Sr HR Business Partner (India HR)

Columbia Sportswear Company; India; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,200,000; Full time

Job summary

Columbia Sportswear Company in India seeks a Senior HR Business Partner to align business objectives with employees and management. You will serve as a consultant to senior leadership on HR needs, partnering with COEs and shared services to deliver value-added HR solutions while understanding the unit’s goals and culture.

The role collaborates with Supply Chain and GCC leaders to support performance, engagement, and employee growth, overseeing organization design, talent strategy, and risk

Qualifications

• 7+ years of HR Business Partner experience.
• Mandatory GCC or global captive experience.
• Partner with senior leaders on workforce and talent strategy.
• Lead organization design, succession planning, and change initiatives.
• Coach leaders on performance, engagement, and transformation.
• Manage complex employee relations and organizational risk.
• Ensure alignment with global HR frameworks and governance.

Responsibilities

• Executes on HR aspects of short and long-term strategic initiatives (organization design, skills transformation, workforce planning).
• Analyzes trends and metrics to develop HR solutions tailored to business unit needs.
• Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues in partnership with Employee Relations.
• Maintains knowledge of day-to-day legal requirements to minimize risks and ensure compliance.
• Participates in leadership meetings and strategic sessions to facilitate development.
• Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

HRBP experience

Stakeholder management

Change management

Performance management

Coaching leaders

Job description

Job Ad - ABOUT THE POSITION

The Sr HR Business Partner is responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated business units. Serves as a consultant to senior leadership on HR-related needs and assesses and integrates HR solutions that enable the business to meet its objectives. Develops integrated solutions in partnership with HR Centers of Excellence (COE) and shared services by communicating needs proactively. Formulates partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added services to management and employees that reflects the business objectives of the organization, and maintains an effective level of business literacy about the business unit's strategy, goals, culture, and competition. Partners with Supply Chain and GCC leaders to deliver HR programs that support performance, engagement, and employee growth.

HOW YOU’LL MAKE A DIFFERENCE

• 40% Executes on the HR aspects of short and long-term strategic initiatives of the function and business including organization design transformation, skills transformation, and workforce planning.
• 20% Analyzes trends and metrics in partnership with the HR group to develop solutions, programs, and policies specific to business unit needs.
• 20% Manages and resolves complex employee relations issues in partnership with employee relations function.
• 10% Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day management of employees, reducing legal risks, and ensuring regulatory compliance. Partners with the legal department as needed.
• 15% Participates with business in leadership meetings and off-site strategic sessions. Facilitates development and strategic discussion with leadership team.
• 30% Provides day-to-day performance management guidance to line management. Understands the need for appropriate data privacy protections when working with employee data.
• 5% Performs other duties as assigned.

YOU ARE

• 7+ years of HR Business Partner experience
• Strong exposure to Technology and multi-function stakeholders
• Mandatory GCC or global captive experience
• Partner with senior leaders on workforce and talent strategy
• Lead organization design, succession planning, and change initiatives
• Coach leaders on performance, engagement, and transformation
• Manage complex employee relations and organizational risk
• Ensure alignment with global HR frameworks and governance

This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company. Columbia is different. As a global apparel and footwear company with over 80 years of being ourselves and not apologizing for it, we’ve seen a lot and done a lot. But our motto remains: “It’s perfect. now make it better.” Learn more about how you can help us shape the next 80 years here.