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People Partner

Picnic

Picnic

People & HR, Sales & Business Development
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Posted on Apr 6, 2025

People Partner

People 📍 Amsterdam

In a nutshell

Our People team strives to revolutionize human resources in the same way that Picnic has revolutionized grocery delivery. Picnic's central team is build up out of 1000 talented individuals spread across three main locations: Amsterdam, Paris and Düsseldorf. The People team consists of 15 People Partners that take full responsibility for the development and organization of everyone in the central team. As a People Partner you will be responsible for approximately 75 Picnic-ers. You'll partner with a cross-functional group of experts to design and execute the strategy for how your assigned team staffs, onboards, develops, rotates, motivates, retains, and organizes.

Tricks of the trade

Performance management: Drive performance and talent by conducting check-ins and bi-annual reviews with employees
Documentation: Conduct all admin-related tasks around development agreements, contracts, and compensation
People management: Be a trusted advisor and a coach to the leadership team and play a critical role in enhancing leadership effectiveness
Project management: Drive people-related initiatives, provide insightful data to guide decision-making, and provide proactive solutions
Continuous improvement: Design and improve people programs (including staffing, onboarding, learning & development and rotation processes)
Staffing: Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles
Stakeholder management: Enable business leaders to cultivate an effective leadership pipeline

Your superpowers

Master's degree in HR, Psychology or similar
3 to 5 years of experience as an HR Advisor, HR Business Partner, or similar
Excellent communication skills and ability to work effectively with multiple stakeholders
Project management and operations experience
Driven to challenge convention and reinvent how work is done
Natural ability to coach and develop teams
Ability to see the big picture and data-driven approach
Passionate about people and able to work with colleagues of all levels
Interested in technology and excited to learn more
Fluency in English, Dutch is a plus

Picnic perks

🥗Fresh Lunch, coffee, and snacks

Our offices are equipped with fully-fledged coffee bars and a kitchen and chefs. They prepare delicious fresh and warm lunches every day so you can keep your energy up.

🚴🏼‍♂️Health insurance discount & bike plan

We have a partnership with CZ (a health insurance provider). Picnic employees get a discount on CZ insurance packages between 5% and 15%. Furthermore, through our partnership with Lease a Bike, you can rent-to-own a new (e)bike at a discounted rate

✍🏼 Learning & development

You’ll get ample opportunity to work on yourself at Picnic. We offer personal development through Lepaya courses, Academy trainings, and more. Interested in improving your mental wellbeing? Through OpenUp you get free access to trained psychologists and many courses.

All the rest

At Picnic you get 25 holidays, we cover your travel expenses and offer a pension plan. And your phone and laptop are on us, as well.

A bit about us

When you join Picnic, you’re joining the shopping revolution, delivering groceries to millions of people across Europe, and we’re growing fast. Think super fresh products and personal service, but in a modern, sustainable way. And we’re the only ones in the world doing it all by ourselves. From our fully automated fulfillment centre to delivery algorithms and marketing campaigns: we do it all in-house. Our team consists of 85+ nationalities and we’re always looking for new talent. Ready for the ride?

Recruitment Process

1

CV Screening

2

Phone Screening

3

Online test

4

Interviews

5

Assessment day

6

Closing interview

Commitment to equal opportunities

Picnic is an equal opportunity employer—this means that all decisions regarding applications will be based on qualifications and merit. Applicants will be regarded independently of age, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, ethnicity, skin color, civil status, religious beliefs, physical or mental disability, or any other factors protected by law.
At Picnic, we celebrate and value our differences and are committed to building a safe and inclusive working environment where everyone can be themselves.

Get in touch with our recruiters

Get in touch with our recruiters

Thomas Hu - Recruiter

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