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Job Title: Senior HR Business Partner
Location: Kalamazoo, MI
Type: Direct Hire
Relocation: Not Provided
Salary Range: $110K – $125K 12.5% Bonus (Final offer based on experience & education)
Position Summary:
Seeking a Senior HR Business Partner with a strong balance of tactical HR execution and emerging strategic capability. This role partners closely with business leaders to drive people strategy, workforce planning, employee engagement, and performance initiatives in a manufacturing environment.
Key Responsibilities:
- Act as primary HR partner to business leaders; align HR strategies with business goals
- Manage day-to-day HR operations: employee relations, compliance, and policy guidance
- Support recruiting and onboarding; partner to improve time-to-fill
- Lead performance management processes (coaching, corrective actions, succession planning)
- Contribute to workforce planning and HR analytics; present insights to leadership
- Drive engagement initiatives and foster an inclusive, high-performance culture
- Collaborate cross-functionally to support site-level HR initiatives
Key Requirements:
- 6 years of HR experience (employee relations, recruiting, HR operations)
- Manufacturing environment experience preferred
- Exposure to workforce planning and HR strategy initiatives
- Strong communication, coaching, and stakeholder management skills
Preferred Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, or related field
- HR certification (PHR, SHRM-CP) preferred
- Labor relations / union experience (preferred)
- Experience with HRIS systems and Excel reporting
- Exposure to people analytics tools (e.g., Power BI)
Key Skills:
- Employee relations & employment law basics
- Performance management & talent development
- HR analytics & reporting
- Stakeholder engagement & leadership support
- Culture building & employee engagement
Salary : $110,000 - $125,000