People and Culture Advisor

Its an exciting time to join us as we work to transform our people capabilities and we are now seeking an experienced People and Culture Advisor to join our tight knit People team to support the business with fantastic advice, skills and service. Our growing People team is focused on improving employee capability and wellbeing and we are looking for someone who wants to join us to help us make a difference. You will bring energy and experience in improving wellbeing, health and safety and the ability to work through ER issues as they occur.

Riviera Hardware Holdings Limited (RHHL) owns and successfully operates the Mitre 10 MEGA New Lynn, Warkworth and Albany stores, along with Mitre 10 Whangaparaoa stores. We also proudly own and operate four Columbus Coffee shops within our MEGA and Mitre 10 stores and deliver Prenail Frame and Truss solutions through Riviera Prenail Ltd. along with our own importing operations via Riviera Imports Ltd. In addition we are opening a new Mitre 10 MEGA store and Columbus Coffee cafe in Silverdale very shortly.

We’re looking for a senior level People Advisor skillset; a generalist who has a good grounding in complex employment relations with IR experience and Health and Safety management.

**Reporting to the Chief People Officer you will**:

- Be a trusted coach and partner for business owners and leaders, enabling them to manage people matters successfully.
- Lead Health and Safety and Wellbeing requirements and practices across the entire Group including Mitre 10, Prenail, and Columbus Cafés.
- Act as a champion for our team member experience
- Be a change champion, driving and supporting change at every scale through the business
- Be a SME for HR policies, procedures and systems, provide pragmatic advice and coaching on people matters
- Deliver continuous improvement of the service we provide to our customers.
- Develop, coach and influence Store Managers, and their leadership teams to build a high-performing work environment, and position Mitre 10 as an Employer of Choice in the local market.
- General HR administrative support as required.
- Strong relational skills, able to bring people with you
- A passion for Health and Safety
- Coaching and partnering skills, able to build strong relationships based on trust
- Strong communication skills, including listening
- Commercially astute, understanding key business drivers and the contribution we can make
- Experience in a retail or similarly fast paced environment

**Skills and capabilities required**:

- At least 5 years’ experience in a similar role focusing on the end-to-end function.
- Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite, including Excel, Outlook, Word, and PowerPoint.
- High level of understanding of systems technology with the ability to train on systems through logic, taking a process approach in one-on-one or in a group setting.
- Excellent communication skills
- Collaborative by nature, consulting and working with others to achieve desired outcomes
- High EQ and self-awareness, you will be a key influencer who will have the ability to bring people with you
- Exceptional coaching and leadership skills
- Auditing and Report writing

**What's in it for you?**

This role offers you the opportunity to be an integral part of one of New Zealand’s fastest growing independent retail businesses. We are proud to offer an industry leading learning and development framework with opportunities to grow your own career. We will provide you with all the tools required to perform your role and best of all is the generous staff purchase scheme that we offer

**Please note**:
If you are a highly motivated individual who is passionate about being part of the Riviera team and a company in growth mode, then we want to hear from you. Please provide your CV and cover letter, including your remuneration expectations, via this website.