What you will do
This Senior Manager, HR Business Partner role is responsible for executing the talent strategy, providing a consistent experience to leaders, directors, managers and employees and supporting and executing the engagement strategy for the Joint Replacement Sales team in the West territory. The Senior HR Business Partner provides HR partnership to managers, directors and leaders of an organization focusing on the work environment, employee relations, employee retention and business processes by executing the business unit HR strategy. The Senior HR Business Partner performs needs analysis to identify gaps in areas of compensation, talent, recruiting and change management and partners with Senior HR Leaders and subject matter experts to deliver solutions to meet the needs of their assigned business unit. They possess a solid understanding of all HR functions and works with business clients and/or HR partners in areas such as employee relations, compensation, and performance management.
Human Resources Expertise
- Deliver HR partnership to Managers, Directors and Senior Leaders through workforce planning, talent management, performance management, employee relations and the orchestration of other HR services for assigned business unit or geography as the subject matter expert in Human Resources
- Implements change based on proven change management techniques
- Applies policies and procedures across organization; interprets both policies and changes to policy
- Seeks ways to proactively improve organizational processes and outcomes; implements solutions that are aligned and consistent with global HR best practices
Relationship Management
- Facilitates difficult interactions among organizational stakeholders to achieve optimal outcomes; resolves escalated conflicts among stakeholders
- Builds consensus and settles disputes on HR policy and practice decisions
Business Acumen
- Maintains broad-based knowledge of the organization and its operations and provides business partnership to Leaders and Directors. Executes HR business strategies to drive key business results and provides guidance on HR matters, partnering with subject-matter experts to develop needed solutions
- Demonstrates working knowledge of the labor market and its relationship to organizational success
Consultation
- Partners with managers and HR to proactively implement business solutions, utilizing HR expertise and perspective; supports managers on HR projects
- Proactively coaches managers, directors and business leaders on HR and business-related issues
- Aligns solutions with business unit HR strategy and advocates for solution implementation
Leadership
- Executes programs, policies, and procedures to drive an engaged and performing organizational culture
- Implements and delivers solutions and interventions that address issues of retention, change management, employee engagement, and leadership development, partnering with subject-matter experts as appropriate
HR Insights
- Interprets data and makes recommendations; asks critical questions needed to evaluate data; gathers, analyzes and presents data to managers, directors and business leaders and recommends solutions that support the culture and the defined HR strategy
- Analyzes root causes of work environment issues; manages interventions and solutions in collaboration and cooperation with key stakeholders
What you need
Required qualifications
- Bachelor's degree and 10+ years of working experience required or 16+ years of total work experience required
- Previous HR or role-related experience required
Preferred qualifications
- 5+ years business-facing HR, HR COE, HR Operations, or role-related experience
- Experience in multiple HR disciplines or client groups
- Experience working in a large, global, matrix organization with demonstrated experience interacting with COE's and business leaders
- Experience supporting a large sales or commercial organizations
- Progressive work history in HR with the ability to understand business needs and connect those to human resources strategies for the business
- Preferred candidate will sit in the Pacific or Mountain time zone
$129,600-$286,000 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.
Job posted on November 25th
Travel Percentage: 20%Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.Stryker Corporation will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information.Similar Jobs
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