GM of People & Culture
Vend is award winning web based SAAS point of sale for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software.  We’re shaking things up and pushing out innovations, therefore finding - and meeting a huge demand for our services.   Vend employs over 70 people across 4 countries.  We have grown significantly this year, more than doubling our team in the last ten months.  The majority of our staff work out of our Newmarket, Auckland office.  Our other offices are located in Melbourne, Toronto and San Francisco.At Vend we think HR is a dirty word.  We don’t simply employ humans, we employ real people with real personalities - and some pretty awesome personalities at that.  Culture is super important to us at Vend.  Not just having fun at work and enjoying the ride, but working super fucken’ hard to do what’s right by our customers and for our investors.  Thats why we won Kenexa Best Workplaces Award in 2012 and are a finalist again in 2013.  At Vend we hate bureaucracy, and whilst some i’s will always need dotting and some t’s will always need crossing, its unleashing the potential of our people and our teams that gets us out of bed in the mornings.  We need someone who has experience working in a highly culture-driven organisation with experience in optimising performance through people processes.  Its the thoughtful design and implementation of these processes, melding Vend’s unique culture and high performance methodologies that will take Vend to the next level.This role forms part of the Senior Management Team and you will have a small and incredibly awesome team reporting to you.You will need to:Be a strategic thinker who understands the commercial realities of businessBe able to work alongside managers to optimise their teamsHave a demonstrated ability to collect and utilise data in decision makingLove solving problemsEmbrace change and be able to help other people embrace change tooHave amazing communication skillsPreferably you will have worked in a software company before.
Title: GM of People & Culture
Salary: None
Description: Vend is award winning web based SAAS point of sale for retail.  We’re chucking out crusty old cash registers and replacing them with iPads, touch screens and beautiful software.  We’re shaking things up and pushing out innovations, therefore finding - and meeting a huge demand for our services.   Vend employs over 70 people across 4 countries.  We have grown significantly this year, more than doubling our team in the last ten months.  The majority of our staff work out of our Newmarket, Auckland office.  Our other offices are located in Melbourne, Toronto and San Francisco.At Vend we think HR is a dirty word.  We don’t simply employ humans, we employ real people with real personalities - and some pretty awesome personalities at that.  Culture is super important to us at Vend.  Not just having fun at work and enjoying the ride, but working super fucken’ hard to do what’s right by our customers and for our investors.  Thats why we won Kenexa Best Workplaces Award in 2012 and are a finalist again in 2013.  At Vend we hate bureaucracy, and whilst some i’s will always need dotting and some t’s will always need crossing, its unleashing the potential of our people and our teams that gets us out of bed in the mornings.  We need someone who has experience working in a highly culture-driven organisation with experience in optimising performance through people processes.  Its the thoughtful design and implementation of these processes, melding Vend’s unique culture and high performance methodologies that will take Vend to the next level.This role forms part of the Senior Management Team and you will have a small and incredibly awesome team reporting to you.You will need to:Be a strategic thinker who understands the commercial realities of businessBe able to work alongside managers to optimise their teamsHave a demonstrated ability to collect and utilise data in decision makingLove solving problemsEmbrace change and be able to help other people embrace change tooHave amazing communication skillsPreferably you will have worked in a software company before.
Requirements: Executive experience, None education
Fraudulent: No