Manager, HR Business Partner - Pharma Supply Chain

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

The Manager, HR Business Partner is an individual contributor level role that provides strategic HR support to a segment of the West Region Supply Chain Operations teams within the Pharmaceutical and Specialty Solutions segment. This includes up to seven distribution centers and a combination of both hourly and salary employees.

Responsibilities

• Partner with clients to provide HR support, expertise, insight and solutions to advance the client group’s business strategies and objectives
• Partner with leadership 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
• 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
• 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 (TA, 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, or equivalent work experience, preferred
• 8+ years of experience in a related field, preferred  
• Experience supporting supply chain operations and/or frontline hourly workforce, strongly preferred
• PHR, SPHR or GPHR certification preferred
• Out of state travel estimate – 15%

What is expected of you and others at this level

• Applies advanced knowledge and understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to manage a wide variety of projects
• Participates in the development of policies and procedures to achieve specific goals
• Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models
• Works on or may lead complex projects of large scope
• Projects may have significant and long-term impact
• Provides solutions which may set precedent
• Independently determines method for completion of new projects
• Receives guidance on overall project objectives
• Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues

Anticipated salary range: $105,100-150,100

Bonus eligible: Yes

Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

• Medical, dental and vision coverage

• Paid time off plan

• Health savings accou