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About Grainger:
Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working®, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money.
Grainger is a leading broad line distributor with operations primarily in North America, Japan and the United Kingdom. We achieve our purpose, We Keep the World Working®, by serving more than 4.5 million customers with a wide range of products that keep their operations running and their people safe. Grainger also delivers services and solutions, such as technical support and inventory management, to save customers time and money.
We’re looking for passionate people who can move our company forward. As one of the 100 Best Companies to Work For, we have a welcoming workplace where you can build a career for yourself while fulfilling our purpose to keep the world working. We embrace new ways of thinking and recognize everyone is an individual. Find your way with Grainger today.
Position Details:
The HR Advisor is the expert for situations related to driving the team member experience, leadership philosophies, and company culture within assigned business groups. Reporting to the Senior Manager of Human Resources, the HR Advisor works with HR leaders and business groups to create proactive solutions through people. It focuses on applying people data/analytics from engagement/ new hire/ exit surveys; ethics and employee relations cases to predict trends, influence people strategies, and form unbiased points of view. Desired outcomes of this role will include:
decreased team member experience variation
increased leader effectiveness
higher team member engagement (and higher business performance/ global growth as a result)
positive employee relations/ direct dealing
inclusion (in partnership with DEI group)
mitigation of talent risks
Improved proactive performance coaching and performance turnaround
The HR Advisor provides valued strategic consulting level guidance through ownership of standard global employee relations processes improving the team member experience and is the primary contact for line level leaders and team members across the enterprise. You will function as an expert and will coach local team member, leaders, and HR teams through deployment and adoption of best practices in these specific global processes. You will ensure standards of excellence in deliverables, interactions and results.
You Will:
Conduct assessments, audits, investigations, performance improvement, policy interpretation, case management, metrics and system reporting without error.
Partner with the aligned HR Business Partner and the HRIS/HR Business Intelligence team, review established set of team member experience success measures for departments of responsibility to reduce variation in the team member experience, ensure minimal risk and exposure to the company and create continuous improvement to processes.
Operate as a global COE with ownership over one of the following processes: performance improvement, investigations, team member experience assessment, and policy development/interpretation and ethics hotline responses for Grainger
Consult, counsel and teach partners ways of resolving team member issues that are supported by our guidelines, mitigate risk and achieve optimum team member experience.
Provide coaching to managers regarding team effectiveness, their employees’ performance and help create development and improvement plans.
Ensure leaders build capability to lead teams by managing performance and increasing regular documentation and quality conversations.
Demonstrate consultative approach and influence of all levels of HR and business management and is effective at quickly developing working relationships.
Open and broaden exposure with organizational leaders and team members to assess all areas of need within the department versus merely the one presented.
Create open and multi way dialogue and partnerships in effort to understand and embrace all possible effects of situation at hand and greater risk.
Create open and sustained dialogue sharing, value added coaching, in the moment coaching, feedback and development for team members at all levels.
Foster partnership with the employment legal team to lead an environment of positive employee relations.
You Have:
Bachelor’s degree.
5+ years progressive leadership in human resources or comparable area; specific expertise in employee relations required
PHR/SHRM-CP certification.
Experience consulting and providing recommendations to corporate and field clients.
Experience in measurement/ analytics (data collection, analysis and interpretation) to support fact-based, predictive decision-making
Researched information and analyzed data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations, and plans of action
Collaborated across multiple partner groups and within the team to lead positive impacts
Courage and conviction to challenge status quo and business/HR leader thinking
Process orientation and project management skills
Presented views and arguments well to a variety of levels and audiences. Can explain concepts in a way that is simple.
Ethics and are focused on doing the right thing for the business and our team members
Understanding of all applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations that apply to the position and comply with the requirements.
Rewards and Benefits:
With benefits starting day one, Grainger is committed to your safety, health and wellbeing. Our programs provide choice and flexibility to meet our team members’ individual needs. Check out some of the rewards available to you at Grainger
Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
Paid time off (PTO) and 6 company holidays per year
Automatic 6% 401(k) company contribution each pay period
Employee discounts, parental leave, 3:1 match on donations and tuition reimbursement
A comprehensive set of emotional, financial, physical and social wellbeing programs
DEI Statement
We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace.