HR Business Partner

Objective of the Position: This position is responsible for providing professional HR guidance, analysis, and administration in some or all of the following functional areas: employee relations, training, recruiting, employee relations, and benefit programs.

Essential Accountabilities

• Collaborate with top leadership to align the HR strategy to the Business strategy. Cascades Global Initiatives into the Region.
• Apply a change management process and tools to create a strategy to support adoption of the changes required by a project or initiative.
• Support the design, development, delivery and management of change communications.
• Provide advice and suggestions for culture-related initiatives, such as cultural transformation.
• Human Resources Project Manager for regional business unit improvements.
• Train managers on employee engagement results, action plans and effective engagement initiatives.
• Develop and present performance improvement plans and progressive counseling notices.
• Responsible for workforce development and training, in addition to monitoring succession planning.
• Investigate employee relation issues such as employee complaints, harassment allegations and civil rights complaints and prepare report of findings.
• Administer training records to include tracking and ensuring white collar matrices are being updated.
• Collaborate with other HR team members on implementing innovative and inclusive recruitment strategies.
• Initiate immigration procedures for new and existing employees, support international transfers and relocation for employees between companies.
• Administer all payroll and benefits processes for employees at the corporate office, including but not limited to: benefits orientation/administration; timecard/payroll review/submission, paid time off processes, and FMLA requests.
• Design and make recommendations for competitive and internally equitable compensation plans that mirror market trends and business strategies.
• Verify all pay rates submitted companywide match production pay scale and/or offer approval form and approves to ensure “4 eye approach”.
• Future-proof compensation and benefits planning.
• Ensure corporate employee HRIS recordkeeping compliance and paper files are accurate and filed.
• Administer and/or support local wellness programs at corporate; encourage participation and local buy-in.
• Optimize organizational design to increase productivity and improve performance of the business.
• HR Representative of Employee Engagement Committee & Employee Social Responsibility Committee
• Implement reward and recognition interventions to increase bottom-line results and employee engagement.
  
  

Secondary Accountabilities: the position incumbent ensures, that

• Conduct all business-related activities for, and on the behalf of, Eberspaecher within the limits of applicable local, state, and federal legal requirements.
• Provide support to, and compliance with, all local and corporate Eberspaecher Health, Safety & Environmental (HSE) policies, procedures and other HSE related requirements.
• Quality - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness and follows all ENA polices related to TS16949 and ISO 14001; looks for way to improve and promote quality.
• Ability to travel domestically by car or plane.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Requirement Profile

Professional Background / Basic Qualification / Work Experience:

• Bachelor's degree (B. A.) in Human Resource or closely related field
• Minimum two (2) years of experience in Human Resources.
• Proficient using in Microsoft Office.
• Proficient using ADP preferred.
• Professional in Human Resources (PHR or SHRM-CP) certification preferred.
• Ability to maintain utmost confidentiality.
• Knowledge and/or experience with national and regional labor law, and tax and social security regulations
  
  

Technical Expertise

• Ability to apply mathematical concepts and operations, including calculations, percentages, etc.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos, and write simple correspondence.
• Designs work flows and procedures.
• Business Acumen- Understands business implications of decisions.
• Ability to set up and track relevant metrics and KPIs and use the to drive business results.