Sr. Human Resources Business Partner

About The Opportunity

Dexter is seeking a strategic, technically adept Senior Human Resources Business Partner to serve as a trusted advisor to executive and senior leaders, facility HR teams, and employees across Dexter Upfit. This position provides enterprise-minded HR leadership and hands-on support for component (Upfit) facilities, translating business priorities into practical people strategies that strengthen culture, compliance, employee experience, organizational capability, and operational performance.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Development, or a related field; equivalent experience will also be considered.
• 10+ years of progressive HR experience in a generalist, HR business partner, HR manager, or similar role, preferably with multi-site, manufacturing, distribution, or operational environments.
• Demonstrated success advising executive and senior leaders on complex employee relations, workforce strategy, organizational effectiveness, performance management, and talent decisions.
• Advanced working knowledge of employment compliance, employee relations, performance management, labor relations, HR administration, compensation support, and HR operations.
• Strong technical aptitude with HRIS, HCM, ATS, reporting, collaboration tools, and Microsoft Office applications, with the ability to quickly learn and apply new systems.
• Experience training managers and employees on expectations, policies, processes, compliance requirements, and leadership practices.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to connect people strategies to operational, financial, cultural, and organizational outcomes.
• Sound judgment, discretion, attention to detail, and the ability to handle sensitive information professionally and confidentially.
• Strong communication, organization, critical thinking, facilitation, influence, change leadership, and follow-through skills.
• Ability to support multi-site operations and partner effectively across corporate, plant, and cross-functional teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• SHRM-SCP, SPHR, PHR, SHRM-CP, or related HR certification.
• Master's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
• Experience with HR technology platforms, dashboards, process automation, AI-enabled productivity tools, or workforce analytics solutions.
• Experience supporting executive leadership in a manufacturing, industrial, operations, or multi-site business environment.
• Change management, organizational design, Lean, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, or project management experience.

Talent, Performance, Training, and Compensation

Elevate the salaried performance management process by coaching leaders on goal alignment, performance differentiation, feedback quality, documentation, development planning, and accountability.

Career development plans, succession planning, talent reviews, retention strategies, and critical capability building.

Technology, Data, and AI-Enabled HR

Apply strong technical aptitude to optimize reporting tools, employee data workflows, document management, and HR process automation across assigned areas.

Evaluate, pilot, and responsibly apply AI-enabled HR tools to improve process efficiency, workforce insights, employee communications, knowledge management, and leader decision support.

Use HR analytics, dashboards, trend data, and structured reporting to identify workforce patterns, anticipate risks, measure HR effectiveness, and recommend data-informed action plans.

Maintain accurate HR systems and records, including personnel, compensation, benefits, performance, training, compliance, and employee relations documentation.

Continuous Improvement, Safety, and Project Leadership

Recommend practical improvements that increase HR efficiency, consistency, scalability, employee experience, and service quality across corporate and operational environments.

Lead assigned HR projects, executive communications, change initiatives, exit interview processes, HR reporting requests, and cross-functional deliverables with strong ownership and follow-through.

Provide backup support to HR team members when needed and model collaborative, solution-oriented partnership across the broader HR organization.

Maintain adherence to effective Workers' Compensation administration practices and partner with appropriate stakeholders to support timely case management and compliance.