Regional HR Business Partner

Role Overview

• Responsible for driving a one Belk culture through planning and execution of all human resource activities.
• Attracting, investing and retaining talent by elevating the candidate experience, providing feedback, coaching and engagement.
• Simplifying and streamlining processes, programs and workflow including role clarity in the stores.
• Support human resources activities at the store level through recruiting, training, effective on-boarding, coaching, counseling, resolving problems and change management.
• Work with business leaders to assess associate potential for future roles and responsibilities.
• Communicate career paths within the organization to develop future leaders.
• Coordinate interview process, job offers and comprehensive on-boarding for store management and HR team across the region.
• Identify leadership skill gaps and leverage established Belk leadership curriculum to facilitate training in the field.
• Support new company initiatives through training and follow up.
• Ensure stores are completing orientations and ongoing training to develop skills necessary to be successful in the job.
• Ensure performance correctives are written appropriately, conducted in a timely manner and follows the corrective action process.
• Advise management on appropriate disciplinary actions up to and including termination under the guidance of the Divisional HR Director and HR Manager.
• Ensure integrity of associate data in Workday.
• Meet company and staffing expectations by utilizing all company tools.
• Communicate and provide weekly updates to the Regional Vice President (RVP) and Divisional HR on any issues or opportunities within the region.
• Develop strong working relationships with store management and regional partners.
• Follow up and resolve most associate relations issues and excel calls within seven business days.
• Enforce Belk's open door policy.
• Produce documentation for EEOC, NRLB, Department of Labor and any state organization charges against the company.
• Manage and monitor stores to ensure compliance with all Federal laws and Belk policies.
• Provide assistance and guidance on Leave of Absence (LOA) and reasonable accommodation requests based on ADA regulations.
• Support Belk Associate Engagement Survey process in each location and stores action plan.
• Support culture strategy to reduce turnover and positively impact the associate experience.
• Embrace, support and motivate others through change by supporting new company initiatives, processes, policies and procedures through collaboration, building customer loyalty and confidence.
• Effectively communicate priorities and initiatives, maintain a high degree of confidentiality, have a high level of business acumen, strong presentation skills and the ability to maintain a diverse and inclusive workforce.
• Ensure stores execute chat sessions. Follow up and take action on feedback as needed.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent years of experience
• 5+ years of applicable management and HR experience
• Excellent strategic planning and consultative skills
• Effective communicator (oral and written), including public speaking skills
• Coaching expertise
• Ability to balance long
• and short-term priorities
• Ability to collect and evaluate information, develop solutions and foresee potential consequences or risks.
• Sound business acumen
• Flexible to adjust to varying expectations
• General knowledge of HR programs, policies and practices
• Must be able to handle confidential information and be an ethical HR leader
• Must be able to work independently as needed and execute through others effectively
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office.

Benefits

• Access to all the tools and resources necessary to be effective in your job.
• Positive, inclusive, vibrant and fast-paced environment.