People Partner, North America (Florham Park, NJ)
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People Partner

The People Partner role within the People Partnering Organization (PPO) at Maersk involves supporting a unified global team across various brands, locations, and cultures. As a People Partner, you will gain a deep understanding of your designated function and provide coaching to leaders during a period of significant business transformation.

Your responsibilities will include engaging with stakeholders and leveraging your extensive HR expertise to address various people matters and policies in alignment with the HR calendar and employee life cycle.

We are looking for an experienced People Partner to be based in Florham Park, NJ to support leaders in North America.

We Offer:

We provide exciting international career opportunities that enhance your experience through our diversity-focused and award-winning talent development programs. Our motivating and innovative environment fosters a values-driven, diverse team committed to supporting one another and promoting fairness and respect.

Full-time employees benefit from a competitive compensation and benefits package, with globally recognized talent policies that prioritize personal and professional growth. We are dedicated to recruiting diverse talent, viewing it as a key strength in building high-performing teams.

Key responsibilities (including but not limited to):

• Act as leaders' point of contact for key HR activities and provide tactical and operational guidance, direction, coaching and advice to leaders on all HR activities
• Drive the local delivery of the annual HR cycle, including performance management, talent management and succession planning, compensation, training and development, engagement, etc.
• Partner and build strong relationships with supported leaders and their teams, providing sparing and advice on people matters
• Support leaders through the annual people performance management cycle, coach leaders on promoting a high-performance culture and addressing performance improvement needs within their teams through action plans
• Partner with leaders to understand individual and team development needs and provide guidance on how to address these through a range of tools, platforms, and development offerings
• Advise leaders on team organizational design to ensure fit with business needs, including role design, job leveling and organizational shape
• Provide advice and guidance to leaders on all exit scenarios, ensure compliance with local labor laws, manage process and support communication to employees, and monitor exit interview trends to address opportunities for improvement
• Work effectively with the entire regional People Partnering Organization on day-to-day delivery of people processes as well as to resolve complex cases
• Capability building and process communication towards leaders related to budgets, timeline, and compensation guidelines
• Partner with the People Business Partners on the implementation of the People Strategy
• Support deployment of HR projects/initiatives

What we are looking for:

• Solid experience (5-8 years) as an HR generalist and deep understanding of HR fundamentals, including recruitment, people performance management, employee engagement, compensation, development, employee relations
• Demonstrated passion for business through partnering with and supporting leaders to deliver on business results
• Advanced knowledge of local labor law; experience from working in unionized environments would be beneficial
• Experience in developing, safeguarding, and interpreting HR policies and processes
• Acting as a trust advisor on a wide range of HR related matters
• Experience from large international organizations and the ability to build relationships and navigate a complex stakeholder matrix
• Good change management, facilitation, and coaching skills
• Ability to take ownership and act autonomously, while also adopting a collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions
• Strong ability to influence and impact, and excellent stakeholder management skills
• Flexibility and adaptability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
• Able to travel 5-10%

Job Type: Full Time

Salary: $90,000 to $120,000*

Benefits: Full time employees are eligible for Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, and 401k Match.

*The above stated pay range is the anticipated starting salary range for this position. The Company may adjust this range in light of prevailing market conditions and other factors such as location. The Company will work directly with the selected candidate(s) on the final starting salary in accordance with all applicable laws.

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