HR Business Partner

Mérieux NutriSciences is a global company dedicated to making food systems safer and healthier. They are seeking an HR Business Partner to support a multi-state employee population, offering strategic HR partnership and managing complex employee relations while ensuring compliance with California employment law.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as the trusted HR advisor to production and lab leaders across the West Coast
• Lead labor relations strategies
• Drive employee engagement initiatives
• Manage complex ER issues with confidence and objectivity
• Apply deep knowledge of California employment law to protect both people and business
• Influence organizational structure, change efforts, and people planning
• Partner with Legal and HR Centers of Excellence to execute high-impact people strategies
• Balance strategic HR partnership with day-to-day execution—this is a hands-on role where you'll contribute to both high-impact initiatives and the administrative fundamentals that keep things running smoothly

Requirements:

• 4 - 5 years of HRBP experience (or equivalent senior generalist work in a strategic role); 5+ plus years Human Resources experience resolving complex employee relations issues
• Strong background in employee relations and engagement programs
• Experience supporting production or lab-based teams; food industry a plus
• Fluency in California employment law
• Proven ability to coach leaders, influence without authority, and drive organizational change
• Confident working independently as an HRBP team of one in the region
• Experience supporting large, complex client groups, with the ability to effectively partner with and advise on employee populations of 400+ across multiple locations
• Strong working knowledge of multi-state employment practices, with demonstrated experience supporting geographically dispersed teams
• Deep, hands-on experience with California employment law, including employee relations, compliance, and risk mitigation in a business partner capacity
• Demonstrated leadership within the HR function, including experience mentoring, guiding, or directly leading other HR professionals
• Proven ability to influence and support leaders while also developing HR talent and capability within a region or function
• Comfortable operating autonomously as the primary HR partner in a region, balancing strategic partnership with day-to-day execution
• Willingness and ability to travel approximately 25% and as needed to support business and stakeholder needs