People and Capability Business Partner

Brighter Futures Start Here

We are an inclusive team who power two of the most iconic and loved brands, Kmart and Target. We have more than 50,000 passionate individuals across our stores, distribution centres, and offices around the globe.

With our brands touching the lives of almost two million customers every week, you’ll feel the impact of the work you’ll do every day. As a leader in the retail market, we’re optimistic about our future and yours. We’re changing at a rapid rate, giving you challenging work that you’ll be proud of.

Join the team

We’re looking for a People & Capability Business Partner to partner with senior leaders and help bring our people priorities to life.

This role provides critical P&C partnering and advice across our CFO functions, supporting Risk & Compliance, Profit Protection, Commercial & Strategy, Property, Finance and Corporate Affairs & Sustainability. You’ll balance strategic people planning with hands-on operational support, coaching and influencing leaders across organisational change, talent, capability, engagement, performance and complex people matters.

Working closely with our broader People & Capability team, you’ll use workforce insights and commercial thinking to help leaders make great people decisions and deliver positive outcomes for our teams and the business.

What you’ll be doing

• Partner with senior leaders to translate business priorities into practical people plans aligned with the broader People & Capability strategy.
• Lead workforce and succession planning, including organisational design, resource planning and identifying future capability needs.
• Use workforce data and insights to identify people risks, trends and opportunities and recommend practical actions.
• Provide trusted, commercially focused advice and constructive challenge on significant people decisions.
• Coach leaders to strengthen their capability across people leadership, performance management and organisational effectiveness.
• Manage complex employee and industrial relations matters in consultation with the Employee Relations team, including investigations, grievances, performance matters and workplace conflict.
• Partner with leaders to plan and implement organisational change, including restructures, consultation and communication activities.
• Support leaders to build inclusive, high-performing teams and create a positive team member experience.
• Lead key people cycles across the client group, including performance, engagement, remuneration review, talent and succession processes.
• Partner with People & Capability Centres of Excellence and the Advisory Centre to deliver integrated people initiatives and support.
  
  

To be successful in this role you’ll have:

• 3–5 years’ experience in a People & Capability business partnering role within a complex, fast-paced organisation.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex employee relations matters, including performance improvement, investigations, grievances and workplace conflict.
• Experience supporting organisational design, restructures and people-related change, including consultation, communication and implementation.
• Experience delivering core people cycles, including talent and succession reviews, performance reviews, remuneration reviews and engagement surveys.
• Strong workforce and succession planning capability, with the ability to identify future capability needs and support effective talent strategies.
• Proven experience coaching and influencing senior leaders using sound judgement, people insights and a commercial lens.
• The ability to interpret people data and workforce trends to identify risks, provide actionable insights and evaluate outcomes.
• Strong relationship-building, communication, negotiation and influencing skills.
• The ability to balance strategic priorities with urgent operational demands while maintaining stakeholder trust.
• Confidence using AI and People & Capability systems responsibly to support personal productivity and provide meaningful workforce insights.
• A qualification in Human Resources, Psychology, Business or a related discipline.
  

Benefits we’ll offer you:

• Flexible hybrid working options through our Flex Where, Flex When, Flex Well policy.
• A team member discount card that gives you a discount at Kmart, Target, Officeworks and Bunnings
• Access to the Brighter Benefits program which entitles you to exclusive discounts and benefits in the areas of entertainment, travel, lifestyle, and health – with over 60 suppliers!
• We want you to feel rewarded for your commitment and hard work that's why eligible team members get the opportunity to participate in a bonus program
• We offer inclusive parental leave, and ongoing support offered through our partnership with Circle In for team members of all backgrounds and family circumstances
• A dynamic learning and support program
• Opportunity to fast track your career through our Mentor Program as a Mentee or Mentor
• A Kudos recognition program, where you are nominated by your peers to spin a wheel, to win a stack of cool prizes
• Great career opportunities across the broader Wesfarmers Group

We celebrate the rich diversity of the communities in which we operate. We are committed to creating inclusive and safe environments where all our team members can contribute and succeed. We believe that all team members should feel valued, respected and safe, and strive to ensure our recruitment process is accessible and welcoming, with applications encouraged from all candidates.

We encourage you to tell us about any workplace adjustments that you would like, by emailing kmartgroupcareers@kmart.com.au.

If you would like to explore a career with Kmart and this sounds like the perfect role for you – apply now!