Strategic People Partner

** Ocado Group is an equal opportunities employer and as such makes every effort to ensure that all potential employees are treated fairly and equally, regardless of their sex, sexual orientation, marital status, race, colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion, age, disability or union membership status.**

With the continued evolution of Ocado in the UK and also our significant growth internationally, we have been thinking about what the business needs from a people partnering perspective and how we can more effectively develop and support the business.
As we launch our Strategic Partnering Model to better enable our business, we've created two new roles within the People function to support this, which will work in synergy with the new regional model. They will build a robust partnership to ensure that we are set up for success and our teams work effectively together across the globe.
As a Strategic People Partner you will own the strategic vision for a defined client area, and truly partner with Centres of Expertise on the mission led strategies for talent management, succession planning, diversity and wellbeing, reward and talent acquisition. Leading with a product mindset and underpinning decisions with data insights, you will create a culture of client focussed businesses whilst bridging silos and always seeking opportunities and alignment where possible, across missions.
Reporting into the People Director, Client Business, you will be accountable for ensuring the partnership between strategic and regional models is strong, you will be future focused, global in nature and mission specific and always ensure our global mission is aligned at Executive levels, whilst having a stronger focus on our strategic agenda and initiatives.
If you are passionate and obsessed by people experience, have a strategic mindset and a natural flare for partnering where you love to use data to own every decision, please read on and apply

**So what's the role?**
- To own Strategic Business Partnering for defined clients across our platform implementation business
- Partner with the Centres of Expertise on the mission led strategies for talent management, succession, diversity and wellbeing, promotions, reward, learning & development, talent acquisition. All of these will be led with a product and data mindset
- Create a culture of a client focussed businesses whilst bridging silos and finding areas of opportunity and alignment where it makes sense and an independent mission approach where it doesn't
- Ensure we have the future capabilities for the business aligned across Talent Acquisition, Talent Management and build relevant communities across Mission and to own the movement of talent across the business
- Coach & develop the 'senior leadership' to enable them to be the best
- Ensure the strategic/regional partnership is strong, set up for success and our teams work effectively together across the globe
- Create engaged employees and Champion Talent to ensure we have a talent focussed environment

**What we would like to see..**
- Experience of strategic planning, business partnering, change and talent management, and know how to work the matrix and get things done without direct control.
- Lead with the people's experience and understand how a combination of the people team, leaders and systems will unite to create this experience day to day.
- Strong use of data insight to drive change and make decisions
- Experience of sitting on leadership teams and contributing to discussions and getting results
- Communicate in a focused and compelling way that captures and holds others' attention.
- Adept at change management in a dynamic fast-paced international environment, and an ability to prioritise competing needs of different missions
- Be inquisitive and constructively challenge the status quo

**About Ocado Group**

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we're a FTSE 100 business developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world
Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we're looking for the brightest talents to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.

**Benefits**

**What we offer you**

**Our employee benefits are designed for you, we care about people and we've ensured we have a wealth of benefits that focus on your well-being. We regularly review our benefits to ensure we are supporting our employees appropriately.**
- **30 days 'working from anywhere in the world' policy**:

- **Wellbeing support through Apps such as ** **Unmind** ** and an Employee Assistance Programme**:

- **25 days annual leave, rising to 27 days after 5 years service (plus optional holiday purchase)**:

- **Pension scheme (various options available including employer contribution matching up to 7%)**:

- **Private Medical Insurance**:

- **22 weeks paid maternity leave and 6 weeks paid paternity leave (once relevant service requirements complete)**:

- **Train Ticket loan (interest-free)**:

- **Cycle to Work Scheme**:

- **Free shuttle bus to and from Hatfield Train Station to the Hatfield offices**:

- **Free shuttle bus to and from Welwyn Garden City Train Station to the Welwyn Garden City offices**:

- **Opportunity to participate in Sharesave and Buy as You Earn share schemes**:

- **Income Protection (can be up to 50% of salary for 3 years) and Life Assurance (3 x annual salary)**

**Location**

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**About Ocado Group**

When our journey started, we were all about changing the way people shop for groceries. 20 years later, we're developing our own ground breaking technology, opening multiple sites at an accelerating rate and engaging in exciting new business partnerships around the world
Transforming an industry also means transforming the way we do business. As we continually develop new technologies and customer propositions, we're looking for the Everyday Pioneers to lead us into the next stage of our evolution: enhancing our capabilities, inspiring our teams and developing new ways of working.
Changing the way the world shops, for good.