HR Business Partner

Foodstuffs, Inc.

HR Business Partner for Foodstuffs North Island supporting New World stores to enhance engagement. Partnering with Owner Operators and HR teams to implement effective people strategies across the region.

Posted 4/23/2026contractAuckland • 🇳🇿 New ZealandMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Support New World stores across the North Island with strong people strategies and engagement
Strategic business partnering with New World Owner Operators
Understand engagement insights and bring to life engagement in store
Coach and Support through ER/IR, investigations and conflict resolution
Support data-driven decision-making through effective people and performance metrics
Champion HR skills in stores and collaborate with other Store HRBP’s and store-based HR teams

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong background in HR within medium to large enterprises, preferably in retail or customer-focused environments
Exposure and experience across engagement and culture, ER, IR, and HR advisory
Proactive and collaborative approach to build relationships and influence great people outcomes
Ability to travel (at least bi-weekly) and be present on-site with Owners

Benefits

Comp & perks

Company vehicle – as this role will include regularly travelling to our stores.
Onsite café with subsidised meals, mini mart, 5% discount at our retail stores
Flexible working options, a day off on your birthday
Inhouse learning and development courses, flu vaccinations, and social network groups (we call them Tribes)

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Hard Skills & Tools

HR advisoryemployee relations (ER)industrial relations (IR)engagement metricsperformance metricsconflict resolutioncoachingstrategic business partnering

Soft Skills

collaborative approachrelationship buildinginfluenceproactive mindset