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Picnic

App-based online grocery delivery service

HR Business Partner

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • A successfully completed Bachelor's and Master's degree in Human Resources, Law, or a similar field is required.
  • At least 4 years of professional experience as an HR Business Partner or in a comparable HR position is required; experience in a dynamic, high-growth operations or logistics environment is desirable.
  • Demonstrated success coordinating complex HR projects across sites or teams is required.
  • Strong knowledge of German employment law and practical confidence working with employee representatives and workplace committees are required.
  • Fluent German and English language skills are required for communication in an international environment.

Responsibilities

  • Act as a strategic people partner to site leadership, provide feedback on leadership culture, and coach leaders to address issues such as absenteeism and employee retention.
  • Identify recurring patterns across individual cases and shifts, determine root causes, and develop standardized solutions across sites, including solutions for absence management.
  • Connect people key performance indicators with operational goals, build business cases, and help leaders make clear, future-oriented decisions.
  • Manage multiple HR projects, escalations, and operational decisions in parallel, reprioritizing as circumstances change, including during peak seasons and ramp-up periods.
  • Set and maintain high-quality HR standards and ensure people processes are carried out consistently and in compliance with employment law.
  • Align stakeholder interests, anticipate the effects of decisions on employees, and support operational teams through change initiatives.
  • Provide professional leadership and development for the local People team, set clear priorities for daily work, and coach colleagues.
  • Work regularly on-site at the fulfillment centers in Oberhausen and Herne.

Desired Qualifications

  • Initial leadership experience or experience providing professional mentoring is desirable.
  • Experience in a dynamic, high-growth operations or logistics environment is desirable.

About the Company

Picnic

App-based online grocery delivery service

Picnic delivers groceries through a mobile app-based service. Customers order from a wide product range in the app, and centralized hubs plus optimized routing handle warehousing, picking, and last-mile delivery to homes. It differentiates itself by being app-only with no physical stores, which lowers overhead and enables free delivery in its regions (Netherlands, Germany, and France). Its goal is to make groceries affordable and convenient through a simple app experience while expanding across Europe and forming partnerships to enhance shopping.

Company size
5,001-10,000
Company stage
Growth Equity (Venture Capital)
Total funding
$1.9B
Headquarters
Amsterdam-Duivendrecht, Netherlands
Founded
2015

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