Director, HR Business Partner

Covetrus is a global animal-health technology and services leader dedicated to empowering veterinary practice partners to drive improved health and financial outcomes. We bring together products, services, and technology into a single platform that connects our customers to the solutions and insights they need to work best. Our passion for the well-being of animals and those who care for them drives us to advance the world of veterinary medicine. 

SUMMARY

We are seeking a seasoned HR Business Partner with deep experience supporting Sales and Commercial organizations to join our team of dedicated and passionate Covetrians making a difference for veterinarians and our pets.

The Director, HRBP is an integral member of their aligned North America business unit(s) and a critical member of the Covetrus HR team. This role will be responsible to lead and drive the people agenda for their aligned organization(s). This senior-level HR position entails tackling the most pressing talent opportunities and challenges at a strategic level, and successfully partnering with the business leaders to create value for the business. 

The role reports to the VP, HR North America, and is matrixed to the aligned SVP and VP-level leaders from the North America Leadership Team. The Human Resources Business Partner will also support and lead various Talent initiatives for Covetrus on a cross-functional basis.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Be a trusted advisor to your aligned North America Leadership Team leaders.
• Build relationships with business leaders to offer thought leadership on organizational and people-related strategy and execution.
• Understand the business strategy and identify opportunities to increase alignment with the strategy by helping business leaders identify, prioritize and build organizational capabilities, behaviors, structures and processes.
• Champion automation and AI-enabled ways of working across HR and the business by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, improve decision-making, and increase organizational effectiveness through responsible use of technology.
• Act as the advocate for leading the talent management and development plans for the business unit with a focus on enhancing the quality of leaders and managers, building skills and capabilities of the workforce, and ensuring succession bench strength.
• Diagnose gaps between current and desired organization performance and deploy actions to resolve gaps, including organization redesign, process change, coaching and training.
• Review key business performance targets and their related talent implications with business leaders.
• Review and benchmark the internal and external environment to identify new opportunities for HR and to improve HR policies and initiatives.
• Identify and drive the sharing of best practices across functions to facilitate continuous improvement.
• Act as a liaison between the organizations you support, HR operations and COEs to ensure HR services are aligned with internal client needs.
• Coach senior leaders to improve leadership abilities, relationships among teams/individuals and interpersonal communications, as well as deliver effective performance feedback.
• Drive organizational design, workforce planning, succession planning, talent management, performance management, and skills assessment and development within supported organizations. 
• Review and analyze business metrics including data on retention and employee experience to recommend systemic improvements.
• Partner with the business to lead routine talent reviews focused on succession planning, employee growth and development, and organizational health priorities.
• Provide compensation support to leaders for all salary actions including the annual salary review, promotions job re-leveling situations, and retention efforts.
• Partner with the talent acquisition team to build systemic and scalable recruiting programs to create a sustainable pipeline of talent.
• Be a change champion; facilitate change and support the implementation and successful adoption of talent initiatives within the business.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities to automate repetitive work, improve operational efficiency, and enable teams to focus on higher-value strategic activities through modern technologies and AI-enabled solutions.
• Develop, improve, and execute on global strategic talent initiatives across Covetrus.
• Work within a highly matrixed environment supporting multiple leaders and their teams.
• Maintain a professional level of confidentiality in all matters pertaining to employees and managers.
• Lead, coach and develop more junior HR Business Partners and HR team members, directly