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 Chicago, IL.

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.

Duties and Responsibilities

• 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.
• Provide insights and lead action-planning efforts to proactively increase associate engagement and create a winning culture.
• Embed diversity and inclusion in staffing, associate relations, learning, and other HR discipline areas and embed them into our culture.
• Support the business proactively with internal communications, announcements, and associated change management efforts.
• Navigate through ambiguity and change by adopting agile methodology and ways of working
• 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.
• Influence and drive talent initiatives that generate real business value.
• Utilize strategic workforce plans to drive diverse talent recruitment and pipeline initiatives; collaborate with Talent/Learning on new/innovative recruitment methods.
• Plan and support college recruitment programs to further build a diverse candidate pipeline for future succession
• Drive and lead associate engagement efforts through being a visible, active, and involved member of the HRBP team.
• Foster HR Business Partner relationships that are built on the HR team gaining deep knowledge of business objectives and providing strategic counsel and analytics in support of goal attainment.
• 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 issues, work conditions, etc.).
• Drive a performance-driven, value-based culture working with functional areas to ensure that 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
• Support the business in determining internal and external learning and leadership development options to address the unique learning needs of their associate base and leadership teams.
• Create a holistic and purposeful associate experience aligned with an agile operating model.
• Additional job duties may be assigned as needed to meet the needs of the business and support our Values.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business or related field. SHRM-CP/PHR Certification preferred
• 3-5 years in HR, with a working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, associate relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and state respective employment laws.
• Experience in Associate Relations and supporting as an HR generalist required
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Ability to communicate with others both in writing and verbally, influence, and negotiate
• Knowledge and the ability to interpret, and apply the appropriate sections of applicable laws, guidelines, regulations, and policies.
• Business and financial acumen.
• Ability to provide basic operational insight and baseline HR metrics
• Some project management experience. Ability to lead mid-sized projects. Embraces agile methodology.
• Customer focus
• Effective team player
• Deals with ambiguity and embraces change
• Up to 10-20% travel

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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.