HR Manager - Fine Wine Business

• Key business partner to the MD and member of the Senior Leadership Team
• Opportunity to develop in a key growth market for our global business
• “Small business feel” and autonomy with large business support

As the HR Manager for Distinguished Vineyards and Wine Partners (DVWP), you’ll be the strategic business partner to the Managing Director for all things people, culture, change, learning and development.

The business

DVWP boasts a premium wine brands portfolio including MacRostie (Sonoma), Argyle (Oregon), Textbook, Markham (Napa) and Wither Hills (New Zealand). DVWP is dedicated to excellence, promoting social equity and advancing sustainability – our team proudly produces wine and farms more than 1,000 acres of sustainably certified estate vineyards across California and Oregon.

We’re part of Lion Little World Beverages, a fast growing, entrepreneurial-minded, global adult beverages business and home to some of the world’s most loved craft beer brands in the U.S., UK, and Australia adding New Belgium Brewing, the fourth largest US craft brewery to the family just last year. Our origins and head office are in Sydney, Australia where we are one of Australia and New Zealand’s leading beverage companies. Our core purpose is to champion sociability and help people to live well.

The person

We’re looking for someone who can work successfully with our Management team who are spread across the US, while leveraging broader team support and resources from our bigger HR teams in Colorado, Australia & New Zealand. Someone who recognizes that the opportunities for growth are great and navigating complexity is par for the course.

Key accountabilities for this role include:

• Strategy: Development and deployment of an integrated People Plan for DVWP ensuring alignment to Lion Little World Beverage’s strategy.
• Business Partner: Act as a trusted and courageous business partner to coach the Leadership Team.
• Organisational Change: Lead organisational change and transformation agendas for DVWP leveraging best practice change methodology and strong commercial acumen.
• Safety and Governance: Prioritise safety and promote Lion's safety culture and ensure core polices are in place and adhered to.

Key qualifications & experience:
 

• Undergraduate degree in Business Administration, HR or related field and/or PHR/SPHR desired.
• 10+ years of HR experience, of which at least 3 should include specific accountabilities for a client group in an advisory/business partnering capacity.
• Demonstrated experience in leading transformational/ culture change; ideally in a matrixed business environment. 
• Demonstrated ability to business partner, coach across functions and influence senior leaders.
• Working knowledge of federal and state employment laws.

We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. One of the ways we do this is through our flexible working framework enabling agile and innovative teams that help deliver our business goals. Talk to us to understand how flex-policy could work for you. 

Location: Based at our St. Helena based winery; some travel between sites in California and Oregon, will be required, however flexible available for working at home and different sites throughout the week.

https://dvwinepartners.com/

https://www.lionco.com/about-us/our-business/lion-little-world-beverages