Strategic and forward-thinking Senior HR Business Partner (Senior HRBP) with experience in talent development and organizational design. This role partners closely with senior leadership to strengthen organizational effectiveness, build leadership capability, and design scalable people strategies that support business growth. The ideal candidate combines strong business acumen with a passion for developing talent, driving organizational transformation, and enhancing employee performance and engagement.
Hybrid: 3 days/week in St. Paul office
Job Description:
Talent Development
- Partner with business leaders to identify talent gaps and create development strategies aligned with organizational goals.
- Design and implement leadership development, succession planning, and high-potential employee programs.
- Facilitate performance management processes, including goal setting, talent reviews, and development planning.
- Coach leaders and managers on employee growth, career progression, and team effectiveness.
- Collaborate with Learning & Development to create impactful training initiatives and learning pathways.
- Support employee engagement and retention initiatives through career development and growth opportunities.
- Use workforce and talent analytics to assess organizational capability and recommend development solutions.
Organizational Design & Effectiveness
- Lead organizational design initiatives that improve structure, scalability, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with leadership to evaluate team structures, role alignment, spans and layers, and workforce planning needs.
- Support organizational change initiatives, including restructuring, transformation, and integration efforts.
- Develop change management strategies to ensure successful adoption of organizational initiatives.
- Assess organizational health and culture, providing recommendations to improve collaboration, accountability, and performance.
- Drive initiatives that strengthen leadership effectiveness and organizational agility.
Strategic HR Partnership
- Serve as a trusted advisor to leaders on strategic people-related decisions.
- Align HR strategies with business objectives to support growth and organizational performance.
- Ensure compliance with employment laws, HR policies, and best practices.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with Talent Acquisition, Compensation, and HR Operations teams.
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or equivalent.
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner experience.
- Experience in talent management, leadership development, and organizational design.
- Experience leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.
- Excellent consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to use HR data to influence decisions.
- Experience working with Unions.
- Ability to influence senior leaders and drive strategic initiatives across the organization.
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or related certification preferred.
The expected pay range for this role is $70,000 - $120,000.
It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the range for their role. Actual placement within range will be contingent upon several factors, including but not limited to the candidate's qualifications, education, experience, internal equity, union status (where applicable) and alignment with market data.
Johnson Brothers offers eligible team members and their dependents comprehensive health benefits and programs, which include medical, dental, vision, life insurance, health savings and flexible spending accounts. Other benefits for eligible team members include 401(k) with an employer match, short term disability coverage, company-paid long term disability insurance, generous paid time off (PTO) plans and paid parental leave.
Johnson Brothers is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fair treatment and hiring based on qualifications. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or any other protected status under applicable laws.
Worker Sub-Type:
RegularTime Type:
Full timeSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or equivalent.
- 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR Business Partner experience.
- Experience in talent management, leadership development, and organizational design.
- Experience leading organizational change and transformation initiatives.
- Excellent consulting, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities with ability to use HR data to influence decisions.
- Experience working with Unions.
- Ability to influence senior leaders and drive strategic initiatives across the organization.
- SHRM-SCP, SPHR, or related certification.
What We Do
Johnson Brothers is a multi-generational family-owned wine, beer, and spirits distributor in the United States. Founded by Lynn Johnson in 1953, the company remains committed to its founding values of work ethic, passion, innovation, teamwork, excellence, and integrity. Through forging strong partnerships with top-tier suppliers globally, Johnson Brothers offers an exceptional portfolio of world-class brands to customer partners across 17 states. With a dedicated team of 4,000, Johnson Brothers remains committed to delivering excellence and continued growth across its operations. Johnson Brothers has been honored twice as one of the Most Trustworthy Companies in America by Newsweek (2023 and 2024). Explore exciting career opportunities at Johnson Brothers across a range of functions. Whether your expertise lies in accounting, finance, customer service, sales, trade development, or information technology, we have opportunities tailored for you. Join us and be part of a dynamic team driving innovation and excellence in the beverage industry. For more information about Johnson Brothers, please visit johnsonbrothers.com, or visit the company Instagram (@lifeatjohnsonbrothers
