HR Regional Partner, Amazon

Devices & Services/AGI PXT Core Services

Salary not provided
Mid level
London
Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

Job no longer available

Amazon

The largest online retailer and technology provider

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
Mid level
London

1001+ employees

B2CB2BMarketplaceCloud ComputingeCommerce

Company mission

Amazon aims to be Earth’s most customer centric company. Their mission is to continually raise the bar of the customer experience by using the internet and technology to help consumers find, discover and buy anything, and empower businesses and content creators to maximise their success.

Role

Who you are

  • Bachelor’s degree or higher, in Human Resources or related field
  • 6-8 years of relevant Human Resources experience
  • Thrives in a high-pressure environment and able to manage multiple simultaneous priorities
  • Advanced ability to work in a matrix fashion with business lead HR Partners

Desirable

  • Strong business and HR acumen, including strong problem solving skills, critical thinking and analysis
  • Strong communication skills; excellent spoken and written English, any additional languages a plus
  • Drives recommendations and prioritization. Looks to a lead or manager to put decisions into a broader business context
  • Experience working in a highly matrixed organization
  • Project management and execution skills
  • Coaching and consulting skills
  • Possesses intellectual curiosity; brings insight into the team & business
  • Labour Law knowledge of local country
  • Proficiency working with remote management

What the job involves

  • At Amazon, our centralized HR Partners are known for their knowledge of HR programs, processes and tools
  • They act as the frontline consultant to mainly people managers to create a positive employee experience, offering consistent HR advice on people matters
  • They operate and are seen as subject matter experts, having sound knowledge in company and local programs, processes and policies, offering a strong and compelling point of view around HR related matters, thus building credibility
  • They are committed to collaboration with multiple HR Business Partners, HR specialists and people managers across the various businesses
  • A key area of focus is to increase manager capability which should enable them to be more self-sufficient and drive manager education on important people programs, policies, tools and processes
  • This role will act as an influential partner in helping managers with talent management processes, people development, performance management and manager coaching
  • Thanks to their visibility across businesses and their access to data on managers’ and employees’ requests, this role will be in a position to spot trends and identify emerging needs and address them with innovative people programs, tools and processes
  • Process ownership for Employee Relations management, including disciplinary & performance improvement for issues not supported by the central Employee Relations team
  • Consult managers on people matters that require in depth knowledge of policies, procedures and local legislation, across multiple locations
  • Conduct investigations and manage ER cases, in coordination with the Employee Relations and with the Legal departments
  • Work with people managers end to end on performance management cases
  • Analyze data and trends on ER and performance management, in order to provide input to the business strategy to HRBP, preventing the recurrence of known issues
  • Coach, train and guide managers during the Talent Management and Annual Compensation Planning processes
  • Consult Managers on Compensation matters
  • Develop toolkit and communications that help managers to be self-sufficient with Talent Reviews
  • Enable the success of new & experienced managers by leveraging, delivering and improving existing training contents and Inside pages, and collaborating with the Devices Talent Development teams to anticipate and address emerging needs
  • Support managers and employees in identifying training opportunities to further develop functional and managerial skills
  • Support people managers with career conversations, Development Plans/Career Growth Plans and other development initiatives
  • Manage employees’ programs and support managers to drive improvements in employees’ engagement
  • Act as stewards of the employee experience and Amazon “culture keepers”
  • Provide support and guidance to HR Business Partners and Business Managers on change initiatives
  • Act as Point of Contact and Program Manager for people tools, processes, programs or projects
  • Design and deliver Manager Education initiatives to further drive collective education and manager effectiveness
  • Analyze data and observations across the organization, highlighting trends and recommending/driving solutions, as appropriate

Salary benchmarks

Our take

Amazon is the world's largest online retailer, and is well-known for its disruption of well-established industries. The company is present in numerous verticals, including cloud computing with Amazon Web Services, AI with its range of Alexa devices and a global marketplace more commonly referred to as 'the everything store'. Acquisitions include Ring, Twitch, Whole Foods Market, and IMDb.

More recently, Amazon has been focused on leading the "third wave in digital advertising". Many businesses are now shifting ad dollars to retailers, which before would have been spent with online media platforms. Amazon's seen great success in the space, with its revenue from advertising now higher than its Amazon Prime membership scheme, audiobooks and digital music combined. This growth is particularly impressive considering its digital ad rivals (like Snap, Alphabet, and Meta) have suffered declines due to wider macroeconomic factors and Apple's iOS privacy changes.

Despite its dominant market position, Amazon will continue to be challenged over the next decade, including sustaining AWS's cloud dominance in the face of Google and Microsoft. On top of this, the company's e-commerce division is facing profitability problems despite its 2023 post-IPO debt funding of 8 billion. It will need to find new ways to stay above their competitors.

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Company

Company benefits

  • Employees have opportunities to own Amazon stock, participate in 401(k) plans with company match, and enroll in paid life and accident insurance
  • Financial counseling and estate planning services are also available, plus paid short-term and long-term disability if needed
  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage to all our regular full-time employees, regardless of their level, tenure, or position
  • Amazon employees have free access to a network of more than 2 million caregivers, including nannies, babysitters and special-needs caretakers
  • Employees receive discounts on certain day care centers, and Amazon provides a variety of free resources for parents of children with autism, ADHD and developmental disabilities
  • Adoption assistance for qualified domestic and international adoption expenses including attorney fees, court costs, and travel
  • Leave Share program allows employees to give six weeks of paid parental leave to a spouse or partner who isn’t eligible for parental leave from their employer

Company values

  • Customer obsession rather than competitor focus
  • Passion for invention
  • Commitment to operational excellence
  • Long-term thinking

Company HQ

South Lake Union, Seattle, WA

Founders

Jeff Bezos

(Executive Chairman)

Jeff is an American business magnate, media proprietor, and investor. As well as founding Amazon, Jeff founded Blue Origin, an aerospace manufacturer and sub-orbital spaceflight services company and also owns The Washington Post.

Andy Jassy

(President & CEO (not founder))

Joined Amazon as a Marketing Manager in 1997. Developed AWS with Jeff Bezos, and became CEO of Amazon in 2021.

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