Human Resources Business Partner

Work Location
- Posting Locations - Richmond, BC; Calgary, AB

Department - West OU Human Resources

Job Function - Administrative/Clerical/Office Support

Employee Type - Regular Employee FT Salaried

Shift/Hours
- **About Us**:
**_ Proudly Canadian and Independently Owned, we are Coke Canada_**
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (Coke Canada) is Canada's premier bottling company. We are an independently owned business encompassing over 5,800 associates, more than 50 sales and distribution centres, and 5 production facilities nationwide.

We have a 120-year heritage of manufacturing, marketing, selling, and distributing the major branded ready-to-drink products Canadians love.
We pride ourselves on building diverse and sustainable relationships with our customers, consumers, stakeholders, and communities through our shared values: lead with an entrepreneurial mindset, collaboration, integrity, accountability, quality and safety.
Our brands include: Coca-Cola®, Diet Coke®, Coca-Cola® Zero Sugar, Sprite®, Fanta®, Barq's®, NESTEA®, POWERADE®, Minute Maid®, DASANI® and vitaminwater®; and our partner brands: Canada Dry®, Monster Energy® and A&W®.

**About This Opportunity**:
The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP), a.k.a. HR Manager role is an excellent opportunity to work with a great team in all aspects of human resources and labour relations. The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) will execute activities aligned with the business while ensuring strategies, plans and initiatives are executed and delivered in compliance with governing regulations, internal policies and best practices. This is a critical role in leading and fostering productive labour relations and employee engagement. This position is located at our Lower Mainland facility in Richmond, BC OR Calgary, AB but will support multiple site locations in Western Canada including our facility in Coquitlam. Travel throughout the province and to other locations outside the province may be required. While we offer a hybrid schedule that includes the flexibility to work from home, this is not an exclusive work from home position.

**Responsibilities**:

- Lead labour relations priorities within the assigned region including the administration of collective agreements and labour management relationships.
- Provide advice, coaching and counseling support to local management in the area of labour relations: contract interpretation, discipline, attendance management and grievances.
- Lead investigations and fact finding on employee and labour relations issues relate to harassment and disciplinary issues.
- Balance the advocacy of employees with the requirements of the business to ensure decisions are fair.
- Implement Human Resources programs for all employees salaried, union and non-union.
- Champion the performance and talent management processes in the Region including participation in talent reviews and succession planning.
- Support the management of illness or disability of employees related to either an occupational or a non-occupational absence and supporting the business with the development of return to work plans, accommodation, and injury/illness reporting.
- Conduct training for employees and managers as required on labour relations, attendance management, anti-harassment and discrimination.
- Ensure best practices are followed by staying current with labour and employment legislation and HR industry developments and contribute to continuous improvement by influencing HR strategies, policies and procedures.
- Act as a change agent to support critical business initiatives and support leaders in all elements of effective change management.

**Qualifications**:

- University degree, college diploma or equivalent experience with a focus in Human Resources, Business Administration, or related field.
- Minimum of 3 years labour relations experience is required.
- Minimum of 3-5 years employee relations experience in required
- Experience supporting multi-location operations with multiple collective agreements.
- Proven ability to work closely with leaders to support the resolution of employee issues in a fast-paced manufacturing and distribution environment.
- Customer focused with proven relationship building strengths and solid experience developing workforce plans based on business goals.
- Comfort and ability to thrive in a high change and fasted-paced environment.
- Proven collaboration skills with the ability to gain consensus through personal influence.
- Demonstrated ability to promote an inclusive work environment and support workforce diversity.
- Comfort with HR data, analytics, and HRIS systems is an asset.
- Capable of communicating and supporting employees at all levels of the organization.

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**Important**:
All offers of employment at Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Limited (“Coke Canada”) are conditional upon a successful background clearance obtained through our contracted third-party vendor. The standard clear