HR People Partner, NA - Kihei, HI

Bayer; Kihei (HI); On-site; USD 108,160 - 162,240; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health care

Retirement plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Bayer seeks an HR People Partner NA based in Hawaii to provide HR consulting, coaching, and workforce planning across Hawaii. You will drive talent initiatives, support org changes, and help implement near- and long-term HR solutions aligned with business strategy.

The role requires travel between islands and occasional visits to other Bayer sites; you will collaborate with leadership, Talent/Staffing, and Legal to ensure effective people decisions and risk mitigation.

Qualifications

• Deep knowledge of operational HR portfolio.
• Experience promoting positive employee relations and workplace culture.
• Able to work in a global, multi-location environment with diverse stakeholders.
• Collaborative mindset with a willingness to learn and grow.
• Strong business acumen and understanding of drivers and challenges.

Responsibilities

• Serve as embedded HR consultant with site and business leaders to stabilize workforce performance using data-based insights.
• Provide real-time issue resolution and align actions with shift schedules, attendance, safety and conduct needs.
• Deliver on-demand coaching and data-based analysis to leaders focusing on employee relations and risk mitigation; coordinate with Legal and ER COEs.
• Manage and resolve individual cases via AskHR and other channels, providing local HR expertise to prevent escalation.
• Share HR information and clarify policies through leader toolkits, employee touchpoints and self-service resources.
• Participate in site projects and transformation initiatives with Hawaii leadership to improve workforce effectiveness.
• Promote inclusive leadership and stable practices within Bayer’s Dynamic Shared Ownership framework.

Skills

Operational HR portfolio

Employee relations

Global multi-location

Collaboration

Business acumen

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Change management

Analytical and digital skills

Education

Relevant university degree

Job description

HR People Partner, NA

At Bayer we’re visionaries, driven to solve the world’s toughest challenges and striving for a world where ‘Health for all Hunger for none’ is no longer a dream, but a real possibility. We’re doing it with energy, curiosity and sheer dedication, always learning from unique perspectives of those around us, expanding our thinking, growing our capabilities and redefining ‘impossible’. There are so many reasons to join us. If you’re hungry to build a varied and meaningful career in a community of brilliant and diverse minds to make a real difference, there’s only one choice.

Your Tasks And Responsibilities

The primary responsibilities of this role, Human Resources People Partner North America, are to: The HR People Partner NA will be located in Hawaii and will perform HR consulting and coaching by collaborating with business leaders to address significant people and cultural issues. This role works closely with business leadership across Hawaii to implement near‑to‑long‑term HR solutions aligned with business strategy. This role provides expertise in hiring, termination, performance management, and rewards. The HR People Partner enables business change by supporting the talent aspects of organizational structure changes and facilitating talent integration during mergers and acquisitions. The position advocates HR programs by communicating the business value of HR initiatives and managing program rollouts to minimize disruption. The HR People Partner partners with business and talent management/staffing and recruiting colleagues on key talent initiatives, including workforce planning, high‑potential employee development, and succession planning.

• Serve as an embedded HR consultant in daily operations, partnering closely with site and business leaders to stabilize workforce performance through data‑based insights and pragmatic solutions;
• Provide timely, high‑volume, real‑time issue resolution by being visible and accessible to employees and leaders (including on the shop floor) and by aligning actions to shift schedules, attendance, and safety/conduct needs;
• Deliver on‑demand coaching, consultation, and data‑based analysis to leaders with a strong focus on employee relations and risk mitigation (including investigations, discipline/corrective action, attendance management, and policy enforcement) and tight coordination with Legal and Employee Relations COEs as needed:
  • Integrated Talent Management (workforce planning for coverage/continuity; retention and attrition control; talent reviews and development; D&I consultations; succession planning in partnership with Business leadership/Talent/Staffing).
  • Employee Issue Management (investigations; discipline and corrective action; attendance management; policy interpretation and enforcement; compliance and legal needs).
  • Culture, Change, and Organization Management (support org and team changes that may impact schedules, roles, pay, and safety protocols; drive leader consistency; communicate change in clear, repetitive, and often face‑to‑face ways).
  • Total Rewards (annual compensation practices; recognition; and ad‑hoc compensation support, including guidance during operational changes that affect pay practices).
• Manage and resolve individual cases through the AskHR platform and other channels, providing local HR expertise that prevents escalation, reduces grievances, and minimizes labor disruption;
• Proactively share relevant HR information and clarify policies through effective communication channels (including leader toolkits, employee touchpoints, and self‑service resources);
• Participate in site projects and transformation initiatives, partnering with Hawaii state business leadership, Talent Leads, HR Site Heads, HR Operations, and Focus Areas to implement solutions that improve workforce effectiveness;
• Act as a role model for VACC behaviors within the Dynamic Shared Ownership framework, serving as a stabilizer and guardrail by fostering inclusion, accountability, consistent leader practices, and agile ways of working;

This role will require inter‑island travel to Molokai on a monthly basis and quarterly inter‑island travel to Oahu. Some travel to Bayer Crop Science offices in St. Louis, MO may be required.

Who You Are

Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:

Required Qualifications

• Deep and broad knowledge of operational HR portfolio.
• Demonstrated experience in promoting positive employee relations and workplace culture;
• Adept at working in a global, multi‑location environment and communities thus understanding and valuing diversity of thinking across stakeholders;
• Demonstrated collaboration and growth mindset; interest and curiosity to continuously learn and develop;
• Strong business acumen and understanding of related business drivers, challenges, and opportunities;
• Excellent interpersonal and consultation skills, including building trustful relationships with internal and external community stakeholders;
• Strong problem‑solving capabilities with a solution orientation;
• Demonstrated proficiency in project management;
• Demonstrated skills in engaging organizational change by aligning people, structures, and culture with transformation goals for sustained adoption and business impact;
• Analytical and digital skills to drive organizational and talent decision making to improve performance; competence and willingness to leverage digital technology, data, and AI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Preferred at least 7 years of HR experience.
• Relevant university degree.

Employees can expect to be paid a salary between $108,160 to $162,240. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary range is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.

This posting will be available for application until at least 7/27/2026.

YOUR APPLICATION

Bayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Health for all, Hunger for none, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.

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Location: United States : Hawaii : Kihei

Division: Enabling Functions

Reference Code: 876331

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