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Vice President, People and Culture

Remote: 
Full Remote
Contract: 
Full time
Experience: 
Mid-level (2-5 years)
Work from: 
Canada

Offer summary

Qualifications:

At least 2 years in HR leadership role, In-depth business knowledge needed, Experience developing compensation cycles, Experience in global practice is an asset.

Key responsabilities:

  • Create and execute people and culture strategy
  • Support leaders to enhance teamwork and culture

Advantage Group International logo
Advantage Group International SME http://www.advantagegroup.com/
201 - 500 Employees
About Advantage Group International
Advantage Group helps people and organizations work better together. We provide the gift of feedback and, through insight, drive positive behaviour change and business growth. In the world of fast-moving consumer goods, we act as an integral link between suppliers and retailers. Advantage uses data, feedback and strategy consulting to illuminate opportunities for mutual growth, strengthen relationships and provide invaluable insight. In over 40 countries, Advantage creates better insight, better business and better lives.
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Job description

What Matters to Us:
Thirty years ago, in Toronto, Canada, Founder Ron Pirie championed the belief that businesses work better together when they commit to actively listening and responding to each other’s feedback.
Not long after, fast-moving consumer goods suppliers and retailers throughout North America began to recognize that strong and measurable relationships lie at the heart of improved business performance.
From humble beginnings and a staunch and universal belief that stronger collaboration leads to better business results in any market and any industry, our relationship benchmarking capabilities have become the gold standard for measuring business-to-business engagement in over 40 countries.
Who We’re Seeking to Join Our Team:
In partnership with the CEO and the Executive Leadership team, the VP, People and Culture will create and execute the people and culture strategy through high growth and ensure that AGI is an employer of choice for current and potential employees through your strategies. Thie role is responsible for building a strong, cohesive and collaborative People and Culture team to execute on strategy. The VP of People and Culture must have the ability to create and execute strategic and scalable HR programs aligned with our business goals.

Who What Success Looks Like in this Role:
Key responsibilities of this role include:
  • Support, coach and partner with our leaders to raise the bar as inspiring leaders that people want to follow and to allow AGI to execute on business strategy 
  • Strategic people planning to include salary and hiring forecasts in partnership with Finance and the business unit leaders 
  • Ensure a strong and healthy culture through programs and practices 
  • Build a strong recruitment engine including a process that focuses on diversity, equity and inclusion, and helps the hiring managers to hire individuals that are a culture add and aligned with AGI values 
  • Play the role of an HR Business Partner to get to know the business and the team 
  • Create a strong global compensation philosophy and framework including job and talent mapping, pay equity analysis, senior level long term incentives, company bonuses, creative benefits and perks that drive value aligned behaviours and to execute on company goals 
  • Create industry leading programs including performance management, onboarding, career development and succession planning 
  • Identify training and development needs to ensure growth of AGI employees, to address any skills gaps 
  • Ensure that the People and Culture team have the right tools to help elevate their impact within AGI 
  • Use data for decision making, provide the ELT and board with data to help lead better 
  • Advise the management and leadership team on relevant legal and compliance issues and introduce best practices to protect the organization 
KPIs:
  • Increase in employee engagement and culture scores 
  • Maintain and/or reduce turnover, specifically regrettable turnover 
  • Attracting top talent, quality hires and reducing time to hire 
  • Increase in internal promotions 

What We’re Looking For:
Who you are and what you will bring to AGI: 
People Success Experience:
  • At least 2 years of experience in an HR/People leadership role
  • A builder at heart – a player/coach that can lead one moment and roll-up your sleeves the next
  • Knowledge of all areas of the business in-depth so that you can better partner with each leader, understanding their challenges and goals
  • An ability to improve the effectiveness of the executive team by creating a collaborative team that drives for success through effective people leadership
  • A deep understanding of branding and recruiting programs metrics
  • Experience developing job scoping, career paths, talent mapping and compensation cycles in previous roles
  • Experience leading people practices globally is an asset
 
Scaling:
  • Experience building out resource strategies, planning for future hires and hiring/promoting according to that plan
  • An ability to contribute to high growth environments through programs that ensure successful growth (and fewer growing pains)
  • An ability to help create scalable practices that reinforce the AGI culture and values
 
Values:
  • A desire and ability to build relationships throughout the organization
  • An understanding of the necessity of intimately understanding and getting close to the business
  • An ability to live, reinforce, and nurture our values
  • An ability to lead with inspiration, painting an exciting vision of the future
  • An ability to enable a high-performance and innovative culture
  • An ability to lead by example, not afraid to speak your mind in a constructive way, are accountable and humble to own any mistakes
 
Analytical:
  • An ability to efficiently collect and select the right metrics that'll lead to impactful reporting and change
  • Capability of making data-informed business cases and utilizing data to understand the trade-offs for those decisions
  • An ability to articulate and quantify a compensation philosophy logic, developing a company-wide consistency in bonuses, promotions, raises, and leadership development
  • An analytical and methodical approach to performance and compensation reviews
  • Quantitative methods will underpin your approach for identifying high-potential and underperformance

Attributes:
  • Self-aware 
  • Authentic 
  • Ability to give feedback at all levels in a tactful manner with the lens to elevate 
  • Inspires confidence and builds trust through action 
  • Inspirational leadership style, influences and shapes culture through behaviours every day 
  • Well-rounded generalist including development of compensation plans, performance  
  • Thought leader, creating programs that are impactful both for employees and the organization as a whole 
  • Accountable, gets it done 
  • Not afraid to take calculated risks 

Where You’ll be Located:

This role is remote or hybrid, but with expectation to attend occasional in person events, meetings, conferences etc. We support a hybrid way of work.


Why Should You Work for Us?
The Advantage Group offers an excellent work-life balance, including the following:
  • Stable company, with an established client-base and a continual steady growth.
  • Flex culture: telecommute as needed, flexible hours.
  • Intelligent and passionate team members.
  • Unique business problem, a new challenge around every corner.
  • Competitive salary package including health benefits and Group RRSP.
  • Generous leave policy and winter holiday office closure.

Accessibility Accommodations
Advantage provides accessibility accommodations during the recruitment process. If you require accommodations, please let us know, and we'll work with you to meet your needs.

Don’t meet every single requirement? 
Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification.  We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace; therefore, if you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways.  You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles at Advantage. 

Disclaimer: Recruitment Fraud  
Please be alert to possible recruitment fraud. Advantage Group International's Human Resources Team and hiring managers communicate only via our company email addresses with the domain @advantagegroup.com or via the tracking system with the domain @applytojob.com. Consider any variations to these domains or any other domains to be fraudulent. Email correspondence will precede a phone interview. We do not request an interview on any instant messaging applications. 
We will never ask for payment of money or require any exchange of benefits or personal documents, bank account details, tax forms or credit card information or require the purchase of any equipment or items of any nature at any stage of the recruitment or interview process. We recommend that you do not respond to unsolicited offers of employment from our company.  

If you doubt the authenticity of a job posting, job offer or the recruitment process, please email [email protected]. 

If you believe you are a victim of recruitment fraud, you may wish to consider contacting your local police or local authorities.  
We are not responsible or liable for any claims, losses, damages or expenses resulting from recruitment fraud. 
 

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Experience

Level of experience: Mid-level (2-5 years)
Spoken language(s):
English
Check out the description to know which languages are mandatory.

Hard Skills

Human Resource StrategyCompensation AnalysisRecruitment StrategiesCareer DevelopmentSuccession PlanningDiversity And InclusionOnboarding StrategiesPerformance ManagementCompliance RequirementsData AnalysisTalent MiningStrategic Resources

Other Skills

  • Leadership
  • Relationship Building
  • Collaboration
  • Communication
  • Analytical Thinking
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