Human Resources Business Partner Manufacturing (In-Office)

LAPP is a family-owned company headquartered in Stuttgart and a global leader in cable and connection technology. Founded in 1959, we are still fully family-owned today. With around 5,800 employees, we are operating in over 80 countries – globally connected and regionally rooted. Working at LAPP means more: this is where inventive spirit and a hands-on mentality meet cherished values and tradition. We offer all employees the freedom to develop and pursue new opportunities. Flexibility and personal responsibility are just as important to us as a family-friendly work environment. We value all our colleagues with their talents, ideas and perspectives.

We are seeking a dynamic HR professional with a proven track record in the manufacturing industry, ready to drive meaningful change and innovation. Join our team and be the catalyst for fresh ideas and exciting transformation!

*Please note this position is fully in-office*

Summary: Reporting to Sr. HR Manager, the Human Resources Business Partner serves as an advisor and trusted partner to manufacturing leadership, providing counsel on workforce planning, employee relations, talent development, and compliance. This role maintains a visible and accessible presence on the manufacturing floor, coaching managers through complex people issues while driving initiatives that enhance safety, engagement, performance, and operational results. The HRBP ensures HR practices align with manufacturing operations and business objectives while fostering a safe, engaged, and high-performing workforce.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities – include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Partner with managers and supervisors to drive employee performance and development through coaching on performance evaluations, progressive discipline, and connecting managers with learning resources.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and visible HR presence on the manufacturing floor, providing proactive counsel to supervisors and managers on employee relations matters including conflict resolution, grievances, safety concerns, and disciplinary actions.

• Responsible for ensuring that all documentation related to employee performance, conflicts, safety, coaching, terminations, etc., meets professional standards and is maintained in a confidential manner.

• Lead the progressive discipline process, ensuring consistent application of company values and fair treatment across all employee relations matters. Coach managers through difficult conversations and performance improvement planning.

• Partner with Talent Acquisition to conduct behavioral-based interviews for manufacturing positions, ensuring candidate quality and cultural fit while maintaining hiring manager accountability for selection standards.

• Collaborates with internal trainers and managers to ensure timely and ongoing delivery of safety training, technical skills development, cross-training initiatives, and leadership development for supervisors and managers. This includes onboarding programs tailored to manufacturing roles and compliance training requirements. Maintains alignment with the Talent & Development Manager on training initiatives.

• Partners with the management team to ensure that operator scheduling and shift coverage planning aligns with production capacity.

• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws including FMLA, ADA, OSHA, and wage-hour regulations. Manage reasonable accommodation, leave administration, workers' compensation cases, and return-to-work processes.

• Monitor and analyze key HR metrics including turnover by shift/department, absenteeism patterns, overtime trends, time-to-fill for critical roles, and safety incident rates. Provide data-driven recommendations to manufacturing leadership.

• Actively participate in safety committees, continuous improvement (Kaizen) events, Gemba walks, and production meetings, contributing HR insights and identifying opportunities for process improvement and employee engagement.

• Conduct stay interviews and exit interviews and utilizes this data to recommend improvements/changes to the management team with the focus of engagement and long-term retention. Drive improvements in voluntary and involuntary attrition.

• Drive engagement and continuous improvement mindset

• Assists employees with questions related to policy, time management, payroll, code of conduct and acts as a resource for information.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Competencies

• Maintains a high level of accuracy and detail in one’s own work.

• Acts independently and takes initiative to ensure responsibilities are met and acted upon.

• Pursues training and development opportunities and has a desire to learn.

• Responds promptly to customer needs and meets commitments while maintaining confidentiality.

• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written.

• Possesses the ability to confidently present information to all levels of the organization.

• Remains objective in employee-related situations and treats others with fairness and respect.

• Strong analysis, problem-solving, decision-making, and influencing skills.

• Understands business implications of decisions and exhibits sound and accurate judgment.

• Makes an effort to integrate oneself within the organization and partner with departments to optimize communication and teamwork.

• Comfort in managing competing demands and prioritizing work activities.

• Regular and reliable attendance is required in this position.

QUALIFICATIONS AND EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Bachelor’s Degree from a college or university with a focus on Human Resources. PHR certification preferred.

• 5-7 years of Human Resource business experience in a manufacturing environment.

LANGUAGE SKILLS

• Demonstrates excellent oral and written communication skills.

• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common legal documents.

• Ability to effectively present information to all levels of management and staff.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS: Ability to work with mathematical concepts, financial ratios, and business equations. Possess strong analytical skills.

REASONING ABILITY: Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.

COMPUTER SKILLS: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have working knowledge of HRIS Software, Timekeeping and Payroll systems; Microsoft Office Suite with a high level of expertise in Excel & Power Point. Experience working with UKG or Oracle is a plus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. This role resides in a facility with manufacturing and warehouse departments and requires a presence in these environments on a regular basis.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel and reach with hands and arms. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.

COMPENSATION: After thorough market analysis, LAPP takes many factors into consideration when determining base salary such as experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, etc. of the candidate. The total compensation for this role will range between $80,000 - $100,000 (including participation in LAPP's bonus plan). We also offer a comprehensive benefits package including Medical, Vision, Dental, Paid Time Off, Paid Holidays, 401(k), HSA/FSA, Life Insurance, and more!

*LAPP is an Equal Opportunity Employer*

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