Associate HR Business Partner

Human Resources Role at Mary Kay

Founded in 1963 by Mary Kay Ash with a bold mission to enrich women's lives, Mary Kay has grown into one of the world's most successful and enduring beauty brands. For more than 60 years, our people-first culture and commitment to innovation have powered our global success in skincare, color cosmetics, nutritional supplements, and fragrances. Our corporate teams spanning R&D, marketing, IT, manufacturing, distribution, supply chain, analytics, and more play a critical role in supporting millions of Independent Beauty Consultants across more than 35 markets worldwide. At Mary Kay, employees collaborate on meaningful work that drives real impact, fuels entrepreneurship, and advances science backed beauty. Guided by purpose, we are equally committed to sustainability, supporting women affected by cancer and domestic abuse, and inspiring future generations, all while offering rewarding careers with global reach and opportunities for growth.

Responsible for partnering with the Global HR Sr. Director, Global HR Manager, and Regional HR Directors in delivering effective HR services. This role will be responsible for supporting and acting as a project manager in various HR programs, systems, and tools for our international markets to guarantee a better Employee Experience. This role will create and maintain Global HR dashboards and/or reports, employee data management, and support on administrative tasks.

The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, excellent communication abilities, and a passion for supporting a dynamic, multicultural team. This position is a critical support role, contributing to the smooth operation of HR processes and ensuring a positive employee experience globally.

Responsibilities:

• Act as a project manager and contribute to global HR projects and initiatives, collaborating with team members to support the successful implementation of new HR programs. Conduct data analysis to identify trends and insights and share with HR Global team and provide actionable recommendations to improve HR processes and outcomes.
• Coordinate international employee recognition programs and communications. Collaborate with the Organizational Development team to ensure that current Mary Kay recognition programs available to international employees outside the US are fully understood and utilized such as 'Best Of Best' and 'WOW'. Conduct data analysis to evaluate the effectiveness of recognition programs and provide insights for continuous improvement.
• Create Global HR dashboards, reports, and presentations to display data. Generate regular and ad hoc HR reports on workforce metrics, such as headcount, turnover, ratio analysis, span of control, etc. Conduct data analysis to identify trends and provide recommendations to International to support decision-making.
• Review existing International HR policies and procedures to identify areas for improvement and ensure consistency across international policies and alignment to Global policies and provide insights for enhancements. Escalate any issues or potential risk to the Global HR Manager.
• Assist with Global Opportunity & Sales team recruitment activities, including posting job openings, scheduling interviews, and coordinating candidate communication.
• Manages the International and Region teams onboarding processes (on the job training) by enhancing tools, sharing information with international teams, and ensuring a seamless integration for new hires across all regions. Act as a project manager when new Journeys are launched in international. Partner with both the market and HR COE (HR Technology, etc) to identify specific needs and own the project timeline and launch.
• Support the Global HR Sr. Director, Manager, and Regional HR Directors on creating or updating the HR Calendar, project timelines such as 'Flourish', HR Planning, etc., project communications for HR Region. Keep track of the status of key global HR projects. Monitor the status of key global HR projects.
• This job requires on-site work at our Global Headquarters in Addison, TX.

What You'll Need to Be Successful:

• Experience: 2+ years as a Human Resources coordinator, assistant, or support role
• Education: Bachelor/University Degree in Business, Human Resources, or a related field or equivalent
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with employees and HR teams in diverse regions.
• Systems orientation – HRIS, Payroll, Dashboard/Insights, MS Office Suite, Smartsheet and other HR tools preferred.
• Basic understanding of HR principles, HR activities, and regulations.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate effectively.
• Flexibility and adaptability to deal with numerous diverse cultures and environments. Able to interface with people from all cultures, to think and problem-solve in a creative and solution-oriented way, to exhibit sensitivity to needs of local cultures and to modify behaviors for different situations, localities, or audiences.
• Strong organizational skills with high attention to detail and the ability to manage multiple tasks and priorities.
• Bilingual or multilingual is beneficial.