Director, HR Business Partnering (Americas) - Miami/REMOTE

$161,000 - $230,000/Yr

Apl Logistics Americas - Miami, FL

Full-time - Senior

Miami, FL

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

This role will have two key disciplines - HR Business Partnering and Compliance. The position entails a broad oversight of the appointed region's HR Business Partnering function, which includes employee and labor relations, employee communications, recruiting, compensation, benefits, workforce planning, talent management and development, safety processes, and employment documentation. The successful candidate will be responsible for executing all programs and activities while ensuring clear and effective communication at all levels of management. The role requires formulating strong partnerships across the region to deliver value-added service to management and employees that align with the business objectives of the organization. The individual will drive corporate HR strategies in support of evolving business needs, paying close attention to shifting market conditions and their impact on the organization's talent base. This includes attracting new talent and inspiring a performance-driven culture. The candidate will continually seek innovative ways to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of the HR function and its application across all units and functions in the region. Additionally, the role involves overseeing and formulating strategies to ensure HR operational excellence, including both internal and external compliance, which delivers value-added service to management and employees. This includes standardizing and streamlining HR processes. The HR strategy will involve leading the development and execution of organizational change-related programs such as leadership programs, talent management, and employee engagement initiatives. The candidate will be expected to review different areas, changes to HR landscapes, economies, and workforce labor markets, providing suggestions and working closely with the business on the HR impact to the business. The role also includes overseeing recruitment and onboarding processes, ensuring alignment with business plans, and managing HR compliance to regulatory standards and company SOPs.

Responsibilities

• Review different areas, changes to HR landscapes, economies and workforce labor markets; provide suggestions and work closely with the business on the HR impact to the business.
• Work with different stakeholders throughout the employee lifecycle, identify the business requirements and review HR's support to the business.
• Identify organizational capabilities, both current and future state, evaluate gaps and develop action plans for succession planning, managing hi-potentials etc.
• Formulate robust succession plans for business-critical roles.
• Determine the size of the workforce, productivity, growth and plans for the future.
• Establish both short-term and long-term plans that align with business strategies and growth.
• Ensure compliance to regulatory for separated employees.
• Review turnover rates for the region and have clear action plans to manage turnover.
• Design and lead HR teams to become the Employer of Choice.
• Oversee the recruitments and onboarding in the regions and ensure alignment to business plans.
• Support HR teams in recruitment to ensure business needs are met.
• Oversee the HR compliance to regulatory (external) and company's SOPs (internal) and audits.
• Review existing processes, make changes and set up new processes where required.
• Oversee the audit processes, support HR teams to ensure all open items are closed out timely and non-compliances are rectified.
• Craft, deploy and oversee the internal peer audit initiatives; ensure issues highlighted are resolved before these are picked up by auditors.
• Lead the HR Operations & Compliance team to ensure HR operational excellence in the areas of HR systems administration and governance, data analytics, insights and reporting and continuous improvements.
• Orchestrate the employees engagement, experiences and initiatives in the region.
• Champion and drive initiatives such as participating in Employer of Choice in different markets, encouraging employees engagement surveys, managing the action plans etc.
• Support business in terms of performance management from goals setting to performance management tools.
• Embed the use of performance management tools within the business.
• Identify local, regional and global levels of learning and development initiatives to support the business.
• Responsible for the region's budget and ensure all spends are within budget.
• Lead and coach the HR teams; ensure the teams are strong to support the business; inspire the teams to accomplish the department's objectives.
• In liaison with Global Rewards, ensure a competitive market and salary scales for each market.
• Review and approve any ad-hoc requests from the business such as salary increases, staff retention.
• Work closely with Global Rewards to roll out annual compensation review, payment of allowances at country level etc.
• Work with various stakeholders for other ad-hoc projects such as mass retrenchment exercises, mass hiring at new office/site locations etc.
• Oversee the payroll function in the region; assess any operational gaps and conduct root cause analysis to identify source of issues or areas for improvements; provide recommendations to the HR teams.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree or equivalent level in Business Administration, Management Studies, Human Resources or related fields.
• More than 15 years of experience in HR related systems, processes and challenges.
• Good general knowledge about supply chain and logistics industry.
• Over 10 to 15 years of managerial experience interpreting HR strategy and policy to set and deliver objectives.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in leading organizational change-related programs such as leadership programs and employee engagement initiatives.
• Familiarity with HR compliance regulations and audit processes.

Benefits

• PTO
• 6 days sick time
• 9 paid holidays
• 1 paid 'Personal Holiday'
• Company Bonus Plan
• 401(K) SAVE Plan
• Annual Fixed Contribution
• Medical, Dental, Vision, and Life & Disability coverage
• Voluntary Benefits
• Accident/Critical Illness/Hospital Indemnity Benefits
• Tuition reimbursement and student loan assistance
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer funding and wellness incentives
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Referral Program