Description
Diageo is seeking a People Advisory Partner to play a key role in enabling its evolving people operating model across Brazil.
As a People Advisory Partner, you will act as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing practical guidance, coaching, and support on people matters while building manager capability and fostering greater ownership of people decisions.
This role combines advisory, coaching, and operational execution responsibilities. You will help leaders navigate employee matters, performance conversations, development opportunities, and organizational changes while promoting consistent application of Diageo's policies and people practices.
Key Accountabilities
- Manager Advisory & Capability Building: Act as a trusted advisor to managers across Brazil, providing practical and timely guidance on employee and team-related matters. Coach leaders to strengthen their people leadership skills and build confidence in managing day-to-day employee situations.
- Performance, Development & Employee Experience: Provide coaching and guidance on performance management processes, including performance improvement plans, feedback conversations, and development planning.
- Policy Guidance & Risk Management: Apply Diageo policies consistently and pragmatically, helping managers navigate complex people situations while balancing employee experience, business needs, and risk.
- Operational Excellence & Case Management: Manage employee cases within defined levels of complexity, ensuring timely resolution, appropriate documentation, and a high standard of support.
- Transformation & Continuous Improvement: Contribute to the implementation and evolution of Diageo's people operating model.
Key Capabilities
- Coaching & Influencing: Build trusted relationships quickly and effectively influence stakeholders across multiple levels of the organization.
- Manager Capability Development: Passion for helping leaders grow, learn, and become more effective people managers.
- HR Advisory & Employee Experience: Strong understanding of employee lifecycle processes, performance management practices, and HR policies.
- Change Agility & Resilience: Comfortable operating in evolving environments, adapting to changing priorities, and helping others navigate ambiguity and transformation.
- Judgement & Courage: Able to make sound decisions, challenge constructively when needed, and balance commercial needs with employee experience and policy compliance.
- Execution Excellence: Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities while delivering responsive, high-quality support.
Experience & Qualifications
- Proven experience in HR Advisory, People Partnering, Employee Experience, HR Consulting, Employee Relations, or related people-facing HR roles.
- Experience coaching and influencing leaders on performance management, employee development, and complex people situations.
- Strong track record of building manager capability and supporting leaders through change.
- Experience managing employee cases involving performance, conduct, absence, workplace concerns, and other employee matters.
- Demonstrated ability to balance strategic thinking with operational execution.
- Experience working in fast-paced, evolving environments where adaptability and resilience are essential.
- Knowledge of employment legislation and HR policies, with the ability to apply them in a practical and business-focused way.
- Advanced English required, with the ability to confidently advise managers, manage sensitive employee matters, and communicate complex HR topics clearly and effectively in a business environment.