We are looking for a talented Human Resources Business Partner - Human Resources to join our team specializing in Human Resources for Cummins Inc. in Columbus, IN.
In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:
- Strategic Talent Alignment
You'll directly connect workforce planning with business strategy, ensuring talent solutions are not just reactive but proactively drive long-term success. - Risk-Responsive Talent Solutions
By assessing talent risks and opportunities, you'll deliver targeted interventions that strengthen organizational resilience and agility. - Unified HR Execution
You'll act as a facilitator across HR functions, promoting collaboration and clarity so that initiatives are executed seamlessly and with shared accountability. - Cross-Functional Collaboration
Your role will involve partnering across HR to monitor progress, measure impact, and adjust strategies to ensure continuous improvement. - Organizational Optimization
You'll identify and lead change efforts that enhance operational efficiency, helping the business adapt and thrive in a dynamic environment. - Leadership Development
By coaching and investing in leaders, you'll cultivate a leadership culture that embodies company values and drives performance. - Succession Planning Stewardship
You'll help future-proof the organization by identifying critical roles and ensuring leadership pipelines are robust and ready. - Employee Experience Champion
Through active listening and engagement strategies, you'll amplify employee voices and implement meaningful changes that improve culture and morale.
To be successful in this role you will need the following:
Strong Project Management Discipline
You'll need to expertly balance scope, time, and resources to ensure initiatives are delivered effectively and their intended impact is fully realized.Advanced Data Analytics Skills
Success will depend on your ability to interpret both qualitative and quantitative data, uncover insights, and guide data-driven decisions that shape workforce strategies.HR Consulting Expertise
Applying sound judgment and holistic thinking, you'll diagnose organizational needs and deliver solutions that balance employee well-being with business goals.Strategic Workforce Planning Capability
You'll need to translate business strategy into actionable talent plans, ensuring the organization has the right skills, structures, and diversity to thrive now and in the future.Business Acumen
A deep understanding of industry dynamics, market conditions, and profitability levers will help you align HR strategies with broader business objectives.Strategic Problem Solving Mindset
Tackling complex, unfamiliar challenges will require a hypothesis-driven approach, iterative learning, and the ability to synthesize diverse inputs into innovative solutions.
Education, Licenses, Certifications:
College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or related field highly preferred
Experience:
Significant level of experience required
Additional Responsibilities:
This role will serve as a strategic HR Business Partner to six members of the HR Leadership Team (HRLT), who collectively lead HRBP teams supporting the company’s businesses and functions.
In addition, this HRBP will:
- Serve as a key member of the HR for HR team, partnering across the HR function to advance talent priorities and an optimal HR Operating Model.
- Lead ad hoc strategic projects that span the HR function, partnering across teams and disciplines to drive alignment and results.
- Partner with leaders to develop and execute change management strategies that enable successful adoption of new processes, systems, and ways of working.
- Preferred location: Indianapolis or Southern Indiana.
Skills Required
- College, university, or equivalent degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
- Significant professional experience
- Strong project management skills
- Advanced data analytics skills
- HR consulting expertise
- Strategic workforce planning capability
- Business acumen
- Strategic problem-solving skills
Cummins Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Cummins and has not been reviewed or approved by Cummins.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) with company contribution/match and both defined contribution and defined benefit pension plans are offered, alongside profit sharing and an employee stock purchase plan. This mix supports long-term savings and financial security.
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Healthcare Strength — Multiple medical plan options (HSA, HSA Plus, PPO) with dental, vision, life and long-term disability coverage are provided, along with telehealth, mental-health support, and wellness tools. In-network protections and HSA/HSA Plus structures are described to help manage costs.
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Parental & Family Support — Paid maternity and paternity leave, family medical leave, and adoption assistance are offered. Reduced or flexible hours and unpaid extended leave options further support caregiving needs.
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What We Do
At Cummins, we empower everyone to grow their careers through meaningful work, building inclusive and equitable teams, coaching, development and opportunities to make a difference. Across our entire organization, you'll find engineers, developers, and technicians who are innovating, designing, testing, and building. You'll also find accountants, marketers, as well as manufacturing, quality and supply chain specialists who are working with technology that's just as innovative and advanced.
