Human Resources Business Partner

Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner

Job Location: Wickliffe, OH

Job Type: Full-time

Type of Role: Hybrid, requiring on-site presence at least 3 days per week

 

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

 

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Human Resources Business Partner

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the specialty chemicals manufacturing industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

 

What You'll Do:

We are seeking an HR Business Partner to provide counsel and advice to ensure the leaders of the corporate functions have a competitive talent base to achieve goals and objectives. The role is ideal for a candidate who has working knowledge of how people and culture create advantage for the company and are comfortable leading change that accelerates business results.

This role will be based out of one of our corporate headquarters in Wickliffe, OH, following a hybrid working model. 

 

What We're Looking For:

• Build and sustain trusted advisor/business partner relationships with corporate leadership team
• Understand the business/functions, competitive landscape, and key strategies to shape the talent and HR requirements for the business
• Provide input and tools to support talent-related discussions, workforce and succession planning
• Ensure effective performance management process, through the good use of performance evaluation tools, seeking transparency and increased efficiency and productivity
• Develop effective working relationships, trust and credibility with Global HR Center of Expertise (CoE) seeking best alternatives to meet business needs regarding talent attraction, retention, development and management
• Identify need for compensation review of existing and future job/role, evaluate requirements, document responsibilities and competencies
• Support the implementation of corporate HR policies, processes and programs 
• Coach managers to remain compliant with HR guidelines and laws related to employees and to identify / mitigate employee relations issues
• Drive innovation in HR processes, including continued automation of transactional work and leveraging shared services across the business
• Demonstrate courage to proactively recognize and articulate when ideas and/or strategies may not align with company values expectations and business vision, offering alternative perspectives
• Identify and facilitate initiatives to foster an inclusive and diverse culture
• Thrive in a fast paced and changing environment while managing multiple priorities

 

Skills That Make a Difference:

• 5+ years of relevant business partnering HR experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management, or related field required.
• Experience working in a medium to large sized company and/or a global organization if a plus!
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed team environment
• Demonstrate expert knowledge,