HR Business Partner

Address: USA-IL-Chicago-300 South Riverside Plaza
Store Code: Human Resources (27074)

What’s Our Dish

Announced in May 2018, Peapod Digital Labs (PDL) is an Ahold Delhaize USA company that powers the eCommerce and digital strategies for the Great Local Brands of Ahold Delhaize USA. Accelerating growth in digital and personalization capabilities, PDL is an innovation lab focused on meeting the changing needs of customers, regardless of when, where, and how consumers choose to shop.

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The HR Business Partner role acts as a strategic partner for PDL, ensuring that HR possesses deep knowledge of business objectives, and that HR strategy is embedded into PDL functional areas in support of business goals.  The incumbent provides strong, consistent HR leadership to the function with the objective of adding value to the organization using business, operational, analytics and talent management acumen. 

Recipe for Success - What's “in store” for the roles:

• Collaborate with the HR Lead to support and guide the implementation of a uniform HR Business Partner model and expectations that promote a strategically focused HR Business Partner team able to provide exceptional, analytics-driven support to functional area partners, in support of business goal achievement.
• Support the continual monitoring and refinement of model as needed based on HR Business Partner and business feedback, and evolving business needs.
• Remain informed of industry and disciplinary best practices and key trends.
• Contribute to the business strategy by helping 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.
• Lead business functions in forecasting and planning their talent pipeline requirements in line with business strategy.
• Utilize strategic workforce plans to drive talent recruitment and pipeline initiatives; collaborate with HR Centers of Expertise on new / innovative recruitment methods.
• Execute college recruitment programs designed by HR Centers of Expertise, to further build candidate pipeline for future succession
• Drive diversity within talent acquisition, ensuring a balanced and diverse slate of candidates for all positions being recruited.
• Drive and lead associate engagement efforts through being a visible, active, and involved member of the HRBP team within PDL.
• 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 culture working with functional areas to ensure that associates understand how their performance contributes to overall business performance.
• Drive development activities (MD / Succession Planning), ensuring robust IDPs are in place and progressing, especially for associates designated as talent or promotable.
• 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.

The Essentials In Your Cart - The required ingredients

• Bachelor’s degree
• 3+ years of experience as an HR business partner, HR management, business administration, or multifunction groups
• 10-20% travel outside home office

Extra Spices – What you should bring to the table

• Some business and financial acumen. Ability to provide basic operational insight and baseline HR metrics.
• Some project management experience. Ability to lead mid to large size projects.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, and customer service skills
• Presentation skills
• Intermediate Excel
• Building and sustaining relationships
• Customer focus
• Effective team player

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Join Us at Our Table

Peapod Digital Labs is a forward-thinking company with a strong legacy of innovation. We recognize who powers our progress – our people! Our vision is to become an organization where humanity is universally embraced; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging are infused in our business; and our PDL employees are representative of the world and the communities that we serve.

We believe in total wellness, which encompasses a balance of physical, financial, and emotional wellness. No matter where you are on your personal wellness journey, PDL provides access to a variety of tools and resources to support total wellness. This includes medical, dental, and vision benefits, health savings accounts, flexible spending accounts, 401(k) with a strong company match, paid parental leave, adoption assistance, tuition reimbursement, generous and flexible paid time off and holiday policy, and an array of voluntary benefits including critical care, pet insurance, and additional life coverage.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We comply with all applicable federal, state and local laws. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to sex, race, color, ancestry, national origin, citizenship status, religion, age, marital status (including civil unions), military service, veteran status, pregnancy (including childbirth and related medical conditions), genetic information, sexual orientation, gender identity, legally recognized disability, domestic violence victim status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Job Requisition: 294817_external_USA-IL-Chicago_3152023