HR Business Partner

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Overland Park, KS, USA
In-Office
Senior level
Aerospace • Defense Manufacturing
Tech for the future
The Role
Serves as a strategic HR advisor to leadership and plant management, aligning HR initiatives with business goals. Manages complex employee relations, investigations, performance coaching, talent planning, retention, compliance, policies, benefits, onboarding, and offboarding. Supports workforce planning, training, succession planning, and talent reviews while mentoring junior HR staff and backing up the HR Director. Requires strong knowledge of U.S. employment laws and experience in manufacturing, logistics, or a similar industrial environment.
Summary Generated by Built In

We are seeking a strategic and proactive HR Business Partner to join our team!

The ideal candidate will act as a trusted advisor to leadership and management, aligning human resources strategy with overarching business objectives. In this role, you will diagnose organizational needs, drive talent and retention strategies, lead complex employee relations, and ensure robust HR compliance. You will balance hands-on execution with high-level strategic support to foster a high-performance culture.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Strategic Business Partnership:
    • Partner with department heads and plant leadership to align HR initiatives with business goals, improve workforce productivity, and support organizational design.
  • Employee Relations & Coaching:
    • Manage and resolve complex employee relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough, and objective investigations.
    • Provide daily performance management guidance to line management (e.g., coaching, counseling, career development, disciplinary actions).
  • Talent Strategy & Workforce Planning:
    • Identify training, development, and succession planning needs for business units.
    • Support high-level talent acquisition strategies and partner with hiring managers on critical selection and retention initiatives.
  • Performance & Talent Management:
    • Lead the implementation and execution of performance management processes, talent reviews, and retention strategies to build organizational capability.
  • HR Compliance & Policy Leadership:
    • Maintain deep, working knowledge of U.S. employment laws and regulations (FMLA, ADA, EEO, FLSA, AAP, OSHA, HIPAA) to reduce legal risks and ensure regulatory compliance.
    • Adapt, implement, and champion Indra Group HR policies, ensuring alignment with both local site requirements and global company goals.
  • Program & Benefits Oversight:
    • Provide strategic oversight for employee lifecycle milestones (including advanced onboarding strategies and impactful offboarding/retention analysis).
    • Collaborate on the localization and promotion of employee benefits programs and open enrollment initiatives.
  • Leadership Support:
    • Provide guidance and mentorship to junior HR staff (e.g., HR Generalists/Coordinators) and step in as a strategic backup for the HR Director when required.

Qualifications:

  • 7+ years of progressive Human Resources experience, with at least 2 years operating in an HR Business Partner or senior generalist capacity.
  • Industry Experience: Proven HR experience within a manufacturing, logistics, or similar industrial environment is required.
  • System Expertise: Strong working proficiency with ADP Workforce Now required.
  • Core Competencies:
    • Strong presentation and facilitation skills, with experience delivering high-impact orientations, training, or talent development programs to large groups.
    • Expert-level knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines, including complex U.S. employment laws (FMLA, ADA, EEO, FLSA, AAP, OSHA).
  • Soft Skills: Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills. Demonstrated ability to influence leadership and manage multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field is preferred.
  • Language: Bilingual in Spanish is highly preferred.

Skills Required

  • 7+ years of progressive Human Resources experience
  • At least 2 years in an HR Business Partner or senior generalist capacity
  • HR experience within a manufacturing, logistics, or similar industrial environment
  • Strong working proficiency with ADP Workforce Now
  • Strong presentation and facilitation skills
  • Experience delivering orientations, training, or talent development programs to large groups
  • Expert-level knowledge of multiple HR disciplines and U.S. employment laws, including FMLA, ADA, EEO, FLSA, AAP, and OSHA
  • Exceptional interpersonal, negotiation, and conflict-resolution skills
  • Ability to influence leadership and manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment
  • Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field
  • Bilingual Spanish proficiency
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The Company
HQ: Alcobendas, Comunidad de Madrid
39,815 Employees

What We Do

Indra Group (https://www.indragroup.com/) is the foremost Spanish multinational and one of the leading European companies that focus on defence and advanced technologies. It stands at the forefront of the defence, space, air traffic management, mobility, and Information Technology businesses through Minsait, and it integrates its sovereign AI, cybersecurity and cyberdefence capabilities into IndraMind. Indra Group is paving the way to a more secure and better-connected future through innovative solutions, trusted relationships and the very best talent. Sustainability is an integral part of its strategy and culture in order to overcome current and future social and environmental challenges. At the close of the 2025 financial year, Indra Group posted revenues of € 5.457 billion and had a local presence in 46 countries and business operations in over 140 countries.

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