Human Resources Business Partner

AAM - American Axle & Manufacturing; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc. in Detroit is seeking an HR Business Partner to join the Forgings HR team onsite at our World Headquarters in Detroit, MI. This role supports HR strategies and workforce initiatives in a global manufacturing environment.

The HRBP will provide expertise in employee relations, coaching, and workforce planning, partnering with functional leaders to align people priorities with business goals. Experience with Workday and HRIS is expected, with travel as needed.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in HR, business, or psychology; master’s preferred.
• 5+ years in HR in global medium/large org; HRBP experience preferred.
• Experience with HR processes and HRIS (Workday or similar).
• Travel willingness and customer-centric mindset.

Responsibilities

• Provides HR expertise in employee relations, coaching, and workforce planning.
• Partners with leaders to align people strategies with business goals.
• Supports core HR processes across COEs (Talent, Compensation, Benefits).
• Facilitates onboarding and offboarding activities.
• Drives standardization and policy implementation; analyzes data to improve HR metrics.

Skills

Employee relations

HR business partner experience

Organizational development

Recruitment / Talent acquisition

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or Psychology

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

Workday

Excel

Job description

Job Posting Title

Human Resources Business Partner

Legal Entity

American Axle & Manufacturing Inc

Job Description Summary

Dauch is looking for an HR Business Partner to join our team. This role will support the Forgings Human Resources team at our World Headquarters in Detroit, MI. This is an onsite position.

Job Description:

• Provides HR expertise in employee relations, coaching, and workforce planning for assigned functional groups and plants.
• Partners with functional leaders to understand business goals and strategic initiatives that will impact people strategies and executes plans to support.
• Supports and facilitates core HR processes between COEs such as Talent Management, Compensation, and Benefits with the different locations.
• Facilitates onboarding and offboarding activities.
• Coaches people leaders, associates, and plant HR community.
• Assists with HR compliance activities and maintains Human Resources Information Systems.
• Supports organizational change activities.
• Completes special Human Resources projects.
• Maintains confidence and keeps information confidential.
• Follows legal requirements by making sure adherence to requirements.
• Contributes to human resources and organization success by welcoming related, different, and new requests; helping others accomplish job results.
• Drives standardization and policy implementation and compliance at the different locations.
• Pulls and analyzes data to drive continuous improvement in the different HR-related metrics.
• All other duties as assigned.

Required Skills and Education

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources, Business, or Psychology, or related field. Master’s Degree preferred.
• 5+ years of experience in an HR related capacity working in a global, medium to large organization. Experience as an HR business partner preferred.
• Experience as an HR partner and/or talent acquisition, compensation, organization development and/or employee relations activities.
• Knowledge of HR principles and procedures for compensation and benefits, employee relations, and personnel information systems.
• Experience supporting plants from a regional, Business Unit, or corporate capacity.
• Customer-centric approach to support associates, leaders and others to meet business needs.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite with emphasis on Excel.
• Experience with Workday or other cloud-based HRIS platforms.
• Willingness and ability to travel when needed.

About Dauch:

Dauch Corporation is a premier Driveline and Metal Forming supplier serving the global automotive industry with a powertrain-agnostic product portfolio that supports electric, hybrid, and internal combustion vehicles. The company is headquartered in Detroit, MI, with operations that span 24 countries and more than 175 locations. Formed through the acquisition of Dowlais Group plc and its subsidiaries - GKN Automotive and GKN Powder Metallurgy, Dauch unites deep engineering roots with global manufacturing capabilities and an entrepreneurial spirit to move mobility forward. Visit www.dauch.com to learn more.

Dauch will not discriminate against any Associate or applicant for employment because of age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. Dauch will take affirmative action to ensure that applicants are employed, and that Associates are treated equally during employment, without regard to their age, race, color, gender, religion, weight, height, marital status, sexual orientation, genetic history or information, gender identity or expression, disability, protected veteran status, national origin, or other characteristic protected by law. For the Disabled Job Seeker: We offer reasonable accommodations for qualified disabled individuals who are applicants for employment. To request assistance or accommodations, please e-mail [e-mail]. Dauch is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.