HR People Partner, NA

HR People Partner, NA

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The primary responsibilities of this role, Human Resources People Partner North America, are to:
The HR People Partner NA will be located in Hawaii and will perform HR consulting and coaching by collaborating with business leaders to address significant people and cultural issues. This role works closely with business leadership across Hawaii to implement near‑to‑long‑term HR solutions aligned with business strategy. This role provides expertise in hiring, termination, performance management, and rewards. The HR People Partner enables business change by supporting the talent aspects of organizational structure changes and facilitating talent integration during mergers and acquisitions.

The position advocates HR programs by communicating the business value of HR initiatives and managing program rollouts to minimize disruption. The HR People Partner partners with business and talent management/staffing and recruiting colleagues on key talent initiatives, including workforce planning, high‑potential employee development, and succession planning.

• Serve as an embedded HR consultant in daily operations, partnering closely with site and business leaders to stabilize workforce performance through data‑based insights and pragmatic solutions;
• Provide timely, high‑volume, real‑time issue resolution by being visible and accessible to employees and leaders (including on the shop floor) and by aligning actions to shift schedules, attendance, and safety/conduct needs;
• Deliver on‑demand coaching, consultation, and data‑based analysis to leaders with a strong focus on employee relations and risk mitigation (including investigations, discipline/corrective action, attendance management, and policy enforcement) and tight coordination with Legal and Employee Relations COEs as needed:
  • Integrated Talent Management (workforce planning for coverage/continuity; retention and attrition control; talent reviews and development; D&I consultations; succession planning in partnership with Business leadership/Talent/Staffing).
  • Employee Issue Management (investigations; discipline and corrective action; attendance management; policy interpretation and enforcement; compliance and legal needs).
  • Culture, Change, and Organization Management (support org and team changes that may impact schedules, roles, pay, and safety protocols; drive leader consistency; communicate change in clear, repetitive, and often face‑to‑face ways).
  • Total Rewards (annual compensation practices; recognition; and ad‑hoc compensation support, including guidance during operational changes that affect pay practices).
• Manage and resolve individual cases through the AskHR platform and other channels, providing local HR expertise that prevents escalation, reduces grievances, and minimizes labor disruption;
• Proactively share relevant HR information and clarify policies through effective communication channels (including leader toolkits, employee touchpoints, and self‑service resources);
• Participate in site projects and transformation initiatives, partnering with Hawaii state business leadership, Talent Leads, HR Site Heads, HR Operations, and Focus Areas to implement solutions that improve workforce effectiveness;
• Act as a role model for VACC behaviors within the Dynamic Shared Ownership framework, serving as a stabilizer and guardrail by fostering inclusion, accountability, consistent leader practices, and agile ways of working;

This role will require inter‑island travel to Molokai on a monthly basis and quarterly inter‑island travel to Oahu. Some…