Sr. HR Business Partner

Glanbia is a better nutrition company, home to consumer brands and ingredients that help people around the world feel strong, nourished, and to perform well at any age. Our wide range of dairy and functional proteins offer superior functional properties and excellent nutritional support. US Cheese, together with our joint venture partner, is the leading supplier and marketer of American-style cheddar cheese in the US. Our global ingredient solutions business creates better, healthier and smarter nutritional and functional ingredients for healthy lifestyles.

We are hiring a Senior HR Business Partner as a key HR strategic business partner with BU leadership teams to develop and execute HR and organizational strategies and accomplish business goals.

Responsibilities:

• Consult with business leaders to diagnose current and future HR needs and develop a strategy for resolution.
• Act as a change agent as the business continues to refine the operating model to optimize the organizational design to deliver strategic initiatives.
• Collaborate with the COE specialists to implement and monitor HR solutions, strategy, and company branding.
• Lead and support the implementation of HR strategies, objectives, and processes to align with the overall function/business strategy and the HR strategy.
• Analyze and interpret qualitative and quantitative data to recommend solutions and drive continuous improvement of strategic talent priorities, to include performance, retention, and the employee experience. 
• Work with the function/business on people/workforce strategies, helping develop high-potential talent and supporting a high-performance culture.
• Consult with business leaders to identify future leadership talent building out both development and succession plans.
• Ensure business relevance of HR services offered, serving as the lead HR ‘sales person’ for the business/function
• Be the “lead” role/face of HR with the business/function while at the same time ensuring all employees have direct engagement and support.
• Directly support the business/function leader(s) with advice and counsel, seen as a trusted advisor who can assess, influence, and challenge when necessary objectively.
• Bring dashboards and metrics to the conversation and applies data judgment to drive recommendations.
• Lead all aspects of employee relations issues, including recommendations for investigations, progressive discipline, performance improvement plans, terminations, voluntary and involuntary, ensuring compliance and risk mitigation for high-risk cases, and ensuring regulatory and company policy compliance. 
• Regular, in-person attendance and participation in designated department meetings (DRM, Leadership) as evidenced by being considered an integral part of the team.
• Ensure compliance with company policies and with federal, state, and local regulations.
• Responds to EEOC and DOL inquiries and charges.
• Maintains an effective level of business literacy about the business unit's financial position, midrange plans, culture, and competition.
• Embrace and integrate DE&I in business strategies.
• Provides ongoing performance coaching and feedback to the department leaders to drive high-performance teams and an engaged workforce.
• Drive culture to integrate Glanbia values in all aspects of the business.
• Complies with all applicable food safety regulations and mandates. (Food Safety Modernization Act- FSMA, Safe Quality Foods, Food and Drug Admin, Pasteurized Milk Ordinance)

 Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s in Business, HR or a related field; professional HR certification preferred.
• 5 – 7 years of professional and progressive HR experience in a large team manufacturing environment
• Strong stakeholder and relationship management skills with a track record of providing strategic HR partnership with site leaders.
• Ability to navigate Microsoft Office and aptitude to become an expert in SuccessFactors and other internal software

Our protein systems have transformed the bar and beverage categories — bringing increased levels of protein, cleaner labels and greater product functionality to market while delivering great tasting finished products. We have a direct presence in 21 countries, with manufacturing facilities in the US, Germany and China, and international sales and technical offices around the world.

At Glanbia, we celebrate diversity, because we know that our individual strengths make us stronger together. We welcome and encourage interest from a wide variety of candidates, and we will give your application consideration, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

At Glanbia our culture will celebrate individuality, knowing that together we are more.