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Acosta Group

Retail, marketing, and foodservice solutions provider

Human Resource Advisor

HR Generalist & Employee RelationsPosted on Nov 11
ContractMississauga, ON, Canada$54.7k - $68.4kIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A Bachelor of Arts degree is required.
  • At least 5 years of human resources generalist experience is required, including competence managing complex labor or employee-relations environments and demonstrated experience leading teams and/or successfully implementing change management.
  • Bilingual Quebec French and English is required.
  • Knowledge of employee advocacy approaches, programs, and tools that support compliance and develop employee-relations capability is required.
  • Experience leading complex employee investigations, supporting external arbitration hearings as an HR company representative, or labor-relations experience is required.
  • Knowledge of change-management approaches, methodologies, and tools is required.
  • Data analysis and process-management skills are required.
  • Experience conducting employee-relations, investigation, or policy-awareness training is required.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Word, and presentation software is required.
  • Interpersonal, organizational, communication, and presentation skills are required.
  • Knowledge of human resources policies and procedures and their effective daily application is required.
  • Ability to facilitate meetings where emotions may be high is required.
  • Sound judgment and the ability to listen, assess problems, and reach logical conclusions that balance sound HR practices with business needs are required.
  • Professional credibility and high executive maturity are required.
  • Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a matrix-management environment is required.
  • Ability to sit for extended periods, typically 6 or more hours per day, is required.
  • Ability to use a computer, including a keyboard and mouse, for prolonged periods is required.
  • Ability to lift and carry light items such as files, office supplies, and laptops, typically 20 or more pounds, is required.
  • Ability to reach, bend, or stoop occasionally to access files or office materials is required.
  • Ability to maintain focus and attention for long periods of desk-based work is required.
  • Ability to follow clear directions is required.
  • Ability to perform repetitive motions such as typing and clicking consistently throughout the day is required.

Responsibilities

  • Help design and lead implementation of a new employee-engagement and dispute-resolution program and related processes, including benchmarking, program design, process and policy design and improvement, best-practice investigation and use, implementation, and oversight.
  • Provide oversight for local site and business-unit needs involving employee engagement, employee relations, change management, and execution of HR core processes where appropriate.
  • Provide oversight and support for local site and business-unit needs involving employee engagement, employee relations, change management, local training delivery, data gathering and documentation, and community relations.
  • Provide core-process consultation or execution support in complex work environments or across multiple geographies or business units as needed.
  • Manage complex employee-relations matters, including investigations, escalations, remediation, and process management.
  • Partner with Center of Excellence leaders to develop or refresh company policies to ensure compliance.
  • Conduct internal analysis to simplify, harmonize, and centralize company practices to align with policies and ensure consistent and equitable treatment.
  • Develop a roadmap and implementation plan to transform employee-relations communication, reporting, and compliance vehicles toward a more leveraged enterprise insource or outsource model.
  • Support the Chief Human Resources Officer or Vice President of Legal in developing and delivering internal presentations or conducting stakeholder interviews for employee-relations solution transformation.
  • Support the planning, sequencing, and execution of local change initiatives.
  • Ensure ongoing sustainment of the HR Service Delivery model.
  • Coach and support line managers in driving the business and improving organizational health.
  • Perform other miscellaneous duties as assigned.

About the Company

Acosta Group

Retail, marketing, and foodservice solutions provider

Acosta Group is a collective of trusted retail, marketing and foodservice agencies that helps brands grow where they are sold. It works by providing end-to-end support across the customer journey—headquarter sales, omnichannel retail, assisted sales and training, integrated marketing, foodservice sales enablement and culinary solutions, all guided by advanced data and insights. It differs from competitors by operating as a umbrella of specialized agencies rather than a single firm, enabling cohesive, cross-channel programs and seamless data-driven execution. Its goal is to accelerate brand growth everywhere products are sold by connecting today’s commerce activities with tomorrow’s opportunities.

Company size
1-10
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Jacksonville, FL
Founded
2023

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