Advisor, People Consultant

Daimler AG; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Domestic/international travel

Onsite presence as needed

Job summary

Mercedes-Benz USA is seeking a People Consultant (HR Business Partner) to act as a strategic partner to designated business areas, advising on people policies, organizational design, talent development, and associate relations. The role involves coaching leaders, mitigating risk, ensuring compliance, and driving initiatives to position the company as an employer of choice.

The position requires 5–7 years of HR experience, a relevant degree, and strong capabilities in HR principles, stakeholder

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, Business Administration, or related field.
• 5–7 years of progressive HR experience including HR Business Partnering and Employee Relations.
• Strong knowledge of HR principles across Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, Talent Management, and HRIS.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills with ability to build trust quickly.
• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP preferred.

Responsibilities

• Advise leaders on employee relations issues, including conflict resolution, performance management, coaching, policy interpretation, and disciplinary actions.
• Assess workforce trends and translate insights into workforce strategies, plans, and leadership actions.
• Conduct investigations into sexual harassment, discrimination, hostile work environment, and workplace violence claims.
• Coordinate employment-related legal actions and partner with Legal, Corporate Security, and other teams as needed.
• Ensure compliance with laws, ISO standards, audits, and internal People policies.
• Provide guidance on organizational structure, job banding, headcount planning, and job description development.
• Lead organizational change management consultations, including communications and transition planning.
• Prepare reports and support audits and compliance reviews related to People programs and processes.
• Coordinate and facilitate trainings related to People policies, programs, and processes.
• Advise on talent strategy, succession planning, leadership pipeline development, and organizational capability building.

Skills

HR Business Partnering

Employee Relations

Organizational Development

HR Operations

HRIS & Compensation

Analytical Skills

Communication Skills

Stakeholder Management

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR / related field

Master’s degree in HR or Business Administration

Tools

HRIS

HR Analytics

Job description

Tasks

About Us

Mercedes-Benz USA is responsible for the sales, marketing and service of all Mercedes-Benz and Maybach products in the United States. In our people, you will find tremendous commitment to our corporate values. Our products and employees reflect this dedication. We are looking for diverse top-notch individuals to join the Mercedes-Benz Team and uphold these hallmarks.

Job Overview

The People Consultant (formerly HR Business Partner) serves as a strategic and operational partner to designated business areas within Mercedes-Benz Research & Development North America. This role provides expert consultation on People policies, organizational design, talent development, and associate relations. The People Consultant will coach leaders, mitigate risk, ensure compliance, and drive initiatives that support the Company’s position as an employer of choice.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise leaders on employee relations issues, including conflict resolution, performance management, coaching, policy interpretation, and disciplinary actions.

• Assess workforce, business, and organizational trends and translate insights into workforce strategies, organizational plans, and leadership actions to support current and future business needs. Partner with business leaders to support workforce planning strategy, including headcount forecasting, staffing plans, succession considerations, and workforce capability assessments.

• Conduct investigations into sexual harassment, discrimination, hostile work environment, and workplace violence claims.

• Coordinate employment-related legal actions and partner with Corporate Security, Business Practices Office, and Legal as needed.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, ISO standards, corporate audits, and internal People policies.

• Provide guidance to leaders on organizational structure, job banding, headcount planning, and job description development.

• Lead PT consultation activities associated with organizational change management initiatives, including communications and transition planning.

• Prepare reports, maintain documentation, and support audits and compliance reviews related to People programs and processes.

• Coordinate and facilitate training sessions related to People policies, programs, and processes.

• Advise leaders on talent strategy, including succession planning, leadership pipeline development, talent assessment, retention planning, and organizational capability building to support future business growth.

• Act as trusted advisor to managers and employees and partner with People colleagues to align and execute on People and corporate initiatives.

• Partner with the business, People Solutions Center (PSC), and Global Functional Teams (GFT) to align people strategies, advocate for business needs, and support effective implementation of standardized People processes and services.

• Serve as a strategic organizational consultant along with talent advisor to business leaders by translating workforce, business, and organizational trends into actionable strategies.

• Provide guidance on employee relations, organizational design, workforce planning, change management, and talent development, and consulting on the effective use of People policies, programs, processes, and solutions to support business objectives and organizational effectiveness.

Qualifications

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Business Management, Communications, or related field.

5–7 years of progressive Human Resources experience, including:

• HR Business Partnering

• Employee Relations

• Organizational Development or Learning & Development

• HR operations and Compliance

• Strong knowledge of Human Resources principles across Compensation & Benefits, Employee Relations, Talent Management, and HRIS.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.

• Excellent communication, facilitation, and interpersonal skills, with ability to build trust quickly.

• Ability to navigate complex organizations, influence leaders, and manage multiple priorities.

PREFERRED

• PHR/SPHR or SHRM-CP/SCP

• Master’s Degree in Human Resources Management, Business Management or Business Administration

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Flexible hours, domestic/international travel, onsite presence as needed.

EEO Statement

Mercedes-Benz USA is committed to fostering an inclusive environment that appreciates and leverages the diversity of our team. We provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, ethnicity, gender, age, national origin, religion, marital status, veteran status, physical or other disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.