Human Resources Business Partner

Act as a strategic business partner, employee champion and organizational change agent for the business unit. Handle employee relations for business operations. Provide a wide range of support as the human resources (HR) function. Perform a variety of daily functions to support employee life cycle.

• Collaborates with business leaders during the strategic planning process to provide value-add support to accomplish organizational objectives.
• Analyzes workforce data and trends to provide insights and recommendations for organizational effectiveness and performance improvement.
• Handles overall business unit employee relations and assigned employee investigations.
• Provides coaching, counseling and career development guidance to business leaders and employees.
• Provides input towards terminations and performance decisions for employees.
• Designs presentations and conducts new employee orientation.
• Conducts any required annual training for employees and leadership.
• Understands operational goals and objectives of the business and shares knowledge with holding company HR partners to produce solutions that address business priorities.
• Drives HR initiatives (e.g. engagement programs) within the business unit and acts as a liaison to holding company HR partners.
• Assists in guiding and interpreting HR policies and procedures for business operations.
• Assists in developing and recommending procedural improvements as needed by senior leadership 
• Runs metrics, queries, and reports for business requirements.
• Builds productive work relationships with business leaders, employees, and co-workers.
• Works with business leaders on annual goal setting and quarterly reporting 
• Conducts HR compliance audits, as needed.
• Coordinates execution of information for new hires for the purpose of onboarding
• Processes changes in HCM system such as employment status, terminations, suspensions, transfers, promotions, demotions, and corrective actions
• Assists with ongoing personnel file and HCM system audits to ensure accuracy of information.
• Maintains digital employee file
• Assists in administering HR policies and procedures, including the corrective action process.
• Responds to unemployment claims.
• Assists with drug testing activities.
• Work requires lifting objects up to 10 lbs.
• Work requires day travel between employee locations (company fleet vehicle available).
• Work may be performed in a variety of settings.
• Performs other job-related duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree and four (4) to six (6) years of progressive human resources experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience. 
• Knowledge of employment-related laws and regulations.
• Working knowledge of HR principles and processes, with a focus on employee relations issues.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products.
• Fundamental business acumen.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, problem solving and planning skills.
• Excellent attention-to-detail.
• Excellent written communication skills including the ability to develop training materials and procedural improvements.
• Excellent oral communication skills to explain procedural improvements and employment matters.
• Ability to work well under pressure and meet tight deadlines.
• Ability to remain impartial to both employees and management when making recommendations.
• Ability to maintain the highest-level of confidentiality of personal and sensitive data.
• Ability to advise business leaders and employees including the ability to build trusting, collaborative relationships.