Human Resources Business Partner

About the role

The OpportunityChemical Guys is a PE-backed (AEA Investors), $300M+ consumer automotive detailing brand headquartered in Torrance, CA, with approximately 270 employees across four entities: HQ/WHS, Detail Garage Stores, Fast5 Car Wash, and Auto Detailing Supplies. We are building our people function from the ground up under a first-ever CHRO, and this role is a foundational hire in that effort.

Responsibilities

• Track 1 - HR Business Partner: You are the embedded strategic partner for four corporate functions. You know their businesses well enough to anticipate people problems before they surface and to push back with authority when something is not right.

• Executive Partnership: Build trusted advisor relationships with the functional leaders of Sales, Marketing & Brand, Finance & Operations, and IT - understand their team dynamics, business goals, and talent gaps at depth.

• Advise on org design, role architecture, and spans of control as the business evolves: Surface and resolve people issues proactively - do not wait to be asked.

• Translate business strategy into people priorities for your client groups each quarter: Performance & Development Lead the rollout of the new performance review process within your client groups, including calibration sessions and documentation.

• Coach managers on how to differentiate performance, have hard conversations, and build accountability: Identify high-potential employees within your portfolios and build development plans with their leaders.

• Partner with the CHRO to connect performance outcomes to compensation and succession decisions: Partner with hiring managers to move requisitions efficiently without sacrificing quality.

• Employee Relations & Compliance: Own ER matters across your client groups: investigations, PIPs, accommodation requests, and separations - handled with speed, documentation, and legal soundness.

• Partner with employment counsel as needed; maintain working knowledge of California employment law: Ensure managers in your client groups are trained and consistent on policy and process.

• Talent Acquisition Partnership: Provide strategic direction and quality control for recruiting across your client groups, partnering with the Recruiting Associate on day-to-day execution.

• Shape the hiring approach for senior roles: candidate profile, sourcing approach, interview structure, and offer recommendation.

• Retention & Engagement: Run quarterly stay interviews across your client groups and synthesize insights for the CHRO and executive team.

• Proactively identify flight risks and work with leaders on targeted retention actions before people decide to leave: Monitor engagement signals and hold leaders accountable for acting on them.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of progressive HR experience

• Minimum 4 years as a true HRBP (not TA)

• Bachelor's degree

• Supported multiple client groups concurrently

• Rolled out HR programs to the business (comp, performance, or onboarding)

• Supported commercial / sales orgs

• California employment law proficiency

• Strong ER and investigation fundamentals

• PE-backed or high-growth company experience

• Preferred: SHRM-CP/SCP or PHR/SPHR, experience with comp benchmarking tools, familiarity with Paylocity or similar HRIS, exposure to LMS platforms and rollout, CPG, retail, or consumer brand background, MBA or graduate HR degree

Pay

Base salary range: $135,000 - $160,000, commensurate with experience and demonstrated scope of prior work. Target annual bonus of 10%.

Schedule

Full Time

Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 401k match
• voluntary Life and Disability insurance
• FSA
• PTO + 5 sick days
• 6 holidays
• employee discount

Equal Opportunity Employer

Chemical Guys is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.