VP Business Partner

Description
Bring your IT career and talents to CDW, where you can have a greater impact, be inspired by our mission and excited about your career and future. A Fortune 200 leader, we're the driven professionals and technology experts companies turn to most to solve their IT challenges.
* CDW - Vice President, HR Business Partner
* Company: CDW
* Revenue: $21 Billion
* Market Cap: $24 Billion
* At CDW, our purpose is to
* make technology work so people can do great things
* . We were founded in 1984 as an upstart reseller of computers and networking equipment to small businesses. Over the years, we have grown into a powerhouse leader of integrated technology solutions, offering the full stack of technology solutions and services across the entire IT lifecycle, to corporate, small business, government, education, and healthcare customers. We exited 2021 with $20.8B in net sales, which represented a compound annual growth rate of 8% over the last 10 years. We entered the Fortune 500 list in 2001 at No. 435 and have risen to No. 166 in 2022 through sustained and profitable growth. While we have grown organically, we have also accelerated our growth and capabilities at key points in our history through strategic acquisitions, the most recent one being Sirius Computer Solutions which we acquired in December 2021 for $2.5B. Our role within the Technology ecosystem (a.k.a. why we exist) We play an essential role in the IT supply chain by solving the problem of access for both the producers of products and services ("OEMs") and target end users ("customers"). For OEMs, we provide economical and efficient access to customers, acting as an extension of their own go-to-market capabilities by serving these customers through our reach, expertise, and skill. For customers, we provide easy and efficient access to an increasingly complex technology ecosystem of product types and brands, as well as the ability to purchase, deploy, and manage their technology environments. Our market is large and growing, with an estimated IT market spend of $1.2T in the US, UK, and Canada. Our current addressable market of $400B is fragmented across thousands of value- added resellers. CDW, plus the next three largest publicly traded IT solutions companies represent less than 10% of CDW's US addressable market. We have consistently gained share by outgrowing the US IT market growth by 200-300 bps. Our differentiation from our competition is our scale, ethos of service, track record of performance, and brand trust. We are known for always going the extra mile, and never letting the customer down: we are the "go-to" IT channel partner when the situation is "mission critical". Our Strategy In 2020, we launched our strategic plan called Mission Forward, whose pillars were shaped by the future needs of both customers and OEMs of our channel. The key forces shaping our strategic initiatives include:
* OEMs increasingly shifting their portfolios to software-defined and/or cloud-enabled as-a- Service offerings and looking to us to have the fluency and capability to sell, deploy and manage these shifts.
* Customers simultaneously accelerating their adoption of modern digital architectures and technologies which leads them to want access to a full portfolio of services (professional and managed) to support their migration journeys.
* Customers wanting digital "B2C" like experiences that complement the traditional human- based "B2B" experience. The first two priorities of Mission Forward address these shifts, by accelerating our focus in providing strategic services and solutions and driving the best omnichannel experience in our industry across both human and digital channels. The third priority relates to our own investments to sustainably scale and reimagine our functional areas and processes to meet the aspirations of our Mission Forward strategy. These investments span talent, technology platforms, automation, data, and analytics. Our Values The CDW Way sets forth the shared values that guide behavior at CDW - customers at the center, coworkers at our sides. CDW runs its business with passion, and integrity, and as a result has long enjoyed the trust and confidence of its stakeholders - coworkers, customers, vendor partners, and shareholders. With approximately two-thirds of CDW's coworkers in customer-facing roles, our culture is largely sales-driven and commercially-focused. Our environment is fast paced and fun, we embrace change, and infused with a fierce drive to win. We are a diverse group of thinkers who feel privileged to serve as leaders for this fast-growing company in an exciting space, since technology will play a key role in building the future of every industry.
* Position Description
* CDW is a company that is focused on evolving to meet the needs of our business, coworkers and customers. Recently, Kate Sanderson has joined CDW as CHRO to lead an exciting HR Transformation to scale and implement leading practice in how we deliver HR services to our coworkers across the globe. The VP HR Business Partner role is a critical role that will report directly to Kate, leading five direct reports and a team of more than 30. The direct reports to this role consist of 2 country HR leaders (Canada and the UK as well as 4 US based business partners who support our US business with their teams). Stepping into the role, the VP, HR Business Partner will be instrumental in leading the Transformation of our HR Business Partner function as we evolve this team to become more strategic/influential and shift less strategic work to our HR shared service team. This leader will be instrumental in evolving the capabilities of this team, building something that is fit for purpose, and creating a well-respected, influential team of HR business partners. Key areas of focus will be to assess the work currently underway in the HR business partner team and determine what should remain in go-forward role of the HR Business Partner and what work should move to a shared service model. The VP will need to assess the current capabilities of the team to determine where we need to enhance talent as well as develop our current team to bring to life the HR Business of the future. The VP, HR Business Partner will have in depth knowledge and experience transforming an HR business partner team in the context of the broader HR function evolving to a more scalable, effective model that leverages shared services. This leader will have the pattern recognition to know how to create, build and transition to this model effectively. A high degree of collaboration and teamwork across the HR function is essential. This leader will know how to work effectively with HR COEs (Talent, Total Rewards, etc) as well as Shared Services (that delivers HR support to our coworkers and managers across the company). The ideal candidate for this role will be a well-experienced HR Business Partner leader who has spent time in best-in-class environments and has an understanding of what great looks like. This leader will understand how to effectively navigate a high degree of change, attract and develop the HR Business Partner of the future and evolve to a new HR model. The leader will be credible with business leaders and bring a strong knowledge of how to credibly partner with the business across all areas of HR Including talent, succession, compensation, recruiting and organizational effectiveness. Experience working at a global, sophisticated large public company will be an asset.
* Location:
* ~Two days per week in one of CDW's offices in Chicago, Vernon Hills, or Rosemont.
* Key Accountabilities
* Establish CDW's go-forward HR Business Partner team setting a new more strategic/influential standard for the role of the HR business partner as well as partnering closely with shared services to shift non-strategic work to the Shared Services function
* Lead efforts to reorganize HR Business Partner work, determining what areas should be enhanced, retained or moved to shared services
* Partner effectively with the business to ensure that HR Business Partner support enables the business objectives and progress on strategic initiatives
* Brings thought leadership on leading practice of how HR partners with the business to enable results
* Knowledge Base and Experience
* Expertise in a modern, effective HR business partner environment
* Served as an HR business partner leader within a large, global organization of similar size and scale to CDW. Knows what best-in-class HR business partner teams look like but understands how to create something specific for CDW.
* Experience organizing functional work and determining the most efficient ways to address it, including delineating work that should be performed by HR business partner team vs shared services
* Has experience working with COEs to create the "plays" at scale that our HR Business Partner team will implement with our businesses covering talent review, compensation cycle, succession planning, and organization design
* Served as a people leader in an organization that is undergoing an organizational and functional transformation. Knows how to help others manage change.
* Professional and Cultural Characteristics
* Operates with a builder mentality and is excited to dive into the work to create something new and best-in-class. Needs to be willing to roll up their sleeves and do work themselves.
* Comfortable managing a high volume of organizational change; works to bring others along as the organization advances.
* An effective project manager who can prioritize initiatives that will have the largest impact. Capable of working through ambiguity.
* Business oriented, is a credible partner to CDW business leaders.
* Collaborative; builds relationships across a wide range of stakeholders and partners well with others to drive progress.
* Qualifications and Requirements
* At least 10 - 15 years of progressive HR experience. Experience implementing HR business partner transformation work is essential as well as knowing what great looks like for an effective HR Business Partner team.
* Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
* Compensation for this role is based on experience, with a base salary target of $300,000, plus a target bonus and long-term incentive package.
Who we are:
CDW is a leading technology solutions provider to business, government, education and healthcare organizations across the globe. Our fingerprints can be found on technology in workplaces of more than 250,000 companies; from fresh-faced start-ups to international conglomerates. With the breadth of products and services we offer, there is no request too big or too small.
What you can expect from us: Culture, coworkers, careers.
CDW is not only the People Who Get IT but the People who get People. Our relationships are fueled by our deep expertise and grounded in the CDW Way. Our empowering leadership makes things happen and inspires their teams to do the same. From the teammates beside us to the leaders who guide us, we move forward together. At CDW, you'll work with people who inspire you. People with positive, success-driven attitudes who you will learn from and forge strong relationships with. Bring your best true self- and your best ideas- to CDW. Because diverse perspectives bring forth better problem solving- and better solutions for our customers on a rapidly evolving technology landscape.
Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status
Benefits overview: [https://cdw.benefit-info.com/](https://cdw.benefit-info.com/)