Human Resources Business Partner, Sr. - PAC Panasonic Avionics Corporation
Irvine, CA 92612
About the Job
Acting as primary point of contact, this key role is a Strategic HR Advisor for assigned client groups. Serves as the liaison between HR and business to develop HR strategy and broker services to deliver desired business outcomes. Provide desired strategic consultation and executive coaching to business functions. Responsible for development and governance of Human Resources strategy and planning in alignment with business strategy. Establishes and assures adherence to HR program schedules, work plans, and performance requirements. Interacts with and fosters relationships with senior management and other concerning matters of strategy and significance.
Strategic Partner - Crafts and implements enterprise-wide strategies that add value.
- Participates in strategic projects providing insight from the business and strategic context that support business objectives.
- Sets service expectations which includes identifying, prioritizing and adjusting HR strategies to support the Business within capacity constraints. Adopts and communicates the agreed expected level of support
- Assists leaders and managers in proactively solving organization, people and change related issues that are aligned and tailored to the business strategy.
- Builds credibility and effective working relationships with executives supported, including coaching of leaders and providing tools to enhance leader’s impact on business.
- Work with Leaders for Organization Planning and Restructures. Drives change initiatives and organizational effectiveness in supported client groups.
- Intakes and assess talent development needs. Provides guidance to develop high performing and next generation leaders
- Manage complex and difficult HR projects cross-functionally.
Operational Manager - Measures and monitors existing policies and procedures.
- Advisor of policies and procedures to leaders, support compliance initiatives and proactive risk management. Reviews policies to add or modify to meet business needs and ensures flow down.
- Exchanges Business Intelligence and performance metrics on a regular basis with executives and HR. Accept full accountability for HR performance against designated objectives.
- Drives the development of analytics and metrics that inform business impact of HR programs, services and projects.
- Provide guidance on performance management cycle.
- Awareness and proactive mitigation of legal, organization, company, and employee level risk.
- Be a company culture and brand ambassador.
- Analyze business data and ensure ownership and accuracy.
- Ensure effective onboarding with new executives and employees in first 90 days and understand obstacles which impact employees in the 0–5-year bracket.
- Establishes operational objectives and work plans, delegates assignments to subordinates.
Employee Mediator - Create sustained solutions to individual employee challenges.
- Understand organizational dynamics within and across business lines and manage competing personalities to resolve political problems.
- Resolve employee conflicts to ensure fair, ethical, equitable people processes and practices.
- Ensure regular Executive and Manager level connections are occurring.
- Oversee for business line Engagement Survey Analysis, Focus Group Facilitation and action planning. Provide HR trend analysis to client group leaders.
Emergency Responder - Provides immediate fixes to acute emergencies.
- As primary point of contact for assigned executives, partners with HR COE’s to ensure all service delivery needs are met. Ensure proper intake/root cause and research, not only solutions. Respond and resolve inquiries, needs and complaints as raised by Executive Leader or their executive assistant. Ensure timely support which fits across HR solution model.
- Ensure employees are connected to proper level of support and that follow up occurs.
- Resolve issues on POS, offers or approvals process, if any.
The salary range of $131,000 - $220,000 is just one component of Panasonic’s total package. The final offer amount may vary based on factors including but not limited to individual’s knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses and incentives. The minimum hourly wage for this role will be the greater of the posted range, or minimum wage for the location where the employee will be working, subject to local minimum wage requirements.
Qualifications:- Advanced knowledge of best practices in HRBP role, closely partnering with business leaders, driving collaboration and implementing change projects
- Proven track record in enabling and driving organizational change and performance excellence
- Requires the ability to change the thinking of, or gain acceptance from, others in sensitive situations, without damage to the relationship. Utilize an enterprise wide consultative approach to produce effective solutions.
- Proficient in the use of MS office suite of software applications i.e. Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Outstanding communication skills, ability to articulate, communicate and interact with multiple constituencies in the organization including Executive Management level.
- Advanced Project and Change Management skills
- Strong consulting, negotiation and influencing skills at all levels.
- Strong team building and leadership skills for driving high performance teams.
- Ability to manage cross-functional program teams.
- Ability to thoroughly and clearly articulate his/her position(s) concerning problems and/or solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to prepare and deliver effective presentations.
- Ability to work effectively with people under pressure including people from diverse cultural and political backgrounds.
- Outgoing, self motivated, well organized and detailed oriented.
- Creative problem solver and able to resolve conflicts and filter conflicting agendas to determine path forward.
- Demonstrated excellent ability to diffuse high pressure situations, articulate and resolve problems, and work out difficult situations/problems.
- Demonstrated excellent organization and planning ability to handle large complex teams and situations.
- SPHR, PHR, SHRM-CP desired
- A minimum of 12+ years HR experience
- A minimum of 5 years' experience in a Strategic HRBP role supporting technical/technology functions
- Ability for up to 15% travel to global locations.
- At Panasonic Avionics Corporation we realize the most important aspects in leading our industry are the bright minds behind everything we do. We are proud to offer our employees a highly competitive, comprehensive and flexible benefits program.
- Paid time off: Exempt Salaried employees receive flexible paid time off. This means that there is no fixed number, range, or limit to the amount of Personal and Vacation Days that may be taken for exempt employees. Non-exempt hourly employees accrue 14 vacation days per year + 7 sick days + 3 personal days. Accrual rate increases with tenure. All employees receive 11 company paid holidays per year. We also close our offices at the corporate level in the U.S. between Christmas and New Year. For operational positions that are expected to work on holidays, we provide additional compensation for hours worked.
- Health Insurance: Medical insurance offerings from Aetna and Kaiser (CA &HI). Options for Employee Only, Employee + Spouse/Domestic Partner, Employee + Children, or Family. Dental PPO and DMO options & Vision insurance through EyeMed or VSP.
- 401K with 50% match on up to 8% contribution, full vested from day 1.
- Washington residents only are eligible for: Washington’s Family and Medical Leave program and Washington’s Paid Sick Leave program.
- Other offerings include: Wellness Program, Counseling services, FSA & HSA, Life Insurance for employee, spouse and child, AD&D Insurance, Long-term and Short-term disability, Critical Illness Insurance, Accident Insurance, Legal Assistance, Pet Insurance, Identity Theft Protection, Dependent Care FLSA, Education Assistance, Commuter Program, Employee Purchase Program, Service Award Program.