JOB DESCRIPTION
We are seeking a dynamic and experienced Manager Field HR Business Partner, who will lead an HR team and serve as primary HR partner for one or more regional sites spanning across multiple business units, divisions or functions. The selected candidate will acquire a broad understanding of local business divisions, support people strategies, enable talent development, and improve retention at the local level. They will also manage employee relations, performance management, onboarding, compensation, and employee career development issues that require a detailed knowledge of the fundamental and advanced concepts and practices in Human Resources. Finally, they will be responsible for working with HR colleagues and local business leaders to provide responsive approaches and drive adoption of HR initiatives.
Responsibilities of this role:
- Manages the performance of an HR team by developing accountabilities, establishing performance objectives, and providing career guidance, feedback and ongoing development.
- Executes enterprise and/or business unit people strategies in collaboration with relevant HR functions and drives adoption of both business and HR initiatives locally. Partners with local leaders to provide both strategic and operational support for business change, identify challenges and recommend solutions.
- Collaborates with leaders to drive One HR Culture, Diversity & Inclusion, employee engagement and retention strategies locally. Partners with Regional and Site Leaders and work collaboratively with colleagues to improve the employee experience locally and/or regionally.
- Coaches and guides local and regional leaders and provide responsive approaches to complex employee relations matters.
- Using broad local employment law knowledge, identifies market conditions and trends impacting talent attraction and retention and advises global/corporate HR partners on people and business implications. Connects local trends to global impacts and advises on appropriate actions to support enterprise goals.
- Executes people processes (including but not limited to local onboarding, salary planning, talent development and performance and exit management) leveraging workforce analytics and insights.
- Provides guidance and interpretation of HR policies, procedures and processes to ensure local adherence and identifies areas of risk. Supports audit, compliance and other HR related programs locally.
- Identifies opportunities for developing new or revised human resources policies and procedures.
- Develops and implements programs using knowledge of organizational goals and objectives.
- Supports the development and execution of key HR projects.
- Runs HR like a business, managing budget and resource allocation.
- Reads and follows the Underwriters Laboratories Code of Conduct, and follows all physical and digital security practices.
- Performs other duties as directed.
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QUALIFICATIONS
What makes you a good fit:
- 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. Prior HR people Management experience preferred.
- 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.
- Exhibits a proactive, highly adaptable, levelheaded management approach.
- 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.
- In-depth 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.
- Project management experience with the ability to lead and execute on key HR projects.
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.
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
UL Solutions' Retail and Consumer Products business helps retailers and consumer goods manufacturers meet increasingly complex challenges with its expertise in quality, chemistry and sustainability. Global well-known retailers have trusted UL Solutions to help it deal with major business risks and opportunities in the retail environment, including product quality and sustainability, materials and chemicals, global supply chain and omni-channel sales, so as to help enterprises bring products to the market faster and control changing regulatory requirements.
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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