People Business Partner

Colgate • Phoenix, AZ

8d • Hybrid

About The Position

Colgate-Palmolive Company is a global consumer products company operating in over 200 countries specializing in Oral Care, Personal Care, Home Care, Skin Care, and Pet Nutrition. Join Colgate-Palmolive, a caring, innovative growth company reimagining a healthier future for people, their pets, and our planet. Guided by our core values—Caring, Inclusive, and Courageous—we foster a culture that inspires our people to achieve common goals. CP Skin Health Group is a place for your career to thrive! We offer opportunity, challenge, and a great team of driven and dynamic individuals. Encompassing the innovative skincare brands of PCA SKIN, and EltaMD, CP Skin Health Group is a fast-paced, agile organization dedicated to providing skin care solutions that are backed by science. CP Skin Health Group is a part of the Colgate-Palmolive family, which provides our team with domestic and global career growth opportunities in all departments. As the People Business Partner for CP Skin Health, you will be the lead HR presence and a key leadership team member at our Distribution Center. This is a hands-on role where you will balance daily HR operations with big-picture staffing and retention strategies. You will partner directly with DC managers and warehouse employees to resolve employee relations issues, ensure policy compliance, and build a positive, productive culture on the floor. The right candidate isn’t afraid to roll up their sleeves to tackle day-to-day warehouse HR needs while keeping us aligned with employment laws and company growth goals. This role is on-site at the Distribution Center 4 days per week, and at the Corporate Office in Scottsdale, AZ, 1 day per week. Bilingual English/Spanish is required to effectively support our frontline teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree
• Minimum of 5+ years of progressive human resources experience, with a focus on business partnership - ideally in a warehouse or distribution center facility.
• Written and verbal fluency in Spanish
• Technical proficiency in HR technology platforms and Google tools, particularly Google Sheets for complex organization projects and analytics

Nice To Haves

• Strong business acumen with the ability to negotiate and influence senior stakeholders and "courage to challenge" leaders when necessary.
• Comfort navigating ambiguity and leading through change in a fast-moving, matrixed environment.
• Proven experience working across a complex, matrixed organization with a clear global perspective
• Demonstrated experience using AI tools such as ChatGPT and Gemini to enhance strategic HR delivery, improve operational efficiency, and drive data-informed solutions.

Responsibilities

• Advise and train floor supervisors and managers on effective leadership, guiding them through performance management, corrective actions, proper documentation, and handling difficult conversations.
• Drive site-wide headcount planning and manage the contingent workforce strategy, overseeing temp agency vendor relationships, aligning temporary staffing levels with production volume, and managing the temp-to-permanent conversion pipeline.
• Serve as the trusted escalation point for complex employee relations, conduct investigations, resolve floor conflicts, and proactively build an inclusive environment where frontline employees feel supported and valued.
• Ensure the flawless execution of site-level HR operations, providing strategic oversight on bi-weekly payroll integration/timecards, FMLA and medical leave administration, and comprehensive onboarding/offboarding programs.
• Partner closely with Operations to champion site safety programs and manage workers' compensation processes, develop, update, and implement localized site policies, employee handbooks, and job descriptions to ensure strict compliance with federal and state labor laws.
• Leverage real DC metrics—such as turnover, absenteeism, time-to-fill, and safety incidents—to diagnose organizational challenges, implement targeted training, and drive continuous improvement on the floor.
• Partner with the broader HR team to successfully roll out company-wide HR initiatives in a way that makes sense for a fast-paced warehouse environment.

Benefits

• medical
• dental
• vision
• matching 401K
• company-paid disability
• access to our amazing skin care products
• basic life insurance
• paid parental leave
• disability coverage
• participation in the 401(k) retirement plan with company matching contributions subject to eligibility requirements
• a minimum of 15 vacation/PTO days
• 13 paid holidays
• Paid sick leave is adjusted based on role and location in accordance with local laws.

What This Job Offers

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