The Employee Experience Partner analyzes the "pulse" of the stores to ensure a high level of employee engagement and creative strategies to address focus areas. The Employee Experience Partner helps establish and maintain a positive, collaborative and inclusive work environment, coaches leaders and drives success through the Employee Experience programs. This role aims to mediate and solve problems quickly and efficiently to build employee morale, productivity and retention. This is a mid-level position, with travel requirements to our store locations approximately 70% annually (3-4 times per week). Occasional travel to the Central Store Support office (Rockville, MD) is also required.Some Responsibilities Include:
- Visit each MOM's store location/region at least twice a month - at least one meeting with the GM/member of the store leadership team to discuss topics such as employee relations situations, leave of absences, ADA, workman's comp, overall morale of the store, MTM check in requests, stay interviews, recruiting etc.
- Foster a workplace consistent with MOM's purpose, values, and goals.
- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of MOM's policies and is the point of contact for employee policy questions.
- Stay up to date with HR compliance and provide guidance to store management on applicable laws.
- Attend store meetings (i.e. GM huddle, RM meeting) to stay in the know and provide HR updates as needed.
- Coach leadership to develop trusting relationships and partnering on areas such progressive discipline, performance management, leaves and accommodations, benefits and HR programs and initiatives.
- Follow proper guidelines for FMLA, ADA, Pregnancy/child bonding processes and complete requests within required timeframes.
- Assist in fact finding for EEOC, state, federal charges/complaints.
- Complete employment investigations within 5-10 business days (contact appropriate parties, conduct the meeting(s) and documents appropriately).
- Handle store employee relations issues and escalations appropriately (up to and including terminations).
- Comply with and give guidance to managers on union related processes (i.e. Weingarten summary)
- Follow up with management to ensure HR documentation is received in a timely manner.
- Conduct appropriate mediated conversations (i.e. employee grievances) and close the loop with all parties involved.
- Collaborate with the EE team, store leadership, Leadership Development, Training department to improve/provide HR training (i.e. safety, compliance). Facilitate leadership training bi-annually and annually.
- Respond to employee questions appropriately and resolve issues within SLAs (ex. first response within 24-48 hours), across all platforms (i.e. email, chat, phone, in person, Zendesk).
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree or combination of education and experience
- 3-5 years' related HR experience, focusing on employee relations
- Proficiency with Google Suite, Microsoft Office
- Knowledge of HR practices, compliance & laws
- Demonstrated success in providing solutions to leadership in a complex environment
- Excellent attention to detail, especially with communication (written and verbal) and meeting deadlines
- Interpersonal skills to handle sensitive situations and confidential information appropriately
- Flexibility and adaptability in a frequently changing environment
- Enthusiastic advocate for MOM's culture
- A deep desire to learn, contribute, increase efficiencies and add value
- Positive, proactive and solutions-oriented attitude with flawless execution
- Ability to overcome resistance and effectively manage change
- Assertive, yet humble
Preferred Skills:
- Fluency in Spanish (oral and written)
- Bachelor's Degree in related field
- 5+ years employee relations experience
- Prior HR experience in a multi-state retails or multi-unit company
- Professional in Human Resource Certification (PHR) or SHRM Certified Professional (SHRM-CP)
- Experience with HRIS software such as Dayforce
The salary for this position is $82,000-95,000. We carefully consider a wide range of factors when determining compensation, including job-related skills, experience, qualifications and competencies.
We also offer a full range of benefits including:
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Pregnancy and Child Bonding Leave
- 30% employee discount
- exceptional medical, dental and vision plans
- 401k with company matching
- and more!
