Sr Director HR Business Partner
Job ID 2023-01461
Description
About Us:
Conair is a leading international designer, manufacturer, and marketer of branded personal care and small kitchen appliances, cookware, hairbrushes & accessories, cosmetic bags, and travel accessories.
Conair has always been driven by a passion for innovation; it’s part of the Company’s DNA. Trendsetting products have been invented by Conair since its inception in 1959, keeping the Company always a step ahead of the competition. The company's domestic and international divisions offer a diversified mix of consumer and professional products sold in over 120 countries. The Family of Conair brands includes CONAIR, Cuisinart, BabylissPRO, Scünci , TRAVELSMART by CONAIR, and Waring.
Conair’s passion for innovation gets stronger with each decade, as evidenced by the over 1,000 patents the Company has obtained worldwide. Today, Conair and its brands are names known throughout the world. Conair continues to introduce its brands to new and emerging markets, year after year. By the 1990s, most households in America owned at least one Conair product. Today many have more than one, and the Company’s goal is to ensure that every household in the world eventually owns one of our products.
Position Summary:
At Conair, we innovate to enhance the lives of our customers, community and employees. As the Sr. HR Director, HRBP, you will be responsible for translating Conair's strategy into a people and organizational plan for the global Supply Chain and Operations function.
Working closely with the Chief Operating Officer and key stakeholders, you’ll anticipate and define the future talent needs of our company, assess our readiness to compete in the future, and establish talent strategies to shape our talent investments for the future. This role reports to the CHRO and is both hands-on and strategic and provides expertise in the areas of talent management, organizational design, coaching/development, workforce planning, performance management. The right candidate will have a passion for developing talent within the organization and will help to implement the vision and directives of our strategic plan. You energize others with your vision of the future and bring them along on the journey. You’re highly analytical and understand how to link data with the strategy. You know how to flex your style to the person and situation. You can consider issues from multiple perspectives and connect the dots on seemingly disconnected ideas.
What You Will Do:
Understand the strategies of our business and the impact of emerging products, market shifts, and workforce changes to identify talent needs for the future
- Establish a strategy for the global supply chain organization to ensure the right mix of talent to support core business priorities and overall business performance.
- In partnership with the CHRO, contribute to the development of a world class talent management strategy
- Partner with the business to build engaged, high-performing teams
- Work with the business to develop effective organizational structures and on specific job design and leveling to drive organizational health.
- Lead organization transformation within global supply chain, providing strategic input on business direction, resource planning and internal communications
- Leverage internal and external data, trends, analytics, and insights to assess talent gaps, forecast resource needs, and model future scenarios to accurately identify and prioritize talent risks and opportunities.
- Implement and regularly update CHRO, HRLT, business, and functional stakeholders on an end-to-end workforce planning process that ensure our success for the long term, including design, plan, and deployment of the workforce strategy with relevant tools and frameworks.
- Proactively identify opportunities and assess improvements to the employee experience and partner with management to develop and implement innovative and lasting solutions.
- Advise, mentor, coach and guide all levels of management to develop positive employee engagement capability and leadership skills.
- Support Conair’s culture by modeling collaboration, operating with integrity, demonstrating a strong and innovative work ethic, practicing openness to learning and growth, flexibility, and kindness
Our Successful Candidate Will Have:
- A Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Human Resources, Organization Design and Development, Organizational Management, or comparable skills, certifications, or experience. HR Certification strongly preferred
- At least 5 years of management level experience in talent strategy, organizational development, and leadership coaching, preferably within a consumer product/manufacturing or broader B2C organization
- At least 5 years of experience supporting C-suite leaders, preferably within global Supply Chain, on long-term talent initiatives within diverse organizational contexts.
- At least 5 years of previous experience as a people manager
- Strong ability to understand business and financial conditions, ability to link HR and business strategy, and identify talent-based ways to improve business performance
- Skilled at identifying and assessing current organizational capabilities- building what’s required, crafting and supporting culture, and aligning programs
- Able to anticipate challenges, see context, make connections quickly, and problem-solve effectively
- Proven ability to cultivate trusting relationships through listening for what matters, quickly developing rapport, earning the respect and trust of others, influence and persuade others, and can guide leaders to collaborate and act on decisions and recommendations
- Experience leading organizational change with empathy
- Demonstrable track record of an effective communication style and content with all levels in the organization; effective at influencing and facilitating
- Ability to be flexible and forward-thinking within a changing organization
- Strong ability to identify and articulate the case for change, evaluating change readiness, building and implementing partner plans and transition activities, and leading sustained change management
- Experience leading through uncertainty, ambiguity, or complex and emotional issues
Environment Factors:
- Working conditions are normal for an office environment.
- Must be able to sit for extended periods of time.
- Must be able to use a computer keyboard and view a monitor for extended periods of time.
- This role requires on-site presence at our Stamford, CT office Monday through Thursday, with the flexibility to work remotely from anywhere on Fridays.
- Domestic travel estimated at 10%.
What we offer:
- Comprehensive Medical/Dental/Vision plans
- Generous Paid Time Off Programs
- Life & Disability Insurance
- FSA/HSA/Dependent Care FSA
- Paid Parental Leave
- 401k and company match
- EAP & Employee Wellness Programs
- Volunteer Days Paid Time Off
- Free breakfast and lunch in the Stamford office
- Free parking and free train station shuttle
At Conair, we inspire our customers with innovative high-quality products and
iconic brands that enhance their lives.
Are you passionate about this opportunity but worried that you don’t have 100% of the experience we’re looking for? We still want to hear from you! Apply online and let us know why you would make a great addition to Conair!