Principal People Partner

Greencross Pet Wellness Company is Australia’s leading pet care network, bringing together Petbarn, Greencross Vets, Animal Emergency Australia and other specialist pet services. Our purpose is to make the world a happier place through the love of pets, and we are building a high-performing, caring and customer-focused culture where our people can thrive. As part of our continued investment in our People function, we are creating three new Principal People Partner opportunities within our enterprise People team. Reporting to the Chief People Officer, these senior individual contributor roles will partner with Executives and senior leaders to translate business strategy into practical, forward-looking people priorities. One role will support our veterinary services team, and two will support our retail teams. Based in our North Ryde Support Office and reporting to the Chief People Officer, you will operate within our enterprise-wide People Operating Model as the key relationship holder for your aligned business portfolio. You will connect leaders with specialist Centres of Excellence across Talent Acquisition, People Systems, Learning and Organisational Development, Health, Safety and Wellbeing, Employment Relations and Reward. What You’ll Do Build trusted partnerships with Executives and senior leaders as a strategic adviser, coach and constructive challenger. Shape workforce strategy, talent priorities, succession planning and organisational effectiveness for your aligned portfolio. (Retail or Vet Services) Lead organisation design and operating model work, including role clarity, accountabilities, decision rights and ways of working. Use workforce insights, engagement data and business performance context to identify risks, opportunities and clear action plans. Partner with specialist People teams to deliver integrated, scalable solutions across employee relations, reward, recruitment, learning, safety and systems. Coach leaders through change, transformation and complex people decisions while balancing commercial outcomes with employee experience. About You You are an experienced senior People and Culture professional who thrives in complex, fast-paced environments. You bring strong commercial judgement, deep people expertise and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders in a matrixed model. Significant People and Culture experience, including substantial experience partnering with Executive and senior leaders. (previous retail/FMCG or Animal/Veterinary industry experience will be highly regarded) a minimum of 8 plus years in a similar role. Strong capability across strategic business partnering, workforce planning, organisation design, talent, succession, performance, reward and leadership coaching. Experience working in a large, complex, multi-site or operational organisation; retail, healthcare, consumer or similarly dispersed environments will be highly regarded. Demonstrated ability to use data, analytics and commercial context to shape people priorities and remuneration decisions. High-quality facilitation, written communication and executive presentation skills. A tertiary qualification in Human Resources, Business, Organisational Psychology or a related discipline; postgraduate study is desirable. Why Join us? This is an opportunity to play a visible, enterprise-level role in shaping the future of people, culture and organisational effectiveness at Greencross. You will work closely with senior leaders, influence meaningful business outcomes and help build leadership capability across a purpose-led organisation that exists to make the world a happier place through the love of pets. You will join a passionate, service-oriented People team that is focused on partnering with the business, lifting leadership capability and creating better experiences for our people If you are a strategic People leader who combines commercial acumen, trusted influence and genuine care for people, we would love to hear from you. To learn more or express your interest, please email Belinda Krezo at [email protected]. Minimum of 8 plus years in a Senior Business Partner role in a highly volume environment Degree qualigication in Human Resources, Organisational Development or similar