Human Resource Business Partner

Job Summary

This role will support team members, enable growth, provide high touch employee service, and be an advocate of West's culture and mission. You will be a trusted advisor to our departmental leaders, partnering to build and strengthen their high-performing teams and ensuring we are making the right people decisions. You will support our employees as a true advocate to help them grow and thrive. This position carries out responsibilities in the following functional areas: benefits administration, employee relations, training, performance management, onboarding, policy implementation, recruitment/employment, affirmative action, and employment law compliance.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Provide HR business partner support across all assigned business clients within designated location.
• Support the implementation of global human resource initiatives under the direction of the HR leadership team.
• Provide the appropriate HR support in the acquisition, development and retention of talent, working in close collaboration with talent acquisition teams; including back ground checks, scheduling interviews, greeting candidates upon arrival, new-hire onboarding, etc.
• Provide HR clarification around benefits, payroll, HR policies and practices to employees.
• Enter employee information into the HRIS system for processing (i.e., new hires, terminations, promotions, leave of absences, etc.).
• Support HR in performance management cycles within the West Talent Gateway system, including gathering data and sending emails to ensure compliance.
• Serve as HR liaison between the local and global HR functions depending on business issue. Ensure that consistent practices are maintained between HR and the business.
• Actively participate in HR forums to further progress the organization’s HR value proposition.
• Consults with managers and supervisors regarding employee performance issues and assists with the disciplinary process by helping conduct employee termination discussions and mediating and assisting in solving employee performance and/or work issues.
• Collaborating with managers and Corporate HR Compensation on job reclassifications and writing of job descriptions.
• Conducting workplace investigations, including cases related to discrimination and sexual harassment, and escalates to HR Manager and Plant Manager.
• Workplace planning to include assisting with and identifying personnel and training needs.
• Uses data, statistics, evidence-based research, benchmarks, HR and business metrics to facilitate decision-making.
• Participate in weekly plant GEMBA walks, be visible and accessible to all team members.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education

A Bachelor's Degree in relevant business or human resources discipline, required.

Work Experience

Minimum 3 years 3-5 years HR experience or equivalent in education. Required.

Preferred Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Proficiency in MS office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Team player actively contributing to positive team spirit.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Works to the highest level of professional standards.
• Self-Organization, time management and prioritization.

License and Certifications

SHRM certification. Upon Hire preferred

Physical Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. Regularly uses hands and fingers to operate computer keyboard. Must follow and comply with Plant’s Dress and Hygiene Code (SOI).