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HR Business Partner Jobs in Portland, OR at Johnstone Supply LLC
Johnstone Supply, North Americas leading wholesale distributor of HVACR equipment, parts, and supplies has a great opportunity for an HR Business Partner to join our team. Over the last seven decades Johnstone has grown into the industry leader with over 450 distributor branches and 6 distribution centers throughout North America resulting in over $4 billion in annual sales. We work with some of the largest companies in the world, including Daikin/Goodman, Honeywell, Emerson, Johnson Controls, Google and Fujitsu, to provide contractors with world class products, technical expertise and quality service.
As a member of the Human Resources team, the HR Business Partner serves as the primary Human Resources representative in the division, supporting our company managers and employees in achieving goals, projects and objectives.
Now is the best time to join Johnstone Supply. Relationship-building is the key to our success, and it shows in everything we do. The individual selected for this role will Join a purpose-driven HR team where the work directly shapes employee experience, engagement, and organizational culture across the company. This dynamic role offers broad exposure to key HR functions including onboarding, performance management, employee relations, compliance, and offers the opportunity to make a meaningful impact while growing your career in a collaborative environment.
Position responsibilities:
Supports new employee onboarding and ongoing training and development processes. Works with the Learning and Engagement team to schedule programs and resources through Johnstone University.
Supports performance management processes by ensuring job descriptions are up-to-date and communicated clearly to employees, coordinating goal setting and review processes, and supporting managers in providing feedback and direction to enhance employee success. Ensures coaching and formal disciplinary actions are handled in compliance with company policies and procedures.
Serves as the point of contact for employees and managers in resolving issues and employee concerns regarding the work environment or performance. Ensures employees have an avenue to raise disagreements or issues, conducts initial investigations, proposes solutions, and elevates situations to the Chief People Officer (CPO) as needed.
Supports payroll processes by ensuring new hire, termination and other job change information is accurate and submitted in a timely fashion. Ensure managers and employees have the knowledge to accurately code and submit bi-weekly timecards.
Supports Johnstone benefit programs by tracking employee eligibility and coordinating enrollment processes as needed.
Supports leave of absence requests in compliance with company Leave policy and administrator. Creates and maintains records for all correspondence with employees; tracking leave hours available and used by employees ensuring prompt follow-up and communications with employees, managers, and the compliance team.
Supports Workers’ Compensation accident reporting locally and claims support procedures, in compliance with safety and health requirements.
Connects HR initiatives to business outcomes. Drives growth, profitability, and productivity on committees and within the team. Supports reporting on turnover, engagement, job classification, exit interviews, hiring trends etc.
Supports employee engagement and a positive company culture by leading activities that bring people together, celebrating company and community events, and drive participation in engagement surveys and feedback.
Provides additional support at the request of the CPO or HR teams for projects.
Position requirements:
Bachelor’s Degree (B.S.) from a four-year college or university in Human Resources; at least 5 years related HR Generalist experience; or equivalent combination of training and experience.
Knowledge of and ability to apply human resource management principles, including recruiting, hiring, compensation, training and orienting, coaching, and managing the performance of employees.
Knowledge of and ability to administer wide range of policies and employee relations skills.
Knowledge of and ability to use current large scale HRIS platforms. Previous experience with ADP preferred, but not required for this role.
Ability to use current Microsoft Office software. Intermediate Excel skills are required.
Ability to develop and use systems for organizing, auditing, coding and keeping track of information.
Ability to create and follow standardized procedures.
Problem-solving skills: listening to, interpreting, and meeting the needs of others; diagnosing and rectifying people and processing problems.
Ability to attend to a variety of details.
Ability to prioritize multiple tasks independently
Ability to use independent judgment in completing work.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
Ability to communicate information across different individuals, departments, and external parties.
Ability to communicate to influence others.
Ability to establish positive and productive relationships with others.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to demonstrate considerable tact and diplomacy in dealing with others.
Ability to listen to others to identify needs or concerns.
Johnstone Supply is strongly interested in hiring a great candidate that exhibits work behaviors & values that are conducive to building and maintaining a strong and effective company culture. These behaviors include:
Safety: Always prioritizes safety, both at work and at home, while ensuring those who work for you work safely.
Customer Focused: Take the perspective of those we serve, anticipate their needs, and responding quickly.
One Team: We win together by collaborating with each other, focusing on the common goal, and leveraging the strengths of the team.
Own It: Take the initiative, act with a sense of urgency and pride, do things right the first time, and always act with integrity.
Innovate: Embrace and create change that drives continuous improvement and customer-valued solutions.
Johnstone offers a competitive wage and benefits that include medical, dental, vision, life, LTD, 401(k) with company match, and PTO after 90 days. Our commitment to continuous improvement & investment in our people is only matched by our commitment to superior customer experience. If you are ready to take the next step in your career, apply now.
Visit our website https://www.johnstonesupply.com/our-history for more information about our growing company.
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Title: HR Business Partner
Company: Johnstone Supply LLC
Location: Portland, OR
