HR Business Partner

Harman Becker Automotive Systems Manufacturing Kft • Novi, MI

11d • Hybrid

About The Position

As a Strategic People Advisor for Car Audio and Connectivity within the Automotive division, you will work with senior business leaders to proactively drive talent priorities, identify and address critical talent challenges and support the business in achieving its strategic objectives. In this role, you will build strong partnerships with business leaders to understand their specific business needs and apply a data-driven approach to progressing the talent agenda, promoting workforce optimization and ensuring an exceptional user experience supported by efficient and modern HR solutions. You will enable HARMAN to proactively align talent strategies with business objectives, fostering innovation, agility and sustainable growth. You will report to People Leader for Engineering.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Human Resources or related discipline
• 7+ years of experience in HR
• Ability to operate in a highly matrixed, global and diverse environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills across leadership and employee-representative environments
• Demonstrable skills in problem-solving, critical thinking, coaching and strategic consulting
• Proficiency in project management, financial oversight, business acumen, budgetary
• Experience in employee-relations matters such as union and workers council engagement
• Knowledge of local HR law and legislation and ability to work across countries to ensure legal compliance
• Structured, execution-focused, and comfortable working in complex and fast-paced environments
• Excellent communication skills in speech and writing

Nice To Haves

• Business/industry knowledge desired
• Professional HR certification desired (e.g. Six Sigma, project management, professional training, change management)
• Additional language skills

Responsibilities

• Own the relationship with business leaders by connecting with curiosity, purpose and impact asking the right questions, coaching, and influencing them on HR matters
• Understand business strategies and translate them into actionable talent initiatives that drive bottom line results and progress the talent agenda
• Collaborate with business leaders to understand division nuances and advise on tailored solutions to meet their needs and create an exceptional user experience
• Identify interconnectedness of components within the HR function and propose recommendations that address root causes of talent trends/issues
• Generate insights through data and evidence to identify trends, patterns and correlations and create talent strategies to advance the talent agenda
• Promote workforce optimization through workforce planning and culture initiatives
• Reinforce adoption of existing technology and identify opportunities to further enhance automation and self-service capabilities
• Identify and translate business needs and priorities to the COEs

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Access to employee discounts on world-class Harman and Samsung products (JBL, HARMAN Kardon, AKG, etc.)
• Extensive training opportunities through our own HARMAN University
• Competitive benefits
• Tuition reimbursement
• “Be Brilliant” employee recognition and rewards program
• An inclusive and diverse work environment that fosters and encourages professional and personal development

What This Job Offers

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