People Lead

At Picnic were revolutionizing the way people buy groceries with our innovative and sustainable apponly service. We do almost everything inhouse developing cuttingedge technologies and processes to ensure we continue to grow rapidly without missing a beat. If youre an experienced HR Business Partner with a passion for creating structure in a chaotic scaleup environment were offering you the opportunity to join our diverse German team and make a real difference.

In a nutshell

Picnics central team is build up out of 1000 talented individuals spread across three main locations: Amsterdam Paris and Dsseldorf. The people team consists of 15 HR BPs that take full responsibility for the development and organization of everyone in the central team. Currently the 250 central employees work in the fast growing Dsseldorf office.

As the People Team lead for Germany youll hold a key position in which together with now two HR BPs you will be responsible for the fast growing German team. Your tasks will include ensuring our processes and systems are compliant conducting reviews and regular checkins working on peoplerelated projects deciding on staffing of new joiners and having development conversations with our talent. Youll combine your thought leadership in the area of people and HR with a solid understanding of the business.

What youll do

• Guide develop and support the German HR BPs aligning with the international HR BP team and people director.
• Oversee the development of the people in your scope. Conduct checkins and biannual reviews to ensure you can support them best
• Conduct all adminrelated tasks around development agreements contracts and compensation help in handling workplace investigations disciplinary and termination procedures for your scope
• Initiate and drive peoplerelated initiatives provide insightful data to guide decisionmaking and implement proactive solutions
• Design and improve people programs (including staffing onboarding learning & development and rotation processes)
• Build organizational health by ensuring that the organization is structured to achieve business objectives and by keeping a close eye on engagement scores of all teams
• Ensure consistency in data systems and processes within the organisation (in and outside the German team)
• Manage talent to ensure the right people are in the right roles
• Enable business leaders to cultivate an effective leadership pipeline

About you

• Masters degree in Psychology or Science (or similar background)
• 6 to 8 years of experience as a strategy or organizational consultant and/or experience in a tech startup/scaleup environment and / or handson experience with HR . Ready to lead a team.
• Passion for technology and people
• Project management and operations experience
• Experience in Human Resource disciplines and fundamental knowledge in employment law
• Fluent in English German fluency is a plus

Please submit your application in English. Thank you!

Picnic Perks

Make a difference

• Youll work in an awesome scaleup environment with the freedom to drive your own projects and create a visible impact.
• Our fully electric vehicles and sustainable business model mean youll also be contributing to making the world a better place!

Teamwork makes the dream work

• With more than 80 nationalities across 3 countries youll be part of a diverse company with plenty of cool stuff to get involved with from board game evenings to afterwork drinks to our company ski trip and more!

You are what you eat

• Youll get freshly prepared healthy lunches and snacks (with plenty of vegetarian vegan and halal options).

Stay healthy

• Mental health is important. As well as having the option to speak with Picnic colleagues who act as confidential advisors our collaboration with OpenUp gives you easy access to professional psychologists along with workshops and materials.
• There are plenty of sports communities and events to get involved with from tennis to yoga to climbing!

Attractive package

• We offer competitive compensation and a pension plan that looks out for your future self as well as 30 vacation days per year so you can recharge your batteries

Commitment to equal opportunities

Picnic is an equal opportunity employerthis 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.