HR Business Partner

IDEMIA • Uwchlan Township, PA

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About The Position

The HR Business Partner (HRBP) works closely with business leaders and line managers across one or multiple sites or countries to align people strategies with business priorities. The role helps shape the employee experience, drive organizational performance, and foster a culture of learning, inclusion, and engagement. It oversees HRBP activities for a medium-sized or complex scope, such as a country, multiple countries, or a subset of a business unit. The HRBP rolls out global HR programs, provides guidance and leadership support to local HR teams, and proposes and implements HR and business initiatives.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Industrial/Labor Relations, or a related field; an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
• At least 5 years of progressive Human Resources experience, preferably in manufacturing, distribution, or another operational environment.
• Experience supporting a unionized workforce, including knowledge of collective bargaining agreements, grievance processes, employee representation, and labor relations practices.
• Experience as an HR Business Partner, HR Generalist, or in a similar role supporting hourly and salaried employees.
• Knowledge of federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, including FMLA, ADA, FLSA, and EEO requirements.
• Experience advising managers and supervisors on employee relations, performance management, corrective action, attendance, workplace investigations, and policy interpretation.
• Ability to interpret and consistently administer company policies, procedures, and collective bargaining agreement provisions.
• Experience conducting or supporting workplace investigations, grievance resolution, disciplinary actions, and conflict resolution.
• Ability to partner with site leadership on workforce planning, organizational effectiveness, employee engagement, retention, and talent management.
• Experience supporting onboarding, performance management, compensation, employee development, succession planning, and offboarding.
• Understanding of the operational demands of a 24/7 or multi-shift manufacturing environment and ability to support employees and leaders across shifts.
• Ability to build productive relationships with employees, frontline supervisors, senior site leadership, and union representatives while maintaining confidentiality and professional judgment.
• Strong interpersonal, communication, coaching, influencing, and conflict-resolution skills.
• Ability to independently manage multiple priorities and sensitive employee matters in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, including ability to use HR metrics and workforce data to identify trends and recommend actions.
• Proficiency with HRIS platforms, Microsoft Office applications, and other HR-related systems.

Nice To Haves

• SHRM-CP, PHR, or similar HR certification is preferred but not required.
• Experience participating in collective bargaining negotiations, union contract administration, or labor-management meetings is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders and line managers to understand business strategy and translate it into a people agenda.
• Drive workforce planning, organizational design, and talent actions that enable business growth.
• Participate in business planning and provide HR insights and recommendations.
• Work with managers and BU Controllers to understand financial metrics and cost drivers; partner on workforce and training cost planning and align HR investments with financial targets and business needs.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, IT, Global HR, and other cross-functional teams to deliver integrated business and people solutions.
• Support succession planning, career development, goal setting, and feedback practices for managers and their teams.
• Identify skill gaps and partner with HR and business stakeholders to drive upskilling and reskilling.
• Promote high performance through performance management, addressing underperformance, and developing talent.
• Embed diversity, equity, and inclusion in hiring, development, and engagement processes.
• Champion the employee experience across onboarding, growth, development, reward, recognition, and exit.
• Partner with managers and location leaders on employee engagement actions informed by surveys, one-to-one connections, and other listening channels.
• Promote inclusion, psychological safety, and wellbeing; monitor employee sentiment and act on signals to improve retention and satisfaction.
• Support organizational change by managing people impacts, planning, communication, and capability building.
• Coach managers on fair and consistent employee relations practices; ensure compliance with labor laws, internal policies, and ethical practices.
• Identify people risks and contribute to mitigation plans.
• Drive adoption of HR processes such as objective setting, performance reviews, compensation, engagement surveys, and talent reviews.
• Collaborate with HR leadership, business-unit HR, centers of expertise, and HR Operations to deliver HR services and programs seamlessly.
• Continuously improve local HR processes to meet evolving business and employee needs.
• Use people data, analytics, HR technology, and systems to inform decisions, improve efficiency and data visibility, and shape HR priorities.
• Provide local insights and workforce trends to influence local, regional, and global HR and business strategies.
• Lead or oversee full HRBP activities, roll out global HR programs, and provide guidelines, direction, and leadership support to local HR teams.
• Propose and implement HR and business programs and initiatives for a medium-sized or complex country, multi-country, or business-unit subset scope.

Benefits

• Growth opportunities
• Opportunity to contribute to a safer world and collaborate with an international global community
• Opportunities to develop expertise and a sense of ownership and empowerment in a global environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level