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Regional People Partner - Northern Ireland
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Regional People Partner – Full-Time
(with Sainsbury’s – DTD)
We’re making things better, together.
At Sainsbury’s, we prioritise incredible work and real work-life balance. We do things differently— respearating HR as business partners and specialists— whether that’s ensuring nearly 150,000 colleagues are paid on time or reshaping our strategy to attract, place, and unlock talent. You’ll enjoy flexibility in where and when you work, in-demand career progression, and a culture where your perspective counts. There’s no single path here—just opportunity.
Why Join Us?
As a Regional People Partner, you’ll play a strategically critical role in crafting and executing our people agenda across the region. You’ll advise senior leaders, ensuring people plans align with business priorities, regional challenges, and long-term goals.
You’ll bridge the gap between operations and strategy, translating store-level insights into interventions that elevate colleague experience and drive business success. Working with the People function and Centres of Expertise, you’ll ensure these strategies are delivered consistently and deeply embedded in the organisation. The majority of your time will be spent on the shop floor, building relationships, testing initiatives, and ensuring high-impact people activity.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Role & Leadership
- Partner with senior regional leaders to shape people activity—linking initiatives to operational priorities and long-term success.
- Use data-driven insights to diagnose challenges, pinpoint opportunities, and design interventions that build capability and performance.
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People Cycle Leadership
- Lead performance, reward, talent, and succession cycles—ensuring they’re simple, accessible, and business-aligned.
- Coach Store People Partners, fostering high performance and consistency across your region.
Transformation & Change
- Guide organisational change, helping leaders navigate new ways of working and embedding cultural shifts.
- Optimise colleague/leader engagement and feedback loops, refining delivery for lasting impact.
Talent Development
- Advise leaders on organisational capability, crafting succession pipelines that align with future needs.
- Champion growth and diversity, ensuring decisions reflect a varied workforce.
Who You Are
You’re an experienced, strategic People/HR Business Partner, with excellence in:
- Leading People Partners/HR professionals and enabling high performance.
- Shaping people agendas for fast-moving, commercial environments.
- Data-driven decision making and diagnosing root causes.
- Navigating ambiguity while delivering at pace and influencing decisively.
You thrive in high-speed, dynamic environments, valuing clear direction, commercial awareness, and long-term goals.
Essential Criteria
✅ Proven track record as a senior People/HR Business Partner in fast-paced commercial organisations. ✅ Strategic people plans—designing and executing solutions across multiple sites and stakeholders. ✅ Strong leadership in influencing/s shaping culture, crafting decisions, and driving cultural & behavioural change. ✅ Deep expertise in talent management, succession planning, and capability development. ✅ Change & transformation experience—ensuring implementation clarity and effectives. ✅ Analytical & data-driven—translating people metrics into actionable strategies. ✅ Organisational design mastery—shaping structures for sustainability and impact. ✅ Agile learning & adaptability— resilience in dynamic settings.
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Benefits
At Sainsbury’s, we reward incredible colleagues with a suite of benefits that grow alongside you:
Your Purchasing Power
- 10% online/in-store discount (boosted to 15% seasonally) across Sainsbury’s, Argos, TU, and Habitat.
Financial Rewards
- Performance-related bonus—up to 20% of salary (eligibility dependent on business performance).
- Pension + Lifestyle Benefits: Pension scheme, term life cover, salary advances.
Wellbeing & Money-Saving Perks
- Holiday flexibility: Paid leave + option for an additional week.
- Private healthcare and cash plans (Bupa).
- Season ticket loans, interest-free car finance of £10K, and cycle-to-work schemes.
- Discounts from hundreds of retailers via employee programs.
Life Moments
- Up to 26 weeks’ pay for maternity/adoption leave.
- Up to 4 weeks’ pay for paternity leave.
For full details, visit Sainsbury’s Careers (some plans require time-in-service).
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