HR Business Partner, NA - Sales

About the role

The HR Business Partner, Commercial (Sales) serves as the strategic people partner to McCain’s North America Sales organization. This role collaborates closely with commercial leaders to align talent, culture, workforce, organizational capability, and people strategies with business objectives and growth priorities. As a trusted advisor, the HR Business Partner leverages business acumen, workforce insights, analytics, and emerging technologies to help leaders build high-performing teams, strengthen leadership capability, and drive business results.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales leadership teams to align people strategies with commercial business objectives and growth priorities.
• Provide strategic guidance on organizational effectiveness, workforce planning, leadership capability, and talent risk management.
• Lead talent review, performance management, succession planning, and development planning processes across the Sales organization.
• Identify, develop, and retain high-potential talent while building robust succession pipelines for critical roles.
• Collaborate with Talent and Learning teams to accelerate leadership development and capability-building initiatives.
• Support organizational design, resource planning, role clarity, and team effectiveness initiatives to optimize business performance.
• Coach leaders on employee engagement, performance management, leadership effectiveness, and talent development.
• Manage complex employee relations matters, workplace investigations, and policy interpretation while mitigating organizational risk.
• Leverage workforce analytics, people insights, and business data to identify trends, opportunities, and risks that inform decision-making.
• Leverage digital tools, AI-enabled technologies, and modern ways of working to improve employee experiences and business outcomes.
• Lead the people side of organizational changes, transformations, and business initiatives to ensure successful adoption and implementation.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Demonstrated experience as an HR Business Partner supporting senior leaders and leadership teams.
• Experience in talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and employee relations.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align people strategies to business goals.
• Experience supporting commercial, sales, customer-facing, or matrixed organizations preferred.
• Strong coaching, influencing, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using workforce analytics, technology, digital solutions, or AI-enabled tools to drive people and business outcomes.
• Strong communication, facilitation, project management, and change leadership capabilities.
• Master’s degree and HR certification/designation (CHRP, CHRL, SHRM, PHR, SPHR, or equivalent) considered an asset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
• 7+ years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Demonstrated experience as an HR Business Partner supporting senior leaders and leadership teams.
• Experience in talent management, succession planning, workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, and employee relations.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to align people strategies to business goals.
• Experience supporting commercial, sales, customer-facing, or matrixed organizations preferred.
• Strong coaching, influencing, relationship-building, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience using workforce analytics, technology, digital solutions, or AI-enabled tools to drive people and business outcomes.
• Strong communication, facilitation, project management, and change leadership capabilities.
• Master’s degree and HR certification/designation (CHRP, CHRL, SHRM, PHR, SPHR, or equivalent) considered an asset.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities.
• Proficiency in workforce analytics and emerging technologies.
• Strong analytical and data-driven decision-making abilities.
• Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

Compensation Package: $97,500.00 - $130,000.00 CAD annually + Bonus Eligibility. Benefits include health coverage (medical, dental, vision, prescription drug), retirement savings benefits, and leave support including medical, family and bereavement. Well-being programs include vacation and holidays, company-supported volunteering time, and mental health resources. McCain Foods is an equal opportunity employer. As a global family-owned company, we strive to be the employer of choice in the diverse communities around the world in which we live and work. We recognize that inclusion drives our creativity, resilience, and success and makes our business stronger.