About the Voith Group

The Voith Group is a global technology company. With its broad portfolio of systems, products, services and digital applications, Voith sets standards in the markets of energy, paper, raw materials and transport & automotive. Founded in 1867, the company today has around 21,000 employees, sales of € 4.9 billion and locations in over 60 countries worldwide and is thus one of the larger family-owned companies in Europe.

Voith US is hiring for:

Sr. Human Resource Business Partner  
Florence, MS (Hybrid)

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Reasons you’ll love working here:

• Flexibility with Work/Life Balance
• Hybrid Schedule and Summer Hours
• Dress for Your Day Dress Code
• Great Compensation and Benefits Package including 401K with up to 5% Match AND a 3% Company Contribution to Start
• Paid Time Off and 10 paid Holidays per Year
• Climate-Neutral Footprint Worldwide
• Leadership and Professional Development Opportunities
• Health and Wellness Benefits

 
Career development: Plan on developing both professionally and personally. Voith Learning & Development, team creates classes, seminars, and beyond-the-classroom tools that help employees understand Voith’s culture, organization, values, and role in the world.

Benefits: Our range of offered benefits can include medical, dental, vision, life insurances, starting on first of month, employee discounts, 401(k) savings plans, service awards, tuition reimbursement, referral bonuses and more! Find out which benefits you'll get after you choose your role with us. 

Life work balance: Paid time off starting at 16 days in your first year of employment plus 10 paid holidays.
 

Summary:

The Human Resource Business Partner will act as a strategic human resource consultant responsible for aligning business objectives with employees and management in designated business units.  The successful HRBP acts as an employee and business champion and change agent.

 
Responsibilities:

• Aligned to prioritize organizational and business strategies and goals. Assuring HR capacity, resources and initiatives to deliver programs and processes which enhance value-added goal achievement.
• Equips line management with appropriate tools and knowledge to manage their people in performance management, interviewing and selection, leave management, career management, etc. 
• Maintains in-depth knowledge of legal requirements related to day-to-day human resource topics, reducing legal risk and ensuring regulatory compliance. 
• Provides oversight, guidance and input on operating unit restructuring activities, workforce planning/execution and strategic succession planning tied to business needs and goals.  Identifies short, medium and long term resourcing issues and plans. Provides fact and data-based recommendations to site leadership.
• In close working relationship with management and employees, improves work and team relationships, inter-departmental effectiveness, interface and process excellence, builds organizational morale and satisfaction, increasing productivity and retention. 
• Manages employee relations topics and conducts investigations when necessary.
• Responsible for effective contract interpretation and execution of all related procedures e.g. CBA articles, grievance procedures and supporting processes. Works with line management to problem solve root cause issues, related to prevalent grievances. Participates in the negotiation process.
• Responsible with line management to identify and prepare development plans for key and high potential employees, employees ready for promotion, including assignments and rotations of talents across different functions/regions etc.
• Develops and implements creative solutions to support business objectives.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 3-5 years of multiple, progressive and general HR applied experience demonstrating capabilities of resolving complex organizational and employee relations issues. 
• Business or functionally related Bachelor’s degree.
• Strong analytic skills with an ability to translate business plans and goals into human resource capabilities needed to achieve results.
• Knowledge of multiple HR disciplines including organizational diagnosis and intervention, employee and union relations, succession and development planning, diversity, performance management, compensation practices, labor law, etc.
• Ability to diagnose problems and identity and drive appropriate solutions.
• In-depth and highly proficient consulting skills.

Physical Demands:
* This job description is not all encompassing, however, is intended to be a general description of the responsibilities of this position. 
 

This job description is not all encompassing. It is intended to be only a general description of the responsibilities of this position.

Don’t meet every single requirement but think you would be a good fit for our team? We encourage you to apply – your unique skills may be just what we need for this or other roles! 

Voith US Inc. is an EEO/AA/VEVRAA compliant Federal Contractor and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or any other classification protected by federal, state, or local law. We welcome everyone to apply, especially those individuals who are underrepresented in the industry including people of color, LGBTQI+ community, women, individuals with disabilities (both seen and unseen), Veterans, people of any age or family status. We embrace the competitive advantage that diversity brings and we strive to create a working environment that is inclusive of thought and talent.