HR Business Partner

About Us

Canon is the world's leading imaging organisation. As a Fortune 500 Company, we actively inspire people with imaginative ideas that enable you to connect, communicate and achieve more than you thought possible.

When you join the Canon Group, you’ll find a rewarding culture that values you. You’re empowered to focus on your career progression and turn your goals into reality. You’ll be an integral part of the group’s success.

About the Role

The HR Team at Canon is responsible for every aspect of the HR portfolio within this fast-paced Sales and Services Business, we're looking for a self-starting Business Partner to fulfil this integral role in the business.

Joining a team of Business Partners, you’ll have autonomous relationships with senior stakeholders providing an opportunity to be autonomous and own relationships and outcomes.

You’ll quickly develop effective working relationships which you’ll leverage to influence and challenge senior leaders and individual contributors alike in a respectful way and support the delivery of end-to-end HR initiatives to realise business area objectives.

The scope of the role includes :

• Business Partnering

Partner with senior leaders to support and execute a people strategy that supports growth

• Develop and maintain an in-depth knowledge of the business, its strategies, business priorities, issues, and challenges
• Build and maintain effective professional relationships with HR team members and client group stakeholders
• Collaborate with a team of Business Partners to achieve process and service improvements within the partnering space
• Employee Relations

Coach and guide people leaders through employee relations matters, ensuring the identification of practical, commercial solutions

• Influence, advise and educate leaders in people and performance related issues and coach them to deliver key messages to their team members
• Work closely with leaders and individual contributors to improve work relationships, build engagement, and increase productivity and retention

o   Identify and escalate industry trends, best practice and / or legislative changes to relevant business stakeholders for both medium and long-term planning

Provide informed and sound HR advice to stakeholders

• HR Advisory

Support with the execution of HR operational objectives, including, but not limited to policies, processes, compliance, leave management, performance management and remuneration

• Talent and Succession

Support Talent Management processes for client groups

• Identify gaps in Talent and Succession Plans and partner with client groups to address

About you

This is the ideal opportunity to leverage your full breadth of HR business partnering and outstanding relationship building skills. To be successful in this role, you’ll enjoy a mix of being hands on and agile whilst also using your strategic thinking. You’ll be able to manage multiple projects and issues at once, work autonomously and appreciate the day to day operational and functional elements of the role.

Experience gained in sales and marketing organisations would be highly regarded, but more important is your sound judgement and ability to get to the heart of issues in a professional and pragmatic way.

With a strong background in business partnering (3 or more years in a similar role or with similar responsibility), experience with a client group across ANZ is not essential but also highly regarded. You have a proven track record as a well-rounded HR generalist, including managing ER matters end-to-end, and you thrive on acting as a trusted advisor to your business stakeholders. Some travel across ANZ region will be required from time to time.

In return we offer the stability of a highly regarded global brand committed to investing in its people and platforms.  You’ll have the flexibility to combine WFH with time in the office, and you’ll be joining a great team who will support you in making a real impact on our business.

If this sounds like you, we’d love you to apply!

We believe in the power of an inclusive and diverse workforce.  We trust you will bring your authentic self to work, and we will focus on making sure that together, we make a strong contribution to the broader community in which we operate.  Where possible, flexible working arrangements are the norm, as we know a better work-life balance can improve your motivation, performance, and productivity.

As an equal opportunity employer, all applicants will be considered. Benefits / perks may vary depending on the nature of your employment with Canon Group and the country where you work.  All applicants must be eligible to work in the country they are applying to at the time of application.

Looking to join this diverse team?  Apply online now.

Successful applicants will be notified of next steps.

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