Stakeholder Relations & Negotiation: Builds and sustains robust relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders, utilizing strong communication and negotiation skills to align expectations and foster cohesive collaboration. Project Leadership: Leads complex, high-impact projects and processes end-to-end with limited oversight, defining scopes, setting milestones, and ensuring successful outcomes.
Numbers & Facts
Location
Abilene, TX
Salary
$120,000–$130,000 Per Year
Description
Job Overview: Serve as a strategic HR advisor supporting regional retail leadership. Partner with store and regional leaders to align HR strategies with business objectives, strengthen team engagement, and ensure compliance with employment laws.
Project Leadership: Leads complex, high-impact projects and processes end-to-end with limited oversight, defining scopes, setting milestones, and ensuring successful outcomes.
Talent Development & Mentorship: Mentors junior HR professionals, delegates work effectively based on skill, reviews all output for quality assurance, and fosters a strong professional development environment.
Strategic Planning & Execution: Collaborates on the development of strategic operational roadmaps and translates high-level objectives into actionable implementation plans, monitoring KPIs and adjusting tactics as needed.
Process Improvement & Automation: Proactively identifies workflow inefficiencies, conducts detailed data analysis to support recommendations, and champions the implementation of automation and process enhancements to drive measurable improvements.
Innovation & SOP Redesign: Evaluates existing standard operating procedures (SOPs), adapts precedents, and fundamentally redesigns processes as necessary to develop innovative solutions for emerging business needs.
Stakeholder Relations & Negotiation: Builds and sustains robust relationships with diverse internal and external stakeholders, utilizing strong communication and negotiation skills to align expectations and foster cohesive collaboration
Responsibilities:
Partner with regional and store leaders to deliver proactive HR support that enhances business performance and team experience.
Provide expert guidance on employee relations, performance management, organizational development, and workforce planning.
Foster a respectful, inclusive, and engaging work culture aligned with company values.
Collaborate with HR Centers of Excellence to implement enterprise programs in talent development, compensation, benefits, and DEI.
Analyze HR data and trends to identify opportunities for process and operational improvement.
Ensure compliance with state and federal labor laws and regional employment practices.
Lead change management efforts and drive teammate engagement and retention initiatives.
Oversee headcount planning and partner with recruitment teams to ensure effective staffing.
Must Haves:
Experience managing HR operations across 50+ multi unit locations.
8+ years of progressive HR experience with strong business partnering.
Deep understanding of state and federal employment regulations.
Willingness to travel up to 50%.
Generalist HR background - experience with: Onboarding, retention, interviewing, recruiting, working with plant leaders and teammates, Manufacturing experience
Skills:
Strong relationship building and trust building abilities.
Skilled in coaching, change management, and analytical decision making.
Proven ability to work effectively with all leadership levels.