DISTRICT HR LEADER

Kroger Family of Companies; Novi (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Kroger Family of Companies is seeking an HR partner to provide strategic HR support to designated district business units. You will interpret HR strategies, guide organizational design, change management, and workforce planning to enable achievement of business objectives.

You will lead a team delivering day-to-day HR tasks across talent management, associate relations and total rewards, while traveling up to 90% to support business units.

Qualifications

• 3+ years as HR generalist or related HR experience.
• In-depth knowledge of HR business processes and employment laws.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality.
• Ability to effectively prioritize and handle multiple projects and responsibilities.
• Ability to collaborate within and across different lines of business.
• Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills.
• Ability to influence all levels of the organization.
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, discretion and initiative.

Responsibilities

• Partner with district leadership as the primary HR partner to support talent strategies and business objectives.
• Collaborate with COE partners to influence strategies, policies and procedures.
• Use people analytics to inform people strategies and manage action plans with leaders.
• Manage overall talent acquisition efforts with recruiting COE for hiring plans and progress.
• Monitor client groups' headcount and budget, investigate discrepancies.
• Oversee HR lifecycle processes including coaching, engagement, organization design, workforce planning and succession.
• Execute training and development aligned to business needs and measure ROI.
• Oversee performance assessments, development plans and succession planning.
• Identify synergies and drive process improvements with other HRBPs for a consistent experience.
• Manage HR team progress against objectives, budget and timelines; supervise and coach direct reports.

Skills

HR leadership

HR generalist

Confidentiality

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR or related field

PHR / SPHR / SHRM-CP / SHRM-SCP cert

Job description

Responsible for providing human resource consultation and support to designated business units by interpreting and executing HR strategies that enable accomplishment of business objectives. Contribute to the development of workforce plans with an understanding of external trends that could impact the business. Provide guidance to convert strategies into result driven actions, including organizational design and change management. Manage a team who supports the execution of day-to-day tasks across the talent management cycle, associate relations and total rewards. Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety.

RESPONSIBILITIES - Partner with district leadership, serving as the primary HR partner to support talent strategies and business short- and long-term objectives within district

• Collaborate with Center of Excellence (COE) partners to influence strategies, policies and procedures
• Use people analytics to inform people strategies, engagement drivers and work with leaders to manage action plans
• Manage overall talent acquisition efforts by partnering with the recruiting COE to help with talent needs, prioritization, and progress against hiring plans
• Monitor client groups organizational headcount and financial budget, investigating and resolving discrepancies
• Promote execution of HR associate lifecycle processes across client groups, including coaching, associate engagement, organization design, workforce planning and succession management, talent development, compensation planning, communications and change management
• Execute training and development agenda for unique business needs and measure return on investment
• Oversee execution of processes including performance assessments, development plans, and succession planning
• Partner with other HRBPs, identify synergies and process improvements to deliver a consistent experience
• Manage progress of the HR team against established objectives, budget, timeline, deliverables and quality of service
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Travel up to 90% of time to support business units
• Must be able to perform the essential job functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

QUALIFICATIONS Minimum

• 3+ years as HR generalist or other related HR experience
• Indepth knowledge of HR business processes and employment laws
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality
• Ability to effectively prioritize and handle multiple projects and responsibilities
• Ability to collaborate within and across different lines of business
• Excellent presentation, oral and written communication skills
• Ability to effectively communicate and influence all levels of the organization
• Ability to exercise independent judgment, discretion and initiative

Desired

• Bachelors Degree business administration, human resources or related field
• Any experience with labor contracts
• 2+ years in a HR leadership role
• PHR, SPHR, SHRMCP or SHRMSCP certification