Human Resources Business Partner

The Human Resources Business Partner provides comprehensive on-site support to the business. aligning HR practices with the overall business objectives. They will collaborate closely with leaders and managers to provide HR support, drive employee engagement, organizational effectiveness, and foster a positive workplace culture. This role involves all aspects of the employee life cycle including support for recruitment and onboarding, employee relations, performance management, talent development, and compliance to legal regulations and company policies. They are a key resource for both employees and leaders, ensuring an overall positive employee experience.

• Helps manage the site’s staffing and recruitment needs, supports talent acquisition in recruiting, interviewing, and the hiring of talent; collaborates with departmental managers to understand skills and competencies required for openings. Attend job/career fairs to generate qualified applicants
• Supports pre-hire processes and administers key components of the onboarding process ensuring a fulfilling new hire experience.
• Fosters strong partnerships with operations teams to drive business results while ensuring compliance with internal and external guidelines and regulations. Interprets and applies policies, ensuring compliance with standard practices, union contract and guidelines related to attendance, paid time off, job transfers, accommodation processes, etc.
• Facilitates and participates in disciplinary matters; disputes and investigations; performance and talent management; productivity, recognition, and engagement; and training and development.
• Proactively supports the delivery of HR processes, maintains a high level of visibility, accessibility and interaction with all employees on all shifts. Educates employees of services available to them and promotes self-service tools. Drives positive employee experience by timely and proactively responding to questions, addressing employee inquiries and concerns on HR procedures, policies and practices, and escalating as appropriate.
• Supports the management, implementation, and communication of fundamental HR programs. Creates organizational communications and announcements to help to inform and engage team members.
• Utilizes HRIS for data entry and conducts regular audits to ensure data integrity.
• Act as back-up for payroll and employee benefits programs administration, ensuring accurate processing of wages and managing benefits enrollment, adjustments, and inquiries.
• Ensures a high level of integrity and handles all matters in a professional, consistent, and confidential manner.

Skills & Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, or a related field or combination of education and experience.
• At least one year of human resource management experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Previous experience processing and/or administering Payroll preferred. 
• Strong communication skills, with an emphasis on tact and diplomacy. This includes the ability to speak and write clearly to deliver service excellence – over the phone, through e-mail, or in all other interactions.
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle numerous projects simultaneously, while maintaining high accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with others, creating partnerships with leaders, colleagues, and the rest of the human resources function.
• Strong organizational skills,
• Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite or related software and proficiency with or the ability to quickly learn the organizations HRIS/payroll systems.