Senior HR Business Partner

Amazon ,
Rugeley, Staffordshire

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Job Description

Senior HR Business Partner Overview: As a Senior HR Business Partner (Snr HRBP), you will enjoy a varied role and a wide range of interactions across all levels on a daily basis. You will gain exposure to many different aspects of the business and have the opportunity to work on UK network HR projects. Reporting to the Senior HR Manager, you will play a critical role in delivering the HR plan for the site. You will work closely with a Senior Operations Manager, Operations Managers and/or Functional Heads providing pragmatic, commercial and employee-focused coaching advice and support to a client group of operations managers and area (shift) managers and/or several support functions. You will utilize your excellent communication, coaching and influencing skills to support and drive employee engagement and manage change, ensuring that we retain motivated teams of employees who can deliver an excellent service to our customers. Whatever you will focus on, it will all be aimed at delivering the highest quality service to our internal and external customers. General Scope of Role: The Snr HRBP works as an integral part of the HR and wider site management team and supports the operation of the FC by contributing to the delivery of the HR plan, working closing with the site HR team and operations management, playing a pivotal role in coaching, facilitating and supporting effective and seamless delivery of key people related matters that drive the onward performance of the FC. As a Snr HRBP you will be a strong operational partner who fully understands all aspects of their customer group. You will be able to work independently, with high skill and integrity; taking a hands-on approach interfacing with associates, managers and business leaders at all levels. You will proactively identify people related opportunities that have positive environmental and operational impact and then working with customers & partners, co-create solutions. You will also influence senior relationships, setting your own priorities and plans, using 121 meetings to develop thought processes, critical thinking and independence of action within the ER and people leadership space. Key Stakeholder/Client Relationship(s): General Manager, Senior Operations Manager; Operations Manager; Functional Head of Departments; HR Advisors; and HRAC. Direct Reports: One Report to: SHRM. Core Responsibilities: Company Culture Steward: As Snr HRBP you will actively apply your understanding of Amazon's Leadership Principles and values when consulting with SOMs, OMs and Functional Heads, i.e. PIPs, Coaching plans, team meetings, employee development and promotions, role modelling our leadership principles during your interactions with associates and leaders. Organisational Development and Planning: As a Snr HRBP you will work with your closely with you operational partner to define key business goals and priorities. To inform your priorities you will possess an absolute and intimate knowledge and understanding of all core metrics including but not limited to WBR, HR dashboard, Organisational Health; applying these to your core areas of HR responsibility in order to prioritize work and set goals. You will also provide input into organisational design discussions i.e. information about talent for succession planning and attrition risks. Organisational Health: As a Snr HRBP you will implement projects that address workplace environment, employee engagement or retention issues. You will conduct diagnostics to identify trends and environmental ER or workplace issues, communicating findings and formulating and deploying strategic remedies to identified work place issues. As a Snr HRBP you conduct investigations into employee relations issues in consultation with management at site and where required in the UK network. You will also support the rollout of network compliance initiatives as well as understanding and independently counselling the business regarding local employment law and legislation changes. Workforce Planning and Recruitment: As a Snr HRBP you will lead on all Level 4+ hiring, partnering with your respective SOM/OM/Functional Heads. You will develop department recruiting strategies and goals providing data to support sourcing strategies (i.e. insufficiencies or gaps in talent capability). You may participate in site and UK network interviews panels following completion of MGHD training and also participate in peer level interviews. You will use your influence to help drive hiring decisions and are able to diffuse where decisions may be in conflict. You understand the local market for staffing needs and are able interpret hiring data and provide recommendations to recruitment and business leaders for sourcing strategies. You will also approve offers, transfers, and compensation exceptions within your client organization as well as engages with managers to ensure launch plans are created, participates in launch plans as needed. Talent Management & Develo