Ford Motor Company

Manager, HR Business Partner

Ford Motor Company • $112K — $212K *
Dearborn, MI 48126In-Person
Business Services
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in HR, Organizational Development, or related field, or equivalent experience
  • 5-8 years of HR experience depending on degree level
  • Preferred certifications: CHRP, PHR

Responsibilities

  • Maintain relationships and build credibility with business leaders
  • Provide HR support in employee relations, recruitment, and onboarding
  • Manage new hire orientation and training compliance
  • Ensure HR activities align with policies and legal requirements
  • Implement change management strategies seamlessly
  • Collaborate on employee relations investigations and reporting
  • Advocate for HR program value within the business
  • Partner with teams for workforce planning and talent initiatives

Benefits

  • Immediate medical, dental, vision, and drug coverage
  • Flexible family care days and paid parental leave
  • Family building benefits including adoption and fertility treatments
  • Vehicle discount program for employees and families
  • Tuition assistance and educational resources
  • Active employee resource groups
  • Paid time off for community service and generous holiday schedule
  • Option to purchase additional vacation time
Full Job Description
Job Description

The Manager, HR Business Partner is accountable for the performance and results of the HR Business Partner team. The role is responsible for proactively resolving associate relations issues and serving as the main contact for the recruitment team. The role develops talent strategies aligned with the business objectives and ensures compliance with HR processes and procedures. Additionally, the role conducts new hire orientation, provides support in employee relations and talent selection, and focuses on policy interpretation and administration. The role has limited to full management authority for staffing, performance, discipline, pay decisions, team development, and other personnel actions.

Responsibilities

  • Maintains strong relationships while building credibility with business groups, departmental heads, and business leaders to understand the business's needs, goals, and challenges.
  • Provides HR support and expertise in employee relations, recruitment, onboarding, benefits, leaves, performance management, company policies, training, and legal requirements. Partners with leaders to develop appropriate action plans related to people and culture issues.
  • Manages new hire orientation and training programs and completes all new hire documentation in compliance with company standards and government regulations. Tracks, analyzes, and reports exit interview data and makes recommendations that drive retention.
  • Coordinates with Associates and Specialists to ensure that all activities related to the HR function comply with department and company policies, legal requirements, relevant labor laws, and the Employment Act.
  • Implements change management practices and initiatives in alignment with the company's Change Management Philosophy and guidelines. Manages the enablement of a business change, including talent aspects of organization structure changes, talent integration related to mergers and acquisitions, etc., while ensuring minimal business disruption.
  • Collaborates with the employee relations team and departmental managers for the resolution of employee relations issues and the thorough conduct of investigations related to employee matters. Produces and presents a monthly and quarterly Corporate HR Dashboard and implements a data strategy with the Business.
  • Participates in HR program advocacy through frequent interaction with internal personnel across the business, communicating the business value of HR initiatives such as improved employee productivity and a positive work environment.
  • Partners with Business, Talent Acquisition, Talent mobility, and Talent Development teams to identify workforce needs and support key talent initiatives like workforce planning, high-potential employee development, succession planning, etc.
  • Administers talent strategies in alignment with the vision and objectives of the business. Manages the delivery of short-term HR projects involving the analysis of quantitative, qualitative, and trend data and distilling information from a variety of sources to systematically design solutions in support of business objectives.
  • Performs talent management responsibilities, including performance management, disciplinary action, terminations, recruitment, pay decisions, and other personnel actions.


    • Qualifications

    Education:
    • Bachelor's Degree or Master's Degree (preferred) in Human Resources, Organizational Development, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience.

    Experience:
    • Minimum 5 years of work experience with a Master's degree or 8 years of work experience with a Bachelor's degree, preferably in Human Resources or a related field.

    Licenses and Certifications:
    • Certified Human Resource Professional (CHRP) (Preferred)
    • Senior Professional in Human Resources (PHR) (Preferred)


    You may not check every box, or your experience may look a little different from what we've outlined, but if you think you can bring value to Ford Motor Company, we encourage you to apply!

    As an established global company, we offer the benefit of choice. You can choose what your Ford future will look like: will your story span the globe, or keep you close to home? Will your career be a deep dive into what you love, or a series of new teams and new skills? Will you be a leader, a changemaker, a technical expert, a culture builder...or all of the above? No matter what you choose, we offer a work life that works for you, including:
    • Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage
    • Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp-up programs, subsidized back-up child care and more
    • Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more
    • Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases
    • Tuition assistance
    • Established and active employee resource groups
    • Paid time off for individual and team community service
    • A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day
    • Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time.
    • This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $112,680-212,760.

    For more information on salary and benefits, click here: https://fordcareers.co/LL6

    This position is hybrid. Candidates who are in commuting distance to a Ford hub location may be required to be onsite four or more days per week. #LI-Hybrid

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    About Ford Motor Company

    Ford Motor Company manufactures or distributes automobiles in addition to offering financial services. The company sells to dealerships for retail sales, and for sale to fleet customers, including commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments. Ford’s vehicle portfolio includes automobiles, buses, tractors, and trucks. Retail financing includes retail installment sale contracts for new and used vehicles, and direct financing leases for new vehicles to retail customers, government entities, daily rental car companies, and fleet customers. Finance receivables in the non-consumer portfolio include products offered to automotive dealers. Ford’s environmental initiatives include compressed natural gas, flexible fuel vehicles, electric drive vehicles, Hydrogen, PC power management, and so on. Ford Motor Company was founded by Henry Ford in 1903 and is headquartered in Dearborn, Michigan.

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    At Ford Motor Company, you will collaborate with some of the brightest minds in the industry. Our professionals are at the forefront of automotive technology, leading projects that redefine transportation and sustainability. With a culture rooted in continuous improvement and respect for all, Ford offers a workplace where leadership, diversity training, and innovation are part of everyday life.

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    Learn more about Ford Motor Company
    Size
    183,000 employees
    Market Cap
    $44.8 billion
    Industry
    Manufacturing & Automotive
    Net Income
    -$1.2 billion
    Founded
    1903
    5 Year Trend
    -2.1%
    Revenue
    $127.1 billion
    NASDAQ
    F
    * Ladders Estimates

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