Job Description

Job Title

People Partner ANZ

Philips is a leading global healthcare company aiming to improve the lives of 3 billion people by 2030. We strive to make the world healthier and more sustainable through innovation developed across a broad range of Imaging, Information and Monitoring systems.

Your Opportunity

We are seeking a People Partner to join our head office for ANZ based in North Ryde. This is an individual contributor position, reporting to the People Partner Lead for APAC & Japan, based in Singapore.

As the People Partner you will play a critical role in providing expert guidance and professional support to People Leader Partners, People Leaders and the PPS team on HR related matters for Australia and New Zealand.

This hands-on role ensures alignment with local labor laws and organizational policies, while delivering consistent, high-quality HR services. A key focus is driving employee relations strategies that foster organizational stability and enhance the employee experience. As a representative of the People function, you will engage with the Country Leadership Team and relevant external institutions.

Job Responsibilities:

• Acts as the primary advisor for People leaders on complex and high-risk employee relations matters, ensuring outcomes align with organizational goals, legal compliance, and employee well-being.

• Advising Country Leaders on People Strategies and response related to employee issues, during period of crisis or transformation and execute Crisis Management Team decisions related to people matters within the country.

• Deliver professional guidance and advice to People Leaders and/or People Leader Partners on transformations (footprint/restructuring) from local/legal perspective and is responsible for the local execution on mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and reorganizations affecting local teams.

• Act as a subject matter expert in local Australia and New Zealand labor law application and compliance, advising People Leaders on hosted headcount and cross-border employment issue based on international mobility advice.

• Provide professional advice on performance improvement plans (PIP) ensuring adherence to local policies and best practices

• Handle disciplinary and grievance cases, ensuring accurate documentation and timely resolution with fairness and consistency.

• Conduct and support investigations related to the General Business Principles.

• Address and provide advisory support on rewards-related questions ensuring alignment with local guidelines and internal equity.

• Ensure consistent application of HR and government policies and practices across the organization as well as monitor adherence to local labor laws, escalating potential risks to appropriate stakeholders.

• Drives standardization in the execution of People Function policies and processes, ensuring consistent application and compliance across the country to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.

• Ensure legally required benefits and health and well-being initiatives are provided.

• Execute Crisis Management Team decisions related to people matters within the country.

• Advice and execute on mergers, acquisitions, divestments, and reorganizations affecting local teams.

• Overseeing ANZ Payroll processing as well as fleet Car management.

You’re the right if:

• Demonstrated expertise of at least 10 years in HR processes, employee relations, labor relations and primary HR advisor for Australia and New Zealand in a large multinational, fast-paced business working alongside centres of excellence and shared services to deliver results in a highly regulated environment.

• You will bring a solid understanding of HR practices, including employment law and regulation, supporting Payroll, HR administrative tasks, reporting and audit processes.

• You have experience in directly supporting people managers and influencing leaders to make better people decisions.

• A solutions-focused approach, well-developed business acumen and able to deal with issues and change in a proactive, positive and dynamic way.

• You will have excellent stakeholder management, communication skills and ability to adapt to changing circumstances, direction and strategy as well as manage multiple priorities.

About Philips:

We are a health technology company. We build our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

Philips is an equal opportunity employer committed to building and supporting an inclusive workforce that reflects the diverse communities we operate within. Your application will be fairly assessed, regardless of your race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran or disability status.

We’re living this commitment through our Reconciliation Action Plan and employee-led resource groups, and we encourage people from all backgrounds, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander, Māori and Pacific Peoples, to apply.

Should you require assistance during your application process due to accessibility reasons, we will accommodate this upon request.