Human Resources Business Partner

HarbisonWalker International; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

HarbisonWalker International is seeking a People Business Partner to serve as a trusted advisor to field leadership, aligning business objectives with employees while upholding our corporate culture. The BP will partner with the People group to deliver value-added services and guidance across management levels on people-management and leadership implications.

The role requires strong relationship-building, diagnosing, advising, and influencing skills, plus coaching on performance, organizational

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in HR, Business, Management or related field.
• 10+ years' experience in human resources with at least 7 years as HRBP or HR Manager supporting multiple lines of business/locations.
• Experience in compensation, talent management, employee and labor relations, performance management, and employment law across federal and state levels.
• Strong influencing, relationship-building and change management skills in a matrix organization.
• Willingness to travel to assigned locations at least 40% of the time.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with management and employees to improve work relationships, morale, productivity and retention; drive strategic plans and objectives across geographic area.
• Provide coaching and guidance on performance management, career development, and disciplinary actions.
• Guide organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, and leadership transitions.
• Support recruiting in assigned geographic areas by working with hiring managers and assisting with onboarding.
• Ensure alignment of corporate HR initiatives and programs within the geographic area.

Skills

Relationship building

Diagnosing

Advising

Influencing

Coaching

Change management

Leadership guidance

Education

Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Management or related field

Job description

HWI has an exciting opportunity to to join our dynamic People team as a People Business Partner.

Summar

yThe People Business Partner (BP) serves as a trusted and collaborative advisor in providing proactive, practical and valued People thought partnership to field leadership while ensuring alignment with HarbisonWalker's corporate culture and business initiatives. The BP is responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated geographic areas. Strong skills in building relationships, diagnosing, advising, influencing and guiding all levels of management on the People implications of business decisions and on all aspects of people-management and leadership. The BP formulates partnerships across the People group to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflect the business objectives of the organization

Responsibiliti

• esWorking closely with management and employees to improve work relationships, build morale, and increase productivity and retention; Driving change as a proactive and valued member of the function's management team driving strategic plans and objectives across their geographic area; Being a trusted partner and initiating and maintaining effective communications with management and employees; providing coaching and guidance on matters related to performance management, offer feedback on style and behaviors to improve employee productivity and engagement; Providing day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (e.g. coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions
• ) .Manages and resolves complex employee relation issues. Conducts effective, thorough and objective investigations. Provides HR policy guidance and interpretation Providing day-to-day performance management guidance to line management (e.g. coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions
• ) .Providing guidance and input on organizational design, workforce planning and succession planning. Providing organizational development interventions and support including organization design, leadership transitions, enhancing communication processes and reward/recognition programs; Assessing organization capabilities; identify competency and talent gaps, ensuring development of people resources; supporting talent assessment and succession planning; participating in evaluation and monitoring of success of training programs. Following-up to ensure training objectives are me
• t.Assisting in the recruiting process in the assigned geographic areas by working with hiring managers to develop an understanding of open positions, screening resumes, conducting interviews and assisting with on-boarding on new employee
• s.Ensuring and maintaining the alignment of all corporate HR initiatives and programs, implement and deliver HR programs within the assigned geographic are

Requireme

• ntsBachelor's Degree in Human Resources, Business, Management or related fi
• eld10+ years' experience in human resources with at least 7 years of overall Human Resource Management operating as an HR Business Partner or HR Manager supporting multiple lines of business/locatio
• ns.Working knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including compensation practices, talent management, employee and labor (union) relations, performance management, and federal and state respective employment la
• ws.Strong influencing skills with people and teams with experience operating successfully in a complex organization with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities. Relationship building, and change management skills will be essenti
• al.Demonstrated ability to impact organizational effectiveness and excel on high performing teams capable of delivering strategic resul
• ts.Significant experience with workforce analytics plus the ability to use data and reporting to drive strategic decisio
• ns.Demonstrated strong business knowledge and capability to assess HR implications of business prioriti
• es.Ability to travel to assigned locations at least 40% of the ti