Manager, HR Business Partner (at-Home Solutions)

What HR Business Partner contributes to Cardinal Health

Human Resources designs, implements and delivers human resource programs and policies, including recruitment, talent management, diversity and inclusion, compensation and benefits, among others. This function anticipates and plans for long-term human resource needs in alignment with business strategies.

HR Business Partners serve as strategic partners to business leaders to develop and implement strategies for human capital management, customer satisfaction and business performance. This family job supports assigned business units in addressing complex and technical Human Resources challenges, advocates for the business value of HR initiatives, and enables short-term and long-term business change.

Job Summary

Manager, HR Business Partner (HRBP) provides HR strategy and direction to Warehouse Operations and Supply Chain client groups within at-Home Solutions, a growth business that is part of the Other Segment. This role supports 2 Vice President level leaders and their Director level and below teams of approximately 1,800 employees, including both hourly and professional staff based on-site, hybrid or remote. Warehouse Operations consists of 11 distribution center locations across the United States and growing.

• Position can be based out of a variety of locations, can be either hybrid or fully remote, and requires 25% regular travel.
• This HRBP role is a Manager level individual contributor role with no direct reports.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to provide HR support, expertise, insight and solutions to advance the client group’s business strategies and objectives
• Collaborate with leadership team to drive cultural and team effectiveness
• Act as a strategic business partner to develop and execute talent strategies to improve employee engagement, leader effectiveness, performance management and talent management 
• Effectively balance HR business partner responsibility with employee advocacy to build and foster a diverse, equitable and inclusive environment to mitigate any third-party interest or intervention
• Acts as a change agent/leader and culture steward
• Assess, diagnose, and execute organizational design and development initiatives to optimize effectiveness and efficiencies
• Build effective relationships and collaborates with HR Centers of Expertise (COE) organizations to deliver effective, high impact people practices
• Proactively identify workforce trends and provide relevant business insights, using data, tools, analytics and resources to drive decision making and action
• Assist with recruiting activities, including interviewing and hiring for client group, as needed
• Apply experience and use judgement to be a trusted advisor to employees and people leaders, providing candid, unbiased coaching and counsel to improve individual and team performance and enhance people leader effectiveness
• Lead business initiatives, complex projects of large scope for client group (e.g. mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, full or partial site closures, reductions in force, significant separations)
• Consult on advanced employee relations matters escalated from the HR Service Center or Advice and Counsel Center (ACC)
• Partner with Compensation COE to support diverse total rewards initiatives including end of year compensation cycle, wage adjustments, and educating employees and leaders on Cardinal Health’s pay practices and philosophy
• Understand the competitive factors in the local markets supported and engages with COE partners (Talent Acqusition, Compensation, Talent Management, etc.) to ensuring offerings are competitive and consistent across client groups and broader organization where applicable
• Participate in organizational health engagements and provide support, coaching and oversight on follow up actions
• Performs other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in related field, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 8+ years of experience, preferred
• Experience leading HR strategy in warehouse operations or supply chain environment, strongly preferred
• Experience in executive and employee coaching
• Experience in talent and performance management
• PHR certification, preferred
• Bilingual, Spanish speaking a plus
• Office 360 experience
• Effective interpersonal, presentation, written and verbal communication skills
• Strong business acumen, project management and implementation abilities
• Influential leadership and relationship management
• Ability understand leader/employee needs and problem solving skills
• Ethical practice
• Technology savvy with an ability to identify trends<