Parkland Corporation Looking for Director People & Culture, Corporate at Calgary, AB Full Time

At Parkland, our purpose is to Power Journeys & Energize Communities. We are a prominent independent supplier and marketer of fuel and petroleum products and a leading convenience store operator. As One Parkland team, we proudly serve diverse retail, commercial and wholesale customers across Canada, the United States, the Caribbean region, and South America. We power a growing family of locally known brands including M&M Food Market, Fas Gas Plus, Pioneer, RaceTrac, Superpumper, Ultramar, Chevron, Esso, ON the RUN, Ultramar, Bluewave Energy, Pipeline, Chevron, Columbia Fuels, Island Petroleum, Sparlings Propane, Elbow River Marketing and Parkland Refining.

We recognize that diversity gives us an edge and inclusion propels us forward. We’re also a passionate team of down-to-earth achievers, committed to getting our customers, colleagues and communities further, faster. As such, we welcome talented individuals that have a variety of perspectives, backgrounds, and industry experience who will contribute to the success of our One Parkland team.

Position Title: Director People & Culture, Corporate

Team & Location: People & Culture – Calgary, Alberta

Position Summary:

The Director, People & Culture (P&C) Corporate will work as a key HR partner for our corporate functions to lead a proactive, critically thinking, business savvy, operationally excellent Leadership Teams. This role is to support and enable the smooth efficient and effective delivery of P&C policies, programs and services (processes and procedures) to corporate leaders and employees, while also providing guidance and insight to drive engagement and provide reactive support to unique employee relations situations. This position will also be responsible for HRIS data accuracy and reporting.

Key Responsibilities:

• Partner with the Manager, Organizational Effectiveness (OE), and Program Manager, OE to:
• Identify policy, program, process and procedure challenges for the P&C BP team, and/or business leaders and employees
• Collaborate on design of solutions
• Collaborate on implementation/change management plans
• Lead Corporate P&C BP team in implementation
• Partner with HRIS, Talent Acquisitions and Total Rewards to build solutions to identified inefficient and ineffective programs, processes and procedures
• Partner with Corporate VP team to understand their business and facilitate the development annual proactive VP P&C objectives for each VP’s department including but not limited to:
• Planned P&C Policy, Program, Process and Procedure changes that impact leaders and/or employees
• Department Employee & D&I Survey results
• Planned organizational or system changes for the departments
• Annual program roll out (i.e. Performance Management, Succession Planning, Parkland Pledge etc.)
• Participate in the ‘steering’ committee level of all Corporate Projects (i.e. Harmony) to provide thought leadership on approach
• Participate in the development of all change management plans by your clients on ‘their projects’ ensure they will achieve the goal of highly engaged and productive employees
• Develop your team to be business savvy, critical thinkers who proactively and when needed reactively solve problems with the business
• Report monthly on the progress on all Objectives, and P&C metrics (transactional data) to the VP, TM

Qualifications and Skills:

• 8 – 10 years of progressive Human Resources experience preferred, Operations Management Systems experience considered
• Bachelor Degree required, preference for major in Business, or Human Resources
• Pro.Sci Change management certification and/or Project Management Certification required
• Demonstrated ability to manage Talent Management and HRIS projects, including the ability to:
• Facilitate business needs analysis in order to identify, analyze, and document business requirements
• Design and implement multi-stakeholder project plan to drive integrated outcomes from business analysis (communications – testing – implementation – reinforcement and more)
• Design and integrate effective change management principles into project plans
• Highly resilient, thrive in a fast-paced ever-changing environment and can easily navigate change and deal with ambiguity
• Excellent interpersonal skills, known for bringing people together and working across multiple stakeholders from across different areas of the business
• Strong communication, presentation and facilitation skills
• Strong influencing skills, with ability to strong relationships with senior leadership
• Ability to identify, understand, and articulate client needs, generate opportunities, and suggest approaches for addressing issues
• Strong stakeholder management and change management skills
• Operations Management Systems, program management an asset
• HR business partner experience an asset
• PMP certification and Vision skills are assets

We Offer:

• Our Performance-based Annual Incentive Plan, an annual bonus awarding your performance.
• A share in our success through the Employee Share Purchase Plan and 100% company matching.
• A flexible group benefit plan that offers health and dental coverage choices to meet the needs of each unique employee. Inclusive of life and disability insurances, Health Care and Lifestyle Spending options, and a supportive Employee and Family Assistance Program.
• Participation in Parkland Pledge, an employee-driven charitable giving program.
• An employee referral program – earn up to $2000 for your referral.
• In-house learning and development opportunities, leadership training, international opportunities.
• Discount Programs and Educational Scholarship Programs for family members.
• Save on gas at our participating gas stations across Canada (Chevron, Fas Gas, Ultramar, and Pioneer).
• A safety focused work environment and ongoing safety training.

Please note:

• Candidates must be legally able to work in Canada at this time. Parkland regrets that it is unable to sponsor employment Visas.
• Parkland Corporation is committed to the principles of Employment Equity. We strive to provide accessibility in employment to ensure equal access to employment opportunities for candidates, including persons with disabilities. Parkland Corporation will endeavour to provide accommodation to persons with disabilities in the recruitment process upon request. If you are selected for an interview and you require accommodation due to a disability, please notify us upon scheduling your interview.
• Please note that final candidates for this position will be required to undergo a confidential pre-employment background check which may include but not be limited to educational, criminal, credit, drug and alcohol and/or Fitness for Duty testing.

This position will close when a successful candidate is found or on February 22, 2023.

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