General Manager People Culture & Wellbeing (PCW) Automotive

An opportunity exists for a passionate and results-driven People & Culture professional to join GPC Asia Pacific.  You will lead a team of Business Partners to deliver an exceptional employee experience.

Focus areas include:

• Partnering: Work with the Automotive Australia leadership teams including NAPA and Repco to deliver strategic and operational PCW support and initiatives

• Strategy: Work with the GPC Asia Pacific People Leadership Team to update the multi-year PCW strategic plan annually, including ensuring applicability to the Automotive Australia strategy, budget requirements are captured, and stakeholders are engaged

• People Support Services:  Partner with PCW CoE’s to ensure customer focused, solutions-driven, and efficient centralised PCW support to Automotive across the full employment lifecycle (including recruitment, ER issues, payroll, compensation and safety)

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure ER /IR issues are dealt with effectively, coaching managers and providing support and guidance to business partners

• Provide expertise on HR best practices to guide business stakeholders on matters such as performance management, retention, talent and engagement, including implement robust succession, talent and workforce planning to ensure a strong pipeline across key positions to support future needs

• Provide appropriate change management support for key initiatives to land the change with excellence

• Develop and implement PCW initiatives aligned with the Automotive Australia business initiatives including talent, employee experience and engagement, wellbeing, performance, rewards, DE&I and culture

Role Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related HR discipline desirable

• Demonstrated experience in a senior HR leadership role, preferably in a retail/trade environment

• Customer centric, people focused and passionate about delivering commercial and consultative people solutions

• Experience leading a high performing team that delivers customer focused solutions with collaboration and teamwork

• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with shifting priorities

Looking after you:
We are committed to ensuring our people are well looked after. In addition to a rewarding and challenging career, we will provide:

• Staff discounts across the GPC Asia Pacific group of Companies

• Private health insurance discounts

• Employee assistance program

• A highly safety conscious work environment

• We proactively support our working parents in a variety of meaningful ways, and our parental leave top-up allowance is one of the ways we do this

• Paid volunteer leave allowing you to give back to your chosen charity/community organisation

GPC Asia Pacific

Movement is in our DNA. We are GPC Asia Pacific: one of the largest industrial and automotive aftermarket parts and service suppliers in Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia. Our iconic brands include Repco, NAPA, McLeod Accessories and Motion Industries.

Yet we are more than just a parts and service company. We propel people forward.

With over 8000 team members in Asia Pacific, and 60k+ globally, being part of Genuine Parts Company won’t leave you standing still. Reach is key to our success. Learn more about our business online at www.gpcasiapac.com

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Please note, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. 

Thank you for your interest in becoming part of the GPC Asia Pacific team.

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