objectives to add significant value to the client, leading through complex issues that arise from broad internal or external challenges.
• Talent Ecosystem Management: Design, drive, and execute comprehensive talent strategies for attraction, retention, and development. Partner closely with talent acquisition and Leaders to proactively attract key talent, as well as retain and develop high potential and high performing colleagues, ensuring the right people are in the right job for succession planning, current, and future business needs.
• Performance & Culture Catalyst: Champion a performance-driven culture by providing expert coaching and strategic guidance to leaders. Play a leadership role in recognizing barriers to success and facilitating proactive solutions. Coach and mentor clients on talent reviews, performance management, succession planning, and building a robust talent pipeline for high potentials (HIPOs).
• Complex Program Deployment: Drive the strategic deployment and successful adoption of complex HR projects and cross-functional programs, fostering deep and influential partnerships with key business leaders and stakeholders.
• DEI & Engagement Champion: Lead efforts to promote, educate, and train on advanced Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) strategies and recognition programs at the client level. Operate as a key enabler to the business as it drives engagement, Blue Culture, and our b3 initiatives by counseling, guiding, facilitating, and allowing the business to own colleague engagement and the sustainment of culture.
• HR Team Development: Act as a key contributor to the development and growth of the broader HR team through effective training, coaching, and strong team collaboration.
• Risk Management & Compliance: Provide expert counsel on HR policies and practices, ensuring rigorous adherence to applicable government laws and regulations, specifically ESA and the Human Rights Code, proactively mitigating organizational risk.
• Trusted Advisor & Colleague Advocate: Serve as a coach and confidante to Leaders around people and organizational issues, leadership development, and act as a strategic advocate for colleagues.
• Travel: Flexibility to travel to other Loblaw corporate locations within the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) as required.

What You Bring:

• Significant Experience: Minimum of 7+ years of progressive, strategic HR experience, with a demonstrated track record of success in HR Business Partnering within large, complex organizations.
• Advanced HR Knowledge: Post-secondary education in Business, Human Resources, or a related discipline, preferably with a CHRP or CHRL designation.
• Business Acumen & Agility: Strong business acumen demonstrated by successfully supporting previous Technology client groups in a fast-paced, agile environment. Ability to interpret conceptual business or project objectives and assess their impact on HR to define and articulate an inspiring future vision/state clearly, even without having all the details.
• Strategic Acumen: Demonstrated ability in planning and strategic support to translate complex business initiatives and projects with moderate to high degree of organizational impact into a clear, consistent, and systematic HR Strategy.
• Leadership & Influence: Strong leadership ability, exceptional relationship development, influencing, and persuasion skills. Comfort presenting complex business issues to Leaders and Executives in a clear and compelling manner, and an excellent facilitator of action plans.
• Problem-Solving & Analytics Prowess: Strong analytic skills that allow you to build a compelling story, backed by data that enables recommendations, and a superior ability to problem-solve complex issues. Ability to lead multiple, competing strategic priorities to execution.
• Collaboration & Results: A detail-oriented, collaborative, proactive, and results-oriented style with demonstrated success in leading and working on projects and project teams as a team player.
• Integrity & Discretion: Proven influencing, judgment, decision-making, and cooperative problem-solving skills. Strong integrity with the ability to maintain confidentiality and manage highly sensitive information.
• Client-Centricity: Exceptional commitment to meeting client needs, with a strong sense of urgency.
• Cultural Alignment: Authentically models our values and Blue Culture principles, building trust and fostering strong connections across the organization.
• Autonomous Drive: Highly motivated, self-starter, requiring little direction.

Our commitment to Sustainability and Social Impact is an essential part of the way we do business, and we focus our attention on areas where we can have the greatest impact. Our approach to sustainability and social impact is based on three pillars Environment, Sourcing and Community and we are constantly looking for ways to demonstrate leadership in these important areas. Our CORE Values Care, Ownership, Respect and Excellence guide all our decision-making and come to life through our Blue Culture. We offer our colleagues progressive careers, comprehensive training, flexibility, and other competitive benefits these are some of the many reasons why we are one of Canada s Top Employers, Canada s Best Diversity Employers, Canada s Greenest Employers & Canada s Top Employers for Young People.

If you are unsure whether your experience matches every requirement above, we encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for varied perspectives which include diverse experiences that we can add to our team.
 

We have a long-standing focus on diversity, equity and inclusion because we know it will make our company a better place to work and shop. We are committed to creating accessible environments for our colleagues, candidates and customers. Requests for accommodation due to a disability (which may be visible or invisible, temporary or permanent) can be made at any stage of application and employment. We encourage candidates to make their accommodation needs known so that we can provide equitable opportunities.  
 
 

Please Note:
Candidates who are 18 years or older are required to complete a criminal background check. Details will be provided through the application process.