What are the responsibilities and job description for the HR Partner III position at TE Connectivity?
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Job Overview
The HR Regional / Business Partner serves as a trusted, on‑site business partner to plant and functional leadership, accountable for translating business priorities into people strategies that drive performance, engagement, and capability. As part of the North America HR Regional Team, this role balances local leadership presence with regional consistency and standardization, operating as a visible member of the site leadership team while leveraging shared HR capabilities across the region. This position is within a unionized environment.
This role is hands‑on, plant‑based, and business‑facing, with accountability for execution excellence, workforce strategy, and culture.
This position will be closely partnered with HR Business leaders in the Aerospace, Defense, and Marine (AD&M) Business Unit to guarantee alignment in approaching business needs. Within AD&M, we encourage and embrace everyone's unique differences, and we want to leverage the power of those differences to drive the innovations of tomorrow by operating with our core cultural beliefs: People First, Think Customer, Mind What Matters, Get It Right, Own It, and Be Bold.
Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate. If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.
Responsibilities
Business Partnership & Leadership
What a Strong Candidate Looks Like
Experience & Capability
Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork
About Te Connectivity
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
Compensation
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.
Job Overview
The HR Regional / Business Partner serves as a trusted, on‑site business partner to plant and functional leadership, accountable for translating business priorities into people strategies that drive performance, engagement, and capability. As part of the North America HR Regional Team, this role balances local leadership presence with regional consistency and standardization, operating as a visible member of the site leadership team while leveraging shared HR capabilities across the region. This position is within a unionized environment.
This role is hands‑on, plant‑based, and business‑facing, with accountability for execution excellence, workforce strategy, and culture.
This position will be closely partnered with HR Business leaders in the Aerospace, Defense, and Marine (AD&M) Business Unit to guarantee alignment in approaching business needs. Within AD&M, we encourage and embrace everyone's unique differences, and we want to leverage the power of those differences to drive the innovations of tomorrow by operating with our core cultural beliefs: People First, Think Customer, Mind What Matters, Get It Right, Own It, and Be Bold.
Please note: This position may involve working with technical data, technology, software/source code, hardware, or other items (collectively “items) subject to U.S. and non-U.S. export control laws and regulations. Under these regulations, it may be necessary for TE to verify a candidate’s national origin and/or citizenship status to determine whether a U.S. or other government export license is required prior to releasing its technologies to the candidate. If TE determines that TE will require a license or will be prohibited by applicable laws from providing the candidate with items necessary for the performance of this position, then TE expressly reserves the right to either a) make an offer of employment contingent upon TE receiving required export licenses from the appropriate government agency, b) consider the candidate for a different position that is not subject to such restrictions, on whatever terms and conditions TE shall establish in its sole discretion, or c) decline to move forward with the candidate’s application.
Responsibilities
Business Partnership & Leadership
- Act as the primary HR business partner to the Plant Manager and site leadership team.
- Support Site Complexity Assessment and implementation of the operating model, ensuring workforce structure, leadership layers, and HR practices align to site complexity.
- Participate as a full member of the plant leadership team, with regular site presence and engagement in the manufacturing environment.
- Translate BU and site strategy into clear workforce, talent, and culture priorities.
- Develop and execute a site‑specific workforce plan aligned to AD&M business cycles, growth plans, and skill requirements.
- Embed career paths and competency frameworks into talent planning, development, and succession discussions.
- Partner with regional HR and COEs on talent planning, succession, performance management, and compensation cycles.
- Coach leaders on performance, engagement, retention, and leadership effectiveness.
- Experience interpreting and operating within the constraints of a Collective Bargaining Agreement.
- Lead positive employee relations through proactive coaching, issue resolution, and culture reinforcement.
- Drive action planning from Every Voice Counts engagement results and hold leaders accountable for outcomes.
- Serve as a visible champion of safety, inclusion, accountability, and TE values.
- Lead and support change management tied to organizational alignment, business growth, and operational transformation.
- Identify HR process improvement opportunities and partner with the regional team to drive standardization and scalability using TEOA (lean operating model).
- Ensure disciplined execution of HR programs, policies, and compliance requirements.
- Operate within the HR Regional Partner model, aligning local actions to regional standards.
- Leverage HR Service Centers and COEs for delivery while maintaining local ownership and accountability.
- Collaborate across sites and BUs to share best practices and improve HR capability at scale.
What a Strong Candidate Looks Like
Experience & Capability
- Bachelor’s degree required, HR or related field preferred.
- 7 years of progressive HR experience, with demonstrated success as an HRBP or HR Generalist in a manufacturing or operational environment within a unionized environment
- Proven ability to influence and partner with leaders in a matrixed organization.
- Strong balance of strategic thinking and hands‑on execution.
- Must have experience working within a Union environment.
- Credible coach and advisor who earns trust through presence, judgment, and follow‑through.
- Experience collaborating with union representatives, often requiring strong negotiation and conflict resolution.
- Comfortably operating in ambiguity while driving structure, discipline, and results.
- Data‑informed, process‑oriented, and biased toward action.
- High emotional intelligence with the ability to challenge leaders constructively.
- On‑site role with regular plant‑floor engagement.
- Travel within regions up to ~10%.
- Commitment to safety, compliance, and ethical leadership.
Values: Integrity, Accountability, Inclusion, Innovation, Teamwork
About Te Connectivity
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
Compensation
- Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $95,600 – 119,500 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
- Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
- Total Compensation = Base Salary Incentive(s) Benefits
- A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD
TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.
Salary : $95,600 - $119,500