People Partner

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.