District Human Resources Manager - San Diego
On-siteSan Diego, California, United States
Job Summary
Administer the District's New Associate onboarding program, coach onboarding Ambassadors, and train managers to ensure associate support. Guide team development by coaching leaders on people management, monitoring development plans, and preparing succession planning documents. Collaborate on staffing levels, build local recruiting partnerships, and execute the Area training plan including supervisor onboarding and just-in-time coaching. Proactively build location relationships, advise on HR policies and collective bargaining agreements, and conduct investigations of associate concerns. Maintain legal compliance with employment laws, wage-hour regulations, and mandated training while managing compensation parity and labor relations risk assessments. Lead integration efforts for new business acquisitions through consistent onsite meetings and staffing support.
Required Qualifications
- HR functional experience
- skills in managing associate performance
- ability to lead difficult discussions
- ability to develop associates
- ability to anticipate evolving business
- experience gained during time spent in a Penske operational role
- experience in a collaborative environment
- dedication to thriving in a collaborative environment
- experience in the Human Resources and Field Operations teams
- ability to report directly to a District Manager
- ability to align with Field Operations and corporate HR
- ability to be an important member of the District Leadership team
- ability to support a district comprised of multiple locations across a geography
- ability to foster a culture of engagement
- ability to ensure all associates feel supported
- ability to tailor Regional human capital plans
- ability to implement HR practices and processes
- ability to mitigate risk
- ability to ensure compliance
- ability to work shoulder to shoulder with leaders and associates
- ability to collaborate with the District Leadership team
- ability to identify and propose solutions to address local retention challenges
- ability to coach leaders in people management
- ability to coach supervisors and managers
- ability to create and follow through on impactful development plans
- ability to prepare documents and reports for district-level succession planning
- ability to execute on the Area training plan
- ability to partner with location leaders
- ability to deliver new supervisor/manager onboarding
- ability to facilitate just-in-time training and coaching
- ability to ensure technical training occurs consistently
- ability to collaborate with all departments
- ability to identify and propose appropriate staffing levels
- ability to collaborate on recruiting efforts
- ability to build local technical school, University & College partnerships
- ability to create and plan a recruiting strategy
- ability to prioritize recruiting efforts
- ability to proactively build relationships at locations
- ability to advise associates and management on the interpretation of human resources policies, programs, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements
- ability to participate in investigations of associates concerns
- ability to prepare summaries of investigations
- ability to collaborate with Area HR Manager on recommendations
- ability to partner with Labor Relations
- ability to conduct location risk assessments
- ability to reinforce the goals of Positive Associate Relations training
- awareness of employment laws applicable to locations
- ability to effectively communicate and follow up to maintain required legal compliance
- ability to ensure consistent practices are followed according to Penske policies
- ability to focus on compensation parity, wage-hour, I-9 and Associate Handbook acknowledgment compliance
- ability to ensure all company and legally mandated training obligations are met
- ability to escalate compensation issues to the Area HR Manager
- ability to work with centralized compensation
- ability to partner with specialized, dedicated corporate resources for issues such as diversity & inclusion, leave of absence, accommodations, benefits, unemployment, workers compensation, and safety
- ability to lead the integration of new associates
- ability to provide ongoing support of the integration process
- ability to conduct consistent onsite meetings
- ability to provide onboarding, staffing, training, etc.
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