HR Business Partner

Red Wing Shoe Company; Minnesota; On-site; USD 84,000 - 113,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) match

Paid time off

Employee discounts

Job summary

Red Wing Shoe Company in Minnesota seeks a Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) to serve as a strategic advisor to leadership and employees within assigned business areas. The role focuses on translating business priorities into practical HR plans, enhancing leadership effectiveness, strengthening engagement, and supporting organizational performance.

Ideal candidates have 4–7 years of HR experience, with strong data-driven and coaching skills.

Qualifications

• 4-7 years progressive Human Resources experience
• Experience partnering with leaders to address talent, workforce, employee relations, organisational effectiveness, and business challenges
• Experience supporting HR initiatives and programmes across multiple HR disciplines
• Certifications are beneficial but not required
• HR experience in hospitality/ hotel/ guest-service environment preferred

Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership on people, organisational and talent implications of business decisions
• Develop and execute people strategies to strengthen leadership capabilities and engagement
• Build strong relationships with leaders and employees and provide practical guidance
• Address employee relations, performance, policy, and workplace matters with sound judgement
• Guide talent management processes including succession planning and retention planning
• Partner with leaders to deliver integrated HR solutions and drive change initiatives
• Analyze workforce trends and metrics to support informed decisions
• Champion company culture, values, engagement and employee experience initiatives

Skills

Business acumen

Data-driven decisions

Employee relations

Leadership development

Change management

Communication skills

Education

HR certifications (PHR/SPHR/SHRM-CP/SHRM-SCP)

Job description

Red Wing Shoe Company is based in Red Wing, Minnesota, just 40 minutes from St. Paul, where our corporate office sits along the Mississippi River in downtown Red Wing. We are a global company with 2300 employees around the world, but we maintain a close-knitfamily atmosphere that comes with being a privately-held company. We’re rich in history and tradition, but innovation drives us to deliver best-in-class product solutions and highly rated customer experiences. Focuson our employees and company culture results in meaningful employee engagement across the organization. Our Guiding Behavioursof Living our Values, Honoring our Brands, Inspiring our People, Centering on our Customers, and Preserving the long term success and legacy of our Company are the foundation on which we build our future.

Our comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees includes medical, dental, and vision coverage, along with health savings and flexible spending accounts, life and disability insurance, generous paid time off and holidays, a 401(k) match, employee discounts, and valuable well‑being benefits like free EAP services, financial planning assistance, and well‑being coaching all designed to support your health and financial security.

The targeted hiring range for this full‑time position is $83,500‑112,700 depending on qualifications; however, the expanded salary range provides opportunities for advancement. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, and job location. Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including job‑related skills, competencies, experience, and relevant education, training or a combination of these things and market demand. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range and benefits for your location during the hiring process.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF JOB

The Human Resources Business Partner (HRBP) serves as a trusted and strategic advisor to leadership and employees within assigned business areas, providing guidance and support across a broad range of human resource disciplines. This role partners with leaders to translate business priorities and enterprise HR strategies into practical plans, enhance leadership effectiveness, strengthen employee engagement, and support organisational performance. The HRBP combines business understanding and HR expertise to address talent and workforce challenges, influence decision‑making, and help deliver people‑first and sustainable solutions that support business success. This position works independently on a wide range of HR initiatives while collaborating with HR Centers of Excellence and other internal partners. This HRBP role will have an initial primary partnership focus supporting the Red Wing Shoe Company owned, historic, St. James Hotel.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as a strategic advisor to leadership, providing candid counsel and perspective on the people, organisational, and talent implications of business decisions.
• Develop and execute people strategies that strengthen organisational and leadership capabilities, and support business objectives, workforce needs, and organisational priorities.
• Build strong, credible relationships with leaders and employees by providing practical guidance, fostering trust, and serving as a valued business partner.
• Anticipate and address complex employee relations, engagement, performance, policy, and workplace matters, providing recommendations that reflect sound judgment, consistency, company policy, and employment law.
• Consult with managers performance management, talent development, organisational effectiveness, communication, and workforce planning matters while balancing employee and business needs.
• Guide and support talent management processes including succession planning, talent reviews, career development, retention planning, and identification of talent risks and opportunities.
• Partner with leaders and HR teams to deliver integrated HR solutions and programmes, implement organisational design and change initiatives, and drive continuous improvement efforts that enhance team effectiveness and employee experience.
• Analyse workforce trends, metrics, and business information to identify opportunities, provide recommendations, and support informed decision‑making.
• Champion company culture, values, engagement, inclusion, and employee experience initiatives across assigned business areas.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of HR programmes, processes, tools, and practices that enhance organisational effectiveness and operational efficiency.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• 4-7 years of progressive Human Resources experience, including experience supporting leaders and employees in a business partner, generalist, employee relations, talent management, organisational development, or related role.
• Demonstrated experience partnering with leaders to address talent, workforce, employee relations, organisational effectiveness, and business challenges.
• Experience supporting the execution of HR initiatives and programmes across multiple HR disciplines.
• Professional certifications (e.g., PHR, SPHR, SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP), relevant college degrees, specialised training, continuing education, and or other relevant professional development activities are beneficial but not required.
• Human Resources experience within a hospitality, hotel, restaurant, guest-service, or related service environment is preferred.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Strong business acumen and understanding of organisational, operational, and financial drivers.
• Ability to use data, trends, and insights to identify issues, develop recommendations, and support decision‑making.
• Working knowledge of employee relations, performance management, talent management, organisational effectiveness, workforce planning, and employment law.
• Strong consulting, coaching, communication, and influencing skills with the ability to build trusted relationships at all organisational levels.
• Demonstrated ability to develop leaders, strengthen team effectiveness, and support employee growth and engagement.
• Results‑oriented with healthy accountability, judgement, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment.
• Ability to drive continuous improvement through process enhancement, innovation, and effective use of technology.
• Adaptable and resilient with a commitment to continuous learning, professional growth, and organisational success.

Red Wing Shoes is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

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All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory results of a background check.

Red Wing Shoe Company, Inc. is a drug‑free workplace.

Red Wing Shoe Company will not be using recruitment agencies or firms to fill this position and we will not accept unsolicited resumes or candidate information. No agency calls please.
The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)