People and Culture Business Partner

Joining the Metcash Family  

At Metcash, you’re part of something bigger. You have all the perks of a small business heart, without missing out on the big business support.  

Being part of something bigger means you’re part of a strong purpose, where the work you do makes a big difference to independent business and local communities. It opens a sea of opportunities to develop yourself, grow your career, thrive your way and make your mark. And you’ll be part of our high performing team, where you reap the rewards of our collective success now and into the future.  

About the Opportunity  

We have an exciting opportunity to join Metcash as a People and Culture Business Partner. The purpose of the P&C Business Partner role is to bring to life our Metcash Purpose of Championing Successful Independents, delivering the Group People Strategy with a local flavour to the Metcash Food pillar (business unit). P&C Business Partners nurture passionate leaders, who create constructive cultures, where our people have a strong sens e of belonging and connection. This role will support 3 Food executives and their leadership teams and deliver projects to improve our culture and employee experience across all of Food. This role is based at our new distribution center in Truganina and includes regular travel.

In this Role  

• Help deliver the Metcash Group People Strategy and Plan, tailoring where necessary to meet the specific needs of the Food pillar to influence our Culture, develop constructive Leadership to foster team engagement, support talent development and lead organisational change.  
• Develop the State or function annual people plan for those teams you partner, which enable the state or function to achieve its business goals. 
• Act as the people lead in major business changes, providing key stakeholders with capability, support, and effective people-related change management practices to deliver and embed major change. 
• Identify, design, and implement initiatives to ensure the Food team have the right talent, in the right place, at the right time to Champion Successful Independents 
• Work closely with our P&C Advice teams to understand major trends, working proactively to address underlying issues and focusing on continuous improvement.  

You’re Likely a Match If you have

• Extensive experience in a P & C / HR BP role operating at Senior Leadership level 
• Proven ability to influence and build collaborative relationships with key stakeholders, including varied levels of seniority 
• Proven ability to leverage data, develop insights, and develop and implement plans to change culture 
• Experience in facilitating and running processes associated with people lifecycle to deliver quality outcomes for the Food pillar 
• An adaptable, capable coach with extensive experience 
• Ability to work autonomously and part of a team 
• Ability to learn quickly and adapt to changing business needs 
• Adaptable and relatable style, with the ability to connect with colleagues at all levels of the organisation 
• Exposure to IR/ER and an understanding of the industrial relations landscape is an advantage 

Life at Metcash  

🌈 Experience a supportive and flexible work environment. We are a FlexReady accredited workplace! 

🌟 Enjoy a 5th week of annual leave every year after your first year. 

🌿 Benefit from 2 well-being days and 1 volunteer day annually. 

🌐 An abundance of learning, development, and career growth opportunities. 

💼 12 weeks of gender-neutral paid parental leave for primary carers. 

🏆 Proudly awarded the “Bronze Employer for LGBTQ Inclusion”. 

⚖️A neutral gender pay gap of under 5% as published by WGEA 2022- 2023 

🥇 Gold accreditation by Mental Health Australia. 

💸 Incredible value discounts and perks through our team member app, “Our Local”.  

About Us 

Metcash is Australia’s leading wholesale distribution company, with revenue exceeding $18 billion in FY24. We’re also an ASX top 200 listed company. 

We believe that it is absolutely vital to Australia that there is a sustainable, independent, family-owned business sector. Independent retailers support their local communities. We help them to be the ‘Best Store in Their Town’ by providing merchandising, operational and marketing support across our food, liquor and hardware pillars. 

We're dedicated to fostering diversity and inclusion in our workplace and are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Joining our team means becoming part of something bigger, a company that actively promotes diversity, champions charitable causes, and supports environmental efforts. We welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including First Nations. If you have any specific support or access needs, please don't hesitate to inform us when you apply. Rest assured; your personal information will be handled with the utmost confidentiality in accordance with applicable privacy laws. 

Join us and become part of something bigger! 

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