HR PARTNER II

About the role

For more than 80 years, our client’s engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

Responsibilities

• Understand business cycles and talent needs to develop and strengthen workforce capabilities aligned with business objectives.
• Support recruiting and staffing initiatives and guide managers on compensation decisions.
• Manage Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) and leave benefits through external program providers.
• Facilitate and develop HR-related training and resources for managers to strengthen leadership and people management capabilities.
• Support compensation and benefits administration, payroll, and salary management activities.
• Align HR priorities with business unit strategies while balancing broader HR functional goals.
• Maintain a positive and productive employee relations environment.
• Drive a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence.
• Act as a change agent to support transformation initiatives, learning, and development programs.
• Support employee engagement, culture initiatives, and inclusion & diversity programs.
• Partner with value stream managers and supervisors to develop employee training programs.
• Ensure effective onboarding, orientation, and employee assimilation processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources or related field.
• 3–5+ years of experience as an HR Generalist within a manufacturing environment.
• Prior plant/manufacturing site HR experience preferred with expertise in Employee Relations, Talent Acquisition, Coaching, and Development.
• Experience working within cross-functional teams and influencing stakeholders.
• Ability to manage ambiguity, risk, and shifting priorities.
• Strong understanding of employment laws and HR best practices.
• Proven experience in HR Operations, Compensation & Benefits, Talent Management, Employee Relations, and Labor Relations.
• Continuous improvement mindset with strong operational execution.
• Strong strategic thinking and hands-on execution capabilities.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
• Ability to build trust and credibility across all organizational levels.
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, analytical, and process-oriented skills with a strong sense of urgency.