HR Business Partner, OKG Distribution Center

Job Summary

Job Description

THIS POSITION WORKS ON SITE 5 DAYS PER WEEK AT OUR OKG DISTRIBUTION CENTER LOCATED AT 755 Beechnut Drive, PGH, PA 15205

Competencies Required:

• Experience Required: 1 to 3 years HRBP, Employee Relations, Labor Relations or HR Generalist experience

• Experience Desired: Retail, Distribution, manufacturing, logistics or Supply Chain industry experience

• Education Desired: Bachelors Degree in HR, Business Administration or a related field

• Experience supporting unionized environments preferred

• Technical Skills Required: HRIS experience (Workday), MS Office, particularly excel for reporting and analysis

• Experience Required: Employee Relations & Investigations

• Experience Required: Labor Relations & Union Partnerships

Job Responsibilities

• Manage and resolve Team Member relations issues. Conduct effective, thorough and objective investigations and administer follow-up/coaching as needed.
• Promptly investigate, research and document Team Member relations issues – proposing resolutions to management for grievances, arbitrations, etc., in a manner consistent with federal, state and local guidelines, as well as Company policies. Ensure compliance with human resource-related laws, including ADA, FLSA, ADEA, FMLA, etc.
• Work with assigned business leaders to embed a performance management culture within the business area as a means of driving business improvement by ensuring clear objectives, feedback and the improvement of customer service through behaviors aligned with our values.
• Meet with business leaders on a regular basis to stay abreast of changing business needs and anticipate human resource issues and opportunities.
• Provide interpretation of relevant policies and procedures. Guide management on handling sensitive performance management and other Team Member relations matters.
• Support senior leaders by ensuring proper implementation and usage of the HR tools and provide insights that help them to make the right decisions.
• Anticipate and identify ongoing and future business capability needs and direct the development of skills to support business requirements through staffing, talent development, organization design, performance management, succession planning and labor optimization processes.
• Partner with Recruiting team to ensure all staffing needs are met in order to maintain an efficient and cost-effective operation. Evaluate all hiring processes, including orientation and onboarding, and make recommendations for positive change to reduce turnover and improve morale.
• Work on cross functional initiatives and projects to enhance enterprise-wide performance, increase revenue or take waste out of the system.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

For Retail:

• Act as a trusted advisor to Business leaders, assist to carry out their business and functional plans
• Build and leverage relationships at all levels throughout the organization, inform and assist others while being viewed as a valued, trusted, and credible business partner
• Work with business leaders to effectively lead and execute all annual people initiatives for the organization
• Lead in the implementation of the organization’s performance management process through coaching, educating, and providing feedback at the Regional, District and store level
• Leverage HR Centers of Excellence to assist in providing strategic guidance to clients to implement solutions for TM relations issues trends, patterns, learning, talent acquisition
• Act as the escalation point to provide guidance to management, including investigations, conflict resolution, disciplinary action, and performance improvement counseling
• Support store leadership by addressing and following up on all Reasonable Accommodations and performing Interactive Dialogues to ensure compliance
• Identify and capitalize on opportunities to drive and/or lead change
• Foster a culture that is diverse and inclusive, in line with the strategic goals of the organization, team building, organizational development, engagement and accountability
• Facilitate effective change management initiatives
• Present options to leaders on organizational structure to aid in Transformation of roles and responsibilities while leveraging global capabilities
• Identify and deliver training, both compliance and leadership, to client work group(s) (e.g., workplace environment, diversity, equity, and inclusion). Facilitate the identification and development support for diverse talent cross the org.
• Exit interview and VOTM feedback assessment and follow up on critical feedback.
• Serve as an advocate for our TM’s and work to resolve team members HR related questions and issues or teach TM’s to be self-reliant
• Explain and interpret company and countries rules, regulations, policies, and procedures for team members and management
• Coordinate and participate in the planning, recruiting, qualifying, screening and selection of candidates for employment
• Other duties and special assignments/projects as required