Senior Human Resources Business Partner

Business Unit: Cubic Corporation Company Details: When you join Cubic, you become part of a company that creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation to make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities to help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global issues through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Explore more on Cubic.com. Job Details: You will be responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management who are part of our Global Integrated Supply Chain (ISC) team of 500 employees. Develop, solution and implement people plans to include effective organization design, talent development and change management. Maintain up-to-date business knowledge, and as part of the global HR team, work collaboratively with the HR Centers of Excellence (COE) to provide effective HR services across Talent Acquisition, Total Rewards, Talent Management, Employee Relations and Compliance. This in an on-site position, primarily working from our location in Tullahoma, TN, with responsibility to travel routinely to Huntsville, AL and Knoxville, TN. This position has no direct supervisory responsibility but does serve as a coach and mentor for other positions in the department and client group. You will regularly exercise discretionary and substantial decision-making authority aligned to the company objectives and oversight of the Senior People Partner. Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities: Partners with the designated leader(s) to create and implement solutions to meet the business objectives across all areas of people management. Builds strong, effective relationships and gain in-depth business knowledge including the annual operating plan (AOP), strategic plan, financial performance, competitors and culture. Consults with line management, providing HR guidance when appropriate drawing on best practice, company policy and procedures, local law, and compliance. Analyze and provide data insight (supported by COE’s) to inform effective decision making. Develops strong working relationship with the HR functional COE’s to enable effective HR service delivery and solutions aligned to the assigned area’s business objectives. Shapes culture, keep pulse on employee engagement, working closely with management and employees to improve working relationships, build morale and retention. Interpret employee engagement survey feedback and able to develop actions plans to address gaps. Develops and implement effective strategies to enable the organization to thrive through periods of change such as: business area restructures, growth or retraction, acquisition, functional and enterprise change programs. Guides and drafts effective change plans and associated communications. Guides management on effective organization design (taking span and layers into account) and resource planning taking diversity and inclusion, and internal mobility into account. Designs new positions in line with job families and working with the compensation team, guides on appropriate grade/salary levels.  Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management e.g., coaching, counselling, career development, disciplinary actions. Guides, coaches and facilitates talent management initiatives including annual performance assessments, succession planning and talent road maps. Provides employee and management training as required. Supports managers in interviewing senior roles, oversees internal transfers end to end. Supports management in implementing foreign assignments and rotational assignments.  Manages and resolves complex employee relations matters. Conducts effective, thorough, and objective investigations. Maintains an up to date working knowledge of legal requirements related to the day-to-day management of employees, mitigates legal risks, and ensure regulatory compliance, partnering with the legal department as needed. May be required to manage industrial relations (region/business areas that we have a union presence, currently outside of the USA). Responsible for ensuring adherence and management in accordance with the collective bargaining agreements, negotiating and implementing pay awards. Working closely as part of the HR team, provides support and back up to colleagues as required and collaborates on ad hoc projects and interventions as requested. Holds regular 1-x-1’s with the leadership team, participates in management and employee meetings, and travel to company sites as required. Will travel to assigned sites required. In addition to the duties and responsibilities listed, the job holder is required to perform other duties assigned by their manager from time-to-time, as may be reasonably required of them. Minimum Job Requirements: Four-year college degree in Human Resources or business area plus six years of experience working as an HR generalist; SHRM certification desirable. Prior experience with confidential information; capable of professionally mature judgment. Possess business savvy and knowledge to partner with senior business leaders on strategic initiatives. Able to create and deliver basic employee training; exceptional communication skills -- conversational and written. Background providing HR services in a manufacturing environment highly preferred. Intellectually curious; comfortable asking probing questions and conducting research. Capable of handling multiple projects/initiatives simultaneously; results focused. Demonstrated ability to work independently, take initiative, execution oriented and perform effectively in a global matrix environment. History of successful relationship building with senior business leaders and able to prioritize and balance workload to meet deadlines. Exposure to compensation/employee benefits and staffing/recruiting. Intermediate proficiency in Microsoft Office Excel, PowerPoint and Word. Must be comfortable with complex functions and features in Excel, such as pivot tables, vlookups, and conditional formatting. Must be able to travel to visit assigned sites on a regular basis. The description provided above is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all job duties, responsibilities and requirements. Duties, responsibilities and requirements may change over time and according to business need. #LI-MD1 ‎ Cubic Pay Range: $120,000.00 - $140,000.00 benefits. ‎ The Cubic pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement (if any), or other law. ‎ ‎ Worker Type: Employee Cubic creates and delivers technology solutions in transportation that make people’s lives easier by simplifying their daily journeys, and defense capabilities that help promote mission success and safety for those who serve their nation. Led by our talented teams around the world, Cubic is committed to solving global challenges through innovation and service to our customers and partners. We have a top-tier portfolio of businesses, including Cubic Transportation Systems (CTS) and Cubic Defense (CD). Cubic is dedicated to providing a comprehensive employee benefits program. All regular, full-time and part-time employees (working an average of 20 hours per week) are eligible for benefits that are effective on the first day of employment. Cubic offers medical, dental and vision insurance, company-paid disability (company continues full pay and benefits for up to six weeks), life insurance options, critical illness and accident coverages, Flexible Spending Accounts, a pre-paid legal plan, travel accident insurance, an award-winning well-being program which includes an employer-funded lifestyle spending account, up to six weeks of paid parental leave, and a 401k Retirement Plan with a company match. Employees can also take advantage of backup childcare, pet care, pet insurance, virtual tutoring, and a tuition reimbursement program. Many locations follow a 9/80 work schedule with time-off policies to help encourage employees to take time for rest and relaxation. Full-time salaried employees are eligible to participate in Cubic’s flexible time-off arrangement. Part-time and hourly employees accrue paid time-off (PTO)/Sick leave at a rate of 5.23 hours bi-weekly. Lastly, Cubic provides its employees 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year. With a presence in over 60 countries and more than 5,000 employees worldwide, Cubic is committed to hiring and retaining a diverse workforce. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action-Employer. We are committed to ensuring a workplace free of discrimination based on race, color, religion, age, disability, genetic information, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, military or veteran status, and any other basis protected by applicable law. For more information on Equal Employment please visit: http://www.cubic.com/Careers/Applicant-Help To learn more, visit Cubic.com. Follow us on LinkedIn!

Salary : $120,000 - $140,000