Lead Field HR Business Partner

Posted 15 Days Ago
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Bentonville, AR
Hybrid
Senior level
Automotive • Professional Services • Software • Consulting • Energy • Chemical • Renewable Energy
Our mission is to make the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place.
The Role
The Lead HR Business Partner will execute people strategies, collaborate with leaders on diversity and inclusion, drive employee engagement, and support local challenges in relation to talent attraction and retention. They will guide employee relations, manage HR initiatives, and develop HR policies while providing insights into market trends and compliance.
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JOB DESCRIPTION
Achieving our mission of working for a safer world starts with our people. We have over 15,000 team members around the world, each making a valuable and essential contribution to creating a safer future. Whether it's hiring top talent, empowering our people to learn new skills or providing critical hands-on support, we are always finding new ways to deliver a better employee experience. We're looking for people to share their ideas and help us create a diverse, engaged culture that's united by a passion for safety and sustainability. Join our team, shape our culture and support our global community of experts.
A Lead HR Business Partner at UL Solutions will:

  • Execute enterprise people strategies and drive adoption of initiatives locally. Partnering with local leaders provide operational support for business change, identify challenges and recommend solutions.
  • Collaborate with leaders to drive One UL Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, employee engagement and retention strategies locally. Work collaboratively with colleagues to improve the employee experience.
  • Collaborate closely with other (HR) groups and functions, to execute Business and HR initiatives or projects in a timely and seamless manner.
    Coach and guide local and regional leaders and provide responsive approaches to complex employee relations matters.
  • Using broad local employment law knowledge in multiple markets, identify market conditions and trends impacting talent attraction and retention and advise global/corporate HR partners on people and business implications. Connect local trends to global impacts and advise on appropriate actions to support enterprise goals.
  • Execute people processes (onboarding, salary planning, talent development and performance and exit management) leveraging workforce analytics and insights.
  • Provide guidance and interpretation of HR policies, procedures and processes to ensure local adherence and identify areas of risk. Support audit, compliance and other HR related programs locally.
  • Identify opportunities for developing new or revised human resources policies and procedures. Develop and implement programs using knowledge of organizational goals and objectives.
  • Member of site leadership / country management or supporting site leader, providing HR perspective to local and regional matters.
  • Support the development and execution of key HR projects.


This role is a hybrid work arrangement, with the expectation to be on-site in Bentonville or Lowell, AR, three (3) days per week, working from home the remaining two (2).
This role is eligible for relocation assistance.
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QUALIFICATIONS
What makes you a great fit for this role?

  • University Degree in Human Resources Administration, Business Administration or a related discipline, plus generally ten years of professional level Human Resources experience. Previous experience as a HR Business Partner required.
  • Excellent communication, presentation, and consultative client service skills with an ability to influence and manage key relationships. Provides creative solutions with demonstrated effectiveness at both the strategic and tactical levels. Experience managing a sizable internal customer base.
  • Detailed knowledge of labor law as well as market knowledge with respect to employee relations, recruitment, compensation, and performance management.
  • Demonstrated proficiency with commonly used business and HR software applications.
  • Profound Technical HR expertise in several of the following areas: Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Rewards, Talent Management and organizational change.
  • Excellent analytical skills with the ability to use and interpret data to both guide and validate decisions. Able to build a data story which compels the business to take action.
  • Results oriented and able to quickly grasp the "big picture", using insights from business leaders,
    global HR colleagues and HR capability centers to provide recommendations to the business on the appropriate actions to take.
  • Strong Project management experience with the ability to lead and execute key HR projects.
  • Ability to work hybrid (on-site 3 days/week, work-from-home 2 days/week), with on-site days in Bentonville or Lowell, AR laboratory.
    • This role is eligible for relocation assistance.


What you'll experience working at UL:

  • Mission: For UL, corporate and social responsibility isn't new. Making the world a safer, more secure and sustainable place has been our business model for the last 130 years and is deeply engrained in everything we do.
  • People: Ask any UL employee what they love most about working here, and you'll almost always hear, "the people." Going beyond what is possible is the standard at UL. We're able to deliver the best because we employ the best.
  • Interesting work: Every day is different for us here as we eagerly anticipate the next innovation that our customers create. We're inspired to take on the challenge that will transform how people live, work and play. And as a global company, in many roles, you will get international experience working with colleagues around the world.
  • Grow & Achieve: We learn, work and grow together with targeted development, reward and recognition programs as well as our very own UL University that offers extensive training programs for employees at all stages, including a technical training track for applicable roles.
  • Total Rewards: All employees at UL Solutions are eligible for annual bonus compensation. The target for this position is 20% of the base salary offered. Employees are eligible for health benefits such as medical, dental and vision; wellness benefits such as mental & financial health; and retirement savings (401K) commensurate with the standard rewards offered in each individual location or country, for the relevant position level. We also provide employees with paid time off including vacation (15 days), holiday including floating holidays (12 days) and sick time off. Internal applicants with questions related to the Total Rewards for this position should submit a ticket via askHR for more insights.


ABOUT US
A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions (NYSE: ULS) transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 110 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers' product innovation and business growth. The UL Mark serves as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers' products and reflects an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.
ABOUT THE TEAM
From life jackets to lawnmowers, toys to televisions, beauty and wellness, vitamins and supplements, we're involved in almost every consumer product you can imagine. We work with some of the largest retailers in the world, performing market surveillance, auditing and inspecting the products we put in and on our bodies. We abide by the highest ethical standards to ensure that not only are the products themselves safe, but the supply chains are using ethically and sustainably sourced materials. We build close relationships with our customers, providing advice and expertise to make sure they're delivering safe products that meet the latest requirements and manufacturing them fairly. Join our team and make your mark on products that shape people's lives.

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HQ: Chicago, IL
15,000 Employees
Hybrid Workplace
Year Founded: 1894

What We Do

A global leader in applied safety science, UL Solutions transforms safety, security and sustainability challenges into opportunities for customers in more than 100 countries. UL Solutions delivers testing, inspection and certification services, together with software products and advisory offerings, that support our customers’ product innovation and business growth. The UL Certification Marks serve as a recognized symbol of trust in our customers’ products and reflect an unwavering commitment to advancing our safety mission. We help our customers innovate, launch new products and services, navigate global markets and complex supply chains, and grow sustainably and responsibly into the future. Our science is your advantage.

Why Work With Us

Science is in our DNA; we are endlessly curious and passionate about seeking and speaking the truth. We take delight in knowing that our work makes a meaningful contribution to society, and we are proud that our culture is centered on integrity, collaboration, inclusion and excellence.

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