HR BUSINESS PARTNER

Yokogawa; Sugar Land (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Yokogawa is seeking an experienced HR professional to partner with leaders across North America, Mexico, and Canada. You will align HR strategies with operational goals, coach managers, and support talent development for a mobile, customer-facing workforce.

You will lead HR projects, manage employee relations, and ensure compliance across multiple countries while promoting a diverse and inclusive culture. This role requires travel up to 15% and fluency in English and Spanish.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or HR-related discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of HR experience in a client-facing role.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, and workforce development.
• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish is required.
• Experience supporting field-based or service-focused teams and multinational environments preferred.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leaders to understand business priorities and align HR strategies with operational goals.
• Influence key talent and workforce decisions by providing insights, coaching, and recommendations.
• Balance business needs with organizational HR policies and practices, maintaining consistency and fairness.
• Serve as the primary HR partner for North America Service Operations as well as the Mexico and Canada region, adapting HR programs and guidance to local business and workforce needs.
• Collaborate with local leaders, regional outside employment counsel, and internal stakeholders to support consistent and effective people practices across both countries.
• Provide day-to-day coaching to managers on employee relations, policy interpretation, and talent management.
• Support employees through the employee life cycle, ensuring a positive and consistent HR experience.
• Develop initiatives that improve employee engagement across a mobile, customer-facing workforce.
• Lead and support HR project-based activities such as performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning, and training initiatives.
• Identify skill gaps and partner with leaders to implement development solutions.
• Act as a change agent, supporting organizational transformation and adoption of new ways of working.
• Partner with stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of HR services and compliance with employment laws in multinationals.

Skills

HR generalist

Employee relations

Performance management

Workforce development

Bilingual English/Spanish

Travel readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business or HR-related discipline

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Workday

Job description

Not just a job, but a career

Yokogawa, award winner for ‘Best Asset Monitoring Technology’ and ‘Best Digital Twin Technology’ at the HP Awards, is a leading provider of industrial automation, test and measurement, information systems and industrial services in several industries.

Our aim is to shape a better future for our planet through supporting the energy transition, (bio)technology, artificial intelligence, industrial cybersecurity, etc. We are committed to the United Nations sustainable development goals by utilizing our ability to measure and connect.

About The Team

Our 18,000 employees work in over 60 countries with one corporate mission, to "co-innovate tomorrow". We are looking for dynamic colleagues who share our passion for technology and care for our planet. In return, we offer you great career opportunities to grow yourself in a truly global culture where respect, value creation, collaboration, integrity, and gratitude are highly valued and exhibited in everything we do.

Responsibilities

Strategic Partnership

• Partner with leaders to understand business priorities and align HR strategies with operational goals.
• Influence key talent and workforce decisions by providing insights, coaching, and recommendations.
• Balance business needs with organizational HR policies and practices, maintaining consistency and fairness.
• Serve as the primary HR partner for North America Service Operations as well as the Mexico and Canada region, adapting HR programs and guidance to local business and workforce needs.
• Collaborate with local leaders, regional outside employment counsel, and internal stakeholders to support consistent and effective people practices across both countries.

Employee Relations & Engagement

• Provide day-to-day coaching to managers on employee relations, policy interpretation, and talent management.
• Support employees through the employee life cycle, ensuring a positive and consistent HR experience.
• Develop initiatives that improve employee engagement across a mobile, customer-facing workforce.

Talent & Organizational Development

• Lead and support HR project-based activities such as performance reviews, talent reviews, succession planning, and training initiatives.
• Identify skill gaps and partner with leaders to implement development solutions.
• Act as a change agent, supporting organizational transformation and adoption of new ways of working.

HR Operations & Administration

• Partner with the appropriate stakeholders to ensure smooth delivery of HR services.
• Support compliance with applicable employment laws, regulations, and company requirements in Mexico and Canada, partnering with subject-matter experts as needed.
• Coordinate cross-border HR processes and communications in English and Spanish to ensure accessible, timely support for leaders and employees.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or HR-related discipline (Master’s degree preferred).
• 5+ years of HR experience in a client-facing role, covering multiple HR disciplines.
• Strong knowledge of employee relations, performance management, and workforce development.
• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish is required, with the ability to communicate effectively in professional and employee-relations settings.
• Experience supporting field-based or service-focused teams preferred.
• Experience supporting employees and leaders in Mexico and Canada, including familiarity with country-specific employment practices and cultural considerations, strongly preferred.
• Workday experience a plus; multinational company background desirable.
• SHRM-CP or SHRM-SCP preferred.
• Ability to travel up to 15%.

Applicants must have work authorization that does not now or in the future require sponsorship of a visa for employment in the United States.

Yokogawa is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Yokogawa wants a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture. We will actively recruit, develop, and promote people from a variety of backgrounds who differ in terms of experience, knowledge, thinking styles, perspective, cultural background, and socioeconomic status. We will not discriminate based on race, skin color, age, sex, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, religion, belief, political opinion, nationality, ethnicity, place of origin, disability, family relations or any other circumstances. Yokogawa values differences and enables everyone to belong, contribute, succeed, and demonstrate their full potential.