Senior HR Business Partner

Socket.dev; Overland Park (KS); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Scoular, Overland Park, KS, seeks an Senior HRBP for the Grain Division to advise leadership on people-related matters and drive HR strategy with a strong emphasis on employee relations and performance management.

You will partner with talent acquisition, develop workforce plans, and use data to inform decisions that align with business goals. Travel about 20% is expected; this is a full-time role based on-site at multiple Grain Division facilities.

Qualifications

• 5+ years progressive HR experience, including 4+ years in employee relations.
• Solid grounding in HR programs and U.S. employment law
• Strong conflict resolution skills, business acumen, and sound judgment with confidential information
• Comfort with data — building metrics, spotting trends, and making the call
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, and the credibility to build relationships at every level
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and collaborates well with a remote team
• Willingness to travel approximately 20%

Responsibilities

• Advise leaders through performance management, disciplinary action, terminations.
• Own employee relations investigations end to end, and bring issues to a fair, defensible resolution.
• Translate business trends into HR solutions, using data and reporting to make what's happening visible before it becomes a problem.
• Partner on hiring alongside talent acquisition — shaping job descriptions and posting language, coaching managers on interviewing, reviewing compensation, and setting new hires up to succeed.
• Work with managers and employees on development planning that grows the workforce the business needs next.
• Shape pay-for-performance, supporting incentive planning and compensation analysis with guidance from the VP of HR.
• Support workforce planning, change management, M&A integration, and reduction-in-force processes.
• Champion the culture, driving engagement and recognition and creating an environment that attracts and keeps great people.

Skills

Employee relations

HR analytics

Interpersonal communication

Stakeholder management

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or HR

Tools

HRIS (e.g., Workday)

Job description

As Senior HRBP for Scoular's Grain Division, you'll be the trusted advisor leaders turn to when the stakes are real — a tough employee relations issue, a hard-to-fill role at a facility, a team that needs to grow into what the business will need next year. You'll sit close to the business, work directly with managers across offices and facility sites, and have genuine influence over how our people are hired, developed, and retained. You'll report to VP of Human Resources for the Grain Division and have the backing of our HR Operations and HR Center of Excellence teams.

• Advise leaders through performance management, disciplinary action, terminations.
• Own employee relations investigations end to end, and bring issues to a fair, defensible resolution.
• Translate business trends into HR solutions, using data and reporting to make what's happening visible before it becomes a problem.
• Partner on hiring alongside talent acquisition — shaping job descriptions and posting language, coaching managers on interviewing, reviewing compensation, and setting new hires up to succeed.
• Work with managers and employees on development planning that grows the workforce the business needs next.
• Shape pay-for-performance, supporting incentive planning and compensation analysis with guidance from the VP of HR.
• Support workforce planning, change management, M&A integration, and reduction-in-force processes.
• Champion the culture, driving engagement and recognition and creating an environment that attracts and keeps great people.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience, including 4+ years in employee relations
• College degree in a business-related field, or equivalent experience
• Solid grounding in HR programs and U.S. employment law
• Strong conflict resolution skills, business acumen, and sound judgment with confidential information
• Comfort with data — building metrics, spotting trends, and making the call
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, and the credibility to build relationships at every level
• A self-starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment and collaborates well with a remote team
• Willingness to travel approximately 20%

Preferred Experiences:

• Agribusiness experience
• Time spent in both corporate office and manufacturing/production environments
• HR degree or PHR/SHRM certification
• Working knowledge of Mexico and Canada employment law