Human Resources Business Partner

About the role

The senior HR specialist will play a key role in supporting the HR team with our day-to-day activities, including recruitment, employee relations, benefit administration, training, and compliance. This role will be a key partner for our shift leaders and managers.

Responsibilities

• Handles employee relations counseling, outplacement counseling, and exit interviews.
• Partner with Area Leaders and Section Managers in talent development and coaching.
• Aids in the development and implementation of personnel policies and procedures.
• Serves as a point of contact for employee inquiries regarding HR policies and procedures.
• Foster a positive workplace culture through employee engagement initiatives.
• Aid employees with benefit enrollment and questions.
• Coordinate with vendors to ensure benefits administration is accurate and timely.
• Perform benefits administration to include claims resolution, change reporting, and approving invoices for payment.
• Maintain accurate and confidential employee records.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Participate in HR-related projects, such as performance review cycles and policy updates.
• Prepare regular reports on HR metrics (e.g., turnover, headcount, absenteeism).
• Assist in new team member orientation, including presentation of materials.
• Maintain Human Resource Information System records and compile reports from the database.
• Develop department goals, objectives, and systems.
• Prepare management reports as requested, i.e., discipline, overtime, employee count, county of residence, etc.
• Represent the organization at personnel-related hearings and investigations.

Qualifications

• Education and/or Experience: Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent from a four-year college or technical school, 7-9 years’ experience as an HR business Partner, Generalist etc.
• Languages Skills: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public. Fluent in English. Japanese as a second language is helpful.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Reasoning Ability: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a Team Member to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the Team Member is regularly required to talk or hear. The Team Member is occasionally required to stand and use hands, walk, bend, lift, or twist. The Team Member frequently is required to reach with hands and arms. The Team Member is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and taste or smell. The Team Member must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. The Team Member must be able to lift a container of fasteners weighing up to 25 pounds on a regular basis.

Code of Conduct

Indiana Automotive Fasteners is a team environment. We operate with mission-driven integrity. Our mission of “Ensuring your family’s SAFETY through our team’s QUALITY” is at the heart of all our decisions and actions. We exemplify ethical practices, professionalism, and personal integrity, creating respectful and trusting collaborative work environments where sound advice is valued. We contribute to the IAF team by living the core values of T.E.A.M.W.O.R.K. We are Trustworthy. We do the right things right every time. We do our jobs with honest effort every time, every day. We follow all Safety, Quality, and Work Policies.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a Team Member encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. Indiana Automotive Fasteners is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.