Human Resources Business Partner

Please note, this amazing opportunity is on-site 5 days a week in downtown Chicago. We believe strong in collaboration and being together every day adds directly to our success! You will partner with the US Business Heads and their teams to align talent with business strategy and to help business units achieve their objectives. You will partner with these business heads to create teams of knowledgeable, enthusiastic, collaborative people who see their values and successes. You will work on an amazing HRBP team to ensure regulatory and legal compliance across all locations in respect of all HR-related activities. In addition you will partner with Centers of Expertise (Learning & Development, Compensation and Benefits and Talent Acquisition) and Shared Services to ensure they provide the support needed for effective partnership with the business.

Responsibilities:

• Organizational Development & Design: Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, and partner with business leadership to define and implement new structures, systems and processes.
• Change Management: Provide thought leadership and tools to help managers guide the organization through a high degree of growth and change (communications strategy, proactive needs assessment, problem solving and team effectiveness interventions, etc.).
• Talent Management: In partnership with Talent Management & Organizational Development, lead the leadership team in the development and execution of strategies to ensure optimal talent acquisition, development, and movement within the organization (proactive talent reviews and succession planning, leadership development initiatives, executive staffing, etc.).
• Coaching: Provide advice and counsel to leaders at all levels on people management and organizational issues. Partner with the Vice President Development and Talent Management to design and implement strategies to enhance managerial/ leadership effectiveness.
• Strategic HR Business Partnership
• Organizational Development & Design: Identify opportunities to improve organizational effectiveness, and partner with business leadership to define and implement new structures, systems and processes.
• Change Management: Provide thought leadership and tools to help managers guide the organization through a high degree of growth and change (communications strategy, proactive needs assessment, problem solving and team effectiveness interventions, etc.).
• Handle all employee relations issues within the business in a timely and effective manner (capability, disciplinary issues, grievances etc).
• Ensure effective handling of HR administration needs for the employees.
• Responsible for facilitating periodic training sessions.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of progressive HR experience with a foundation of technical knowledge in key HR disciplines
• HRBP/generalist experience strongly preferred
• Experience of operating in a complex matrix environment desirable.
• Knowledge and understanding of US employment law
• Strengths in the area of written and verbal communication