Sr Manager Human Resources - Corporate Functions

The Home Depot•Atlanta, GA

About The Position

Implements HR plans and programs to ensure the most effective utilization of human resources in assigned departments. Advises and coaches management on personnel issues, organization structure, leadership effectiveness, staffing, and business decisions. Supports associate relations, investigations, succession planning, management development, performance management, cultural change, and company-wide HR initiatives. The role typically reports to a Human Resources Vice President or a Director/Sr Director of Human Resources and generally has no direct reports, though it carries ongoing project management responsibility and may provide functional leadership. Senior HR Managers may have manager reports, with a total staff of about five. The position typically requires overnight travel less than 10% of the time. Work is performed in a comfortable indoor area, primarily seated, with frequent opportunity to move about and rare need to move or lift light articles. The role involves intermittent concentration and focused attention and ongoing pressure to meet tight deadlines, demanding quotas, or manage difficult situations.

Requirements

Must be at least 18 years of age.
Must be legally permitted to work in the United States.
Must pass a drug test.
Must successfully complete any required training or orientation courses.
Minimum of 6 years of work experience.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities typically acquired through completion of a bachelor's degree program or equivalent in a job-related field.
Technical knowledge of HR specialties, including employment law, employee relations, management and organizational development, staffing, training, and compensation.
Written and oral presentation skills, including stand-up presentation skills.
Flexibility, problem-solving, and organization skills.
Coaching, counseling, negotiating, and conflict-management skills.
Strong knowledge of Home Depot business processes.
Project-management skills.
People-management or supervisory experience for Senior Managers.

Nice To Haves

A master's degree is preferred.
Five to eight years of experience in Human Resources is preferred.

Responsibilities

Resolve general associate relations issues and gather information for investigations.
Address turnover, identify trends and problems, and identify breaches of culture or values that affect the workplace.
Support consistency in the application of standard operating procedures and employment law.
Manage succession planning, management development, and performance management in assigned areas.
Provide development tools and facilitate meetings, including 360-degree feedback, and follow up on development activities.
Advise management on organization structure changes and decisions.
Provide tools such as climate surveys and town hall meetings to drive cultural change.
Provide and train management on selection and staffing resources and tools.
Raise awareness of diversity and methods to increase the quality and diversity of candidate pools; may plan, coordinate, and attend job fairs.
Counsel and coach management on personnel-related business decisions, leadership, and management effectiveness.
Represent HR in company-wide initiatives.
May conduct training classes on HR issues and associate orientations.
May manage HR projects as required.