Manager, People Partnering

Job Title

Manager, People Partnering

Job Description Summary

We are currently seeking a Manager, People Partnering to join our Human Resources team in support of the Manufacturing vertical market. The Manager, People Partnering provides strategic partnership and hands on support to core business groups to deliver people initiatives that drive business results. Additionally, this role will work with HR leadership on key HR initiatives and projects relative to talent cycles, change management and implementation of HR best practices.

Job Description

Leadership/Business Partnership

Provide HR Business Partner support to the Manufacturing vertical business with particular focus on driving the talent strategy, including robust succession plans, developing internal talent, and recruitment strategy.

FUNCTIONAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Employee Relations – Ensure proper coaching of managers to improve employee performance and engagement

Compensation - Ensure competitiveness and alignment with regional HR plans

Workforce and succession planning – In close cooperation with the leadership, identify future resourcing needs, build succession plans and proactively identify resourcing options to close potential resourcing gaps

Recruitment – Support recruiting process for most senior/critical positions

Talent development – Manage talent review process, performance management, and employee development programs

Training – Coordinate the training needs and training planning activities with the leadership teams, leveraging programs delivered by L&D teams

Stakeholder Management

Liaise and develop relationships with organizational counterparts and business unit management and staff

Deliver an exceptional quality of service, as reflected by stakeholder feedback

Communicate and collaborate closely with markets’ based People Partners to ensure alignment across the matrix reporting structure

People Data Analysis

Compilation and analysis of people data to enhance awareness and drive decision making

Project Management

Work with broader HR team on a wide variety of global HR initiatives and projects across multiple HR disciplines, including, but not limited to, compensation, diversity and inclusion, governance and policy, change management, talent management, performance management, HRIS, and acquisition integration.

Recommend new approaches, policies, and procedures to effect continual improvements in efficiency of services performed

Partner with the centers of expertise for payroll processing, employee benefits programs, and other national and/or global HR programs to ensure proper alignment and communication

KEY SELECTION CRITERIA

• Bachelor’s degree with major concentration in business-related field
• Minimum of 5+ years of related experience
• Professional HR Certification desired
• Strong business acumen
• Exhibits excellent negotiating and influencing skills
• Outstanding verbal and written communication skills
• Savvy at building partnerships at all levels of the organization and must be viewed as a trusted advisor to the business. Possess a high EQ.
• Demonstrate confidence in coaching and influencing senior management
• Strong understanding of financial implications and risks associated with talent decisions.
• Comfortable working in a dynamic, fast-paced, highly matrix environment
• Analytical with strong project management skills
• Must have high energy, excellent communication skills, be professional and polished
• Self-starter, able to work independently, takes ownership

Cushman & Wakefield also provides eligible employees with an opportunity to enroll in a variety of benefit programs, generally including health, vision, and dental insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life, and disability insurance programs, and paid and unpaid time away from work. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, Cushman and Wakefield provide eligible employees with competitive pay, which may vary depending on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, total hours worked, job type, business line, and applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

The compensation that will be offered to the successful candidate will depend on factors such as whether the position is covered by a collective bargaining agreement, the geographic area in which the work will be performed, market pay rates in that area, and the candidate’s exp