Medline · 15 hours ago
Senior HR Business Partner (Northbrook, IL)
Medline Industries is a leading healthcare company seeking a Senior HR Business Partner to collaborate with senior leadership in developing and implementing strategic HR initiatives. This role focuses on enhancing organizational effectiveness through strategic staffing, employee relations, talent management, and compliance, while also driving employee engagement and retention.
Consumer GoodsHealth CareHospitalityManufacturingMedical
Responsibilities
Serve as primary point of contact to senior leadership for all HR-related needs and initiatives
Provide strategic HR consulting and coaching with the goal to influence senior leadership action
Maintain an effective level of business literacy about the business unit's financial position, strategic plans, culture and competition
Help drive productivity and performance, using HR systems and analytics to understand business issues, trends and recommended course correction. Includes disposition of key metrics, projected outlook, employee relations issues, reasons for labor turnover, etc
Collaborate with senior leadership on organizational strategy, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, compensation, benefits, and employee and labor relations
Translate organizational needs into plans of action to achieve organizational goals and strategies
Ensure human resources policy and procedure throughout the organization fit the needs, goals, and aims of the organization and its top leadership
Develop and execute strategic talent management initiatives – addressing Workforce Planning, Talent Acquisition, Retention, Performance Management, Employee Engagement, Training & Development, and Succession Planning - to ensure alignment with overall business goals
Help to deepen cross cultural competence in Leaders and their groups through support of training efforts and belonging councils, as well as through the consideration of cross cultural impact to business decisions
Provide guidance and input on business unit restructures, workforce planning and succession planning. Establishes strategies to develop leadership and management bench-strength and succession readiness
Identify and facilitate the delivery of individual executive coaching needs
Enable business change through education and influence of senior leadership while considering impacts on business goals and objectives
Provide thought leadership related to strategic delivery of HR initiatives; reinforce value of HR initiatives
Manage HR program implementation to minimize disruption; partner with leaders to communicate and execute
Partner with Centers of Expertise (Employee Relations, Compensation, Benefits, HR Technology, Talent Acquisition and Talent Management) to ensure cohesive delivery of HR programs and services
Foster partnerships across the HR function to deliver value-added service to management and employees that reflects the business objectives of the organization and Medline
Applying a broad understanding of all HR programs, oversee execution of all annual and ad-hoc HR initiatives (ex. Annual Pay Review Cycle(s), Performance Planning Process, Talent Management Review, Promotion Process and Review, Employee Engagement Review, Workforce Planning Initiatives)
Apply depth and/or breadth of HR expertise as a coach or mentor for other positions in the department or in the development of company-wide HR initiatives and strategies
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Human Resources or Business-related field
At least 8 years of Human Resource Generalist or Business Partner experience demonstrating knowledge of multiple human resource disciplines (compensation practices, organizational diagnosis, employee and union relations, diversity, performance management, and federal and state respective employment laws)
Experience developing strategic partnerships with senior management and influencing key business decisions
Strong employee relations and investigations experience
Experience leading HR change management initiatives
Experience applying business and financial acumen to build cost/benefit analysis to justify investment in HR and people strategies
Experience working with cross-functional teams and facilitating teams to identify and implement solutions to complex problems
Excellent organizational skills with the ability to handle pressures of deadlines, diverse assignment loads and high work volumes
Strong influencing skills with people/teams and experience operating successfully in a complex organization with multiple stakeholders and competing priorities
Proficient in MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Experience with HR/Payroll systems such as Oracle, Workday or SAP
Position may require travel up to 25% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state)
Preferred
Master's degree
Professional in Human Resources (PHR or SPHR)
Experience developing HR strategic initiatives to align with business goals and budget
Knowledge and experience using Workday
Benefits
Health insurance
Life and disability
401(k) contributions
Paid time off
Company
Medline
Medline is the largest provider of medical-surgical products and supply chain solutions serving all points of care.
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$0.5MKey Investors
North Carolina Department of Commerce
2025-12-17IPO
2021-06-05Private Equity
2019-09-12Grant· $0.5M
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