Senior Employee Relations Specialist

As a Sr. Employee Relations Specialist, your essential job responsibilities will include the following:

• Accountable for identifying Employee Relations trends within a business unit and collaborate with HR partners to identify necessary policy or process modifications.
• Developing, maintaining, communicating and providing interpretation of policies and procedures to align with Dealer Tire values.
• Create strategies to resolve Associate issues and minimize business impact through coaching, educating and consulting
• Representing the interests of associates and the Company in accordance with Company policies and governmental laws and regulations.
• Maintaining relationship with Dealer Tire labor law attorney and consulting with attorney on legal issues when necessary.
• Conducting associate investigations, documentation creation, and providing recommendations based on DT policy and practice
• Leading and assisting in employee relations driven projects and other HR areas as applicable.
• Responsible for ensuring that knowledge of state and federal laws is current and incorporated into policies, procedures, training and consulting.
• Acting as steward for Guiding Principles and Core Values.
• Developing and managing the employee relations budget and partnering with the Manager of Employee Relations.
• Collaborate and participate as a project team member with HR peers on cross functional people related projects
• Primary decision maker on background checks; pre-hire, bi-annual and ongoing MVR reports; pre-hire, post-accident, random and reasonable suspicion drug test results in accordance with state and federal laws.
• Drive ER functional initiatives (e.g. SOP standardization, Positive Employee Relations, Leadership Development, etc.), aligning Employee Relations and business strategies.
• Responsible for establishing trusted relationships with business leaders and their teams, lead department and organizational changes which are reflective of Dealer Tire’s Core Values & Guiding Principles and ensure all Human Resource policies and practices are aligned with the business needs.
• Providing employee relations field support to Dealer Tire associates and managers at all locations, traveling when necessary.
• Interpret and advice upon new or changing employment law and impact to DT policies
• Advise and influence all levels of leadership regarding critical and complex employee relations matters
• Managing vendor relationships as assigned.

Other Duties as Assigned

Position Requirements

• Customer-focused, well organized, able to organize people, paper, time and priorities.
• Experience in a position with a high degree of interpersonal interaction in person and over the phone.
• Minimum of 7 years HR experience, minimum of 5 years experience with employee relations or similar HR position.
• Expected to exhibit adaptability, flexibility, self-control and maturity in work and behavior.
• Must be able to research information and analyze data to arrive at valid conclusions, recommendations, and plans of action.
• Must have the ability to exercise considerable judgment and discretion in establishing and maintaining good working relationships.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent required.
• Intermediate PC skills, Microsoft Office suite.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Exhibits calm responsiveness to emergency or stressful situations and maintain strict confidentiality.
• Some global human resources experience preferred.
• Must possess considerable knowledge of management-employee relations; the principles, practices, and procedures of Human Resources Management.

Competencies Required

• Agility
• Recognizes Implications
• Results Orientation
• Gathers Information
• Influence
• Customer Focus
• Initiative
• Maintains Objectivity
• Listens for Meaning
• Empowers Others

Physical Job Requirements

• Frequent verbal communication in person and via the telephone.
• Travel as required, <20%.
• Sitting for long periods of time.
• Continuous viewing from and inputting data to a computer screen.

Drug Policy

• Dealer Tire is a drug-free environment. All applicants being considered for employment must pass a pre-employment drug screening before beginning work.