Senior HR Generalist / HR Business Partner

Position Summary

Duke Manufacturing is seeking an experienced HR professional to support leaders and employees across multiple locations and business functions.

Primary Responsibilities

• Serve as a trusted HR partner to leaders and employees across multiple locations and business functions, providing guidance on employee relations, performance management, workforce planning, and organizational effectiveness.
• Coach and support leaders in making informed people decisions that align with business objectives, employee experience, and compliance requirements.
• Lead employee relations activities, including investigations, corrective actions, workplace concerns, performance management, and risk mitigation.
• Partner with leaders to identify and address talent, staffing, retention, succession planning, engagement, and leadership development needs.
• Analyze workforce data and trends to develop practical recommendations that improve organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, and business performance.
• Support compensation initiatives, including market benchmarking, job evaluations, and pay-related recommendations.
• Lead and contribute to HR projects, process improvements, policy implementation, HR technology initiatives, and organizational change efforts.
• Collaborate with HR colleagues, business leaders, and external partners to deliver effective and consistent HR solutions across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Leadership, or a related field strongly preferred. Education, experience and certification may be considered together.
• 5+ years of progressive Human Resources experience.
• Strong experience in employee relations, performance management, leadership coaching, and employment law.
• Experience with workforce planning, compensation analysis, employee engagement, and organizational effectiveness initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence leaders and build credibility across multiple levels of an organization.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills.
• Experience supporting multiple business functions, departments, or locations.
• Experience with Paycom or comparable HRIS platforms.