Senior + Culture Business Partner

## Senior People + Culture Business Partner Apply:
Reno Service Center, NV:
Full time:
Posted Today:
JOB-REQ-11782
** Role:
** Senior People + Culture Business Partner, Distribution Center
** Team:
** People + Culture Business Partner & Talent Strategy, Frontline Communities
** Scope:
** Individual Contributor, P5
** Years of

Experience:

** 5+
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* Location:

** Onsite — Reno, NV (Reno Distribution Center)
** Overview:
** As a Senior People + Culture Business Partner (PCBP), Distribution Center, you will advise operations leaders at our Reno Distribution Center on people strategy, employee experience, labor relations, and organizational effectiveness. You will bring senior HR business partner experience, sound judgment, and a practical understanding of multi-shift, high-volume fulfillment environments to help teams deliver business results while upholding Patagonia’s culture, values, and commitment to justice and belonging.

This role supports DC leaders, supervisors, and hourly frontline employees in Reno by shaping talent strategies, strengthening leadership capability, and helping create consistent, equitable practices across every shift. They support the people and teams that bring our mission to life:
* we are in business to save our home planet.
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* What You’ll Do:

**** Strategic Advisory
*** Advise DC leaders on people strategy, workforce planning, organization design, succession planning, leadership development, and team effectiveness across shifts and departments.
* Evaluate complex people matters by balancing business needs, employee experience, legal and labor obligations, operational realities, and Patagonia’s values.
* Use employee data, feedback loops, engagement surveys, and workforce trends to identify risks, shape solutions, and connect people strategies to DC business outcomes such as throughput, safety, attendance, and retention.
* Recommend practices, policies, and operating rhythms that improve consistency, fairness, engagement, and effectiveness across the site.
** Program Management
*** Partner with People, Culture and Justice Centers of Expertise to adapt and implement programs that meet the needs of DC leaders and hourly frontline teams.
* Guide key talent processes, including goal setting, performance management, succession planning, talent reviews, compensation programs, and learning initiatives, adapting each for a shift-based, non-exempt population.
* Lead change management and communications for organizational changes that affect DC teams, including shift changes, restructures, and new operating models.
* Determine practical approaches for new or evolving frontline people initiatives, translating corporate tools and programs so they work on the warehouse floor.
** Distribution Center Operations
*** Provide onsite, shift-aligned partnership across day, swing, and weekend operations so hourly employees and their supervisors have consistent, in-person access to People + Culture support.
* Partner with DC leadership on peak-season workforce planning, seasonal and temporary staffing ramps, onboarding at volume, and retention of the hourly workforce.
* Advise on scheduling, attendance, overtime, and leave practices in partnership with Employee and Labor Relations, Leave of Absences teams and site operations leadership.
* Partner with Safety and Security on workplace safety, ergonomics, injury prevention, accommodations, and return-to-work so people practices reinforce a strong safety culture.
* Build supervisor and lead capability through coaching on frontline management fundamentals: setting clear expectations, giving timely feedback, holding performance conversations, and recognizing contribution.
** Justice & Belonging
*** Coach leaders on inclusive, equitable, and culturally aware people…