Manufacturing HR Business Partner

In this role, you will serve as a critical strategic partner and hands-on HR leader, deeply embedded within our automotive manufacturing plants and parts depots. You will support the hourly and salaried workforce, collaborate closely with leadership to drive business objectives through a comprehensive HR lens.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Strategic Business Partnership & Business Acumen: Serve as a trusted advisor to plant leadership, translating business strategy into impactful HR initiatives that optimize organizational effectiveness and elevate the employee experience.
• Talent Management & Workforce Transformation: Design and execute advanced talent management strategies, encompassing performance optimization, leadership development, robust succession planning, strategic compensation, and integrated talent acquisition.
• Data Storytelling and Workforce Planning: Champion a data-first approach, leveraging HR analytics platforms to extract critical insights, predict workforce trends, and inform strategic decision-making at the operational leadership level.
• Culture Development & Employee Advocacy: Champion a high-performance, inclusive culture, fostering open communication, trust, and mutual respect in alignment with our 7 Proactive Leadership Standards.
• Labor Relations Expertise: Lead strategic engagement with labor unions and employee representatives, fostering a proactive and high-trust partnership essential for operational stability and continuous improvement.

You will have:

• A Bachelor’s degree in human resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.
• Minimum 1-3 years of relevant HR and labor work experience with a bachelor’s degree, preferably in a manufacturing setting.

Even better, you may have:

• PHR or SHRM-CP certification.

This role requires onsite presence at the manufacturing plant to fulfill job responsibilities. Involves occasional lifting of no more than 10 pounds at a time. Work is performed primarily in a seated position and entails no significant stooping, climbing, etc. Role does require time walking and standing on plant manufacturing floor at least 20% of the time.