Senior HR Business Partner | Lead HR Business Partner

Lead Hr Business Partner

The Lead HR Business Partner is responsible for providing HR support for assigned business groups with a focus on associate relations, performance management and associate development, and staffing. This role will act as a strategic advisor and trusted partner to leaders, aligning HR strategies with business objectives.

Essential Duties :

• Act as an internal consultant to leaders and managers, build trust, provide coaching and advice on a range of organizational and change issues.
• Deliver HR policies and practices aligned to both the needs of the business and the associate population with minimal guidance.
• Provide sound judgment in associate relation matters for CNG and leadership; create associate engagement initiatives to attract, retain, and motivate staff; responsible for maintaining positive relationship within work environment.
• Lead complex or sensitive investigations, ensuring fairness, consistency, thorough documentation and resolution.
• Apply associate relations expertise to identify trends, gaps, and challenges, execute solution-focused strategies and consultative coaching that mitigate risks, drive accountability, and advance a respectful, high-performance culture.
• Support business in simplification efforts; ensure organization structure aligns with business needs; act as change agent in support of business needs.
• Work with managers to effectively diagnose organizational issues and partner to solve them.
• Drive and facilitate the overall Performance and Talent Management process for CNG.
• Drive change by challenging leaders to consider alternative solutions and think progressively to influence a high-performance culture.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition on recruitment activity for client groups including interviewing, hiring, and onboarding.
• Analyze Human Resources metrics to recognize trends and work with business partners to address opportunities; be data driven.
• Ensure compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws and regulations, escalating high-risk matters to senior leadership and legal counsel as appropriate.
• Manage assigned projects.

Minimum Education and Experience Required :