HR Business Partner

Looking to build your career with a company that values innovation, stability, and people? Join our dedicated team as a HR Business Partner, in Durant, MS!

Since 1946, Hunter Engineering has been aligning cutting-edge technology with a strong commitment to quality. As a family-owned, American-made company, Hunter is the global leader in automotive service equipment, with our products used in over 130 countries by top vehicle manufacturers, tire companies, and service centers.

We’re proud to be recognized as a Best Places to Work finalist by the St. Louis Business Journal for four consecutive years (2022 – 2025) – a testament to our commitment to our people. Here, employees are supported, challenged, and take pride in their work. We offer exceptional benefits, a healthy work-life balance, and meaningful opportunities for professional growth.

If you’re ready to join a team that’s shaping the future of automotive service, read on.

As a HR Business Partner, you will provide corporate support for human resource activities including but not limited to: compensation, employee relations, performance management, employee engagement and compliance.

What You’ll Do:

• Manage and develop effective people strategies, practices and processes including recruiting, assessment tools, interviewing, placement, retention and associated recordkeeping functions.
• Build cross functional partnerships with all managers regarding people focused initiatives
• Understand talent gaps in succession plans and build recruiting strategies to address them.
• Collaborate with team to identify and develop key sourcing initiatives to ensure a constant pipeline of talented and diverse applicants.
• Own the candidate experience and conducts analysis, follow-ups, etc., to continually improve.
• Work closely with Marketing to improve Employee Branding.
• Participate in ongoing analysis of key data identifying trends and providing recommendations such as new hire reviews, exit interviews, glass door reviews, etc.
• Support Hunter’s cultural values to improve the employee experience and foster an environment where employee suggestions, concerns, and requests are handled with proper discretion, objectivity and fairness.
• Lead key initiatives to promote and achieve a culture of excellence and employee engagement.
• Partner with management on the performance review and merit recommendation process. Ensures training of supervisors and managers in effective performance management techniques.
• Collaborate with other HR professionals to analyze and design processes and systems to attract, reward and motivate the workforce.
• Conduct human resource audits to ensure compliance with applicable federal, state and local laws & regulations, as well as company policies and procedures. Institute corrective actions as necessary.

Additional projects and duties as needed.

What You’ll Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration or other human resources related field preferred and/or a combination of education and relevant experience in lieu of degree.
• A minimum of 8 years’ experience in human resources, two years in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Excellent communications skills are required including excellent oral and written present skills.
• Strong knowledge employee relations, compensation, benefits, staffing and employment law.
• Excellent PC skills (Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint)

What We Offer:

• Industry-Leading Healthcare Coverage
• Profit-Sharing Plan with Safe Harbor Contribution
• Generous Paid Time Off & Holidays
• Paid Parental Leave
• Tuition Reimbursement Program

Join us in our mission to ‘Align People and Innovation to Drive Excellence!’

• Make Lives Better Together
• Take Pride in the Extraordinary