Human Resources Business Partner

Job Title: Human Resources Business Partner

Job Location: Wickliffe, OH

Job Type: Full-time

Type of Role: Hybrid, requiring on-site presence at least 3 days per week

About Lubrizol  
The Lubrizol Corporation, a Berkshire Hathaway company, is a specialty chemical company whose science delivers sustainable solutions to advance mobility, improve wellbeing and enhance modern life. Founded in 1928, Lubrizol owns and operates more than 100 manufacturing facilities, sales, and technical offices around the world and has about 8,000 employees. For more information, visit www.Lubrizol.com.

We value diversity in professional backgrounds and life experiences. By enabling a consistent, unbiased, and transparent recruitment process, Lubrizol seeks to create a positive experience for candidates so we can get to know them at their best. We recognize unique work and life situations and offer flexibility, ensuring our employees feel engaged and fulfilled in every aspect of life.   

Join Our Thriving Team at Lubrizol as a Human Resources Business Partner

Unleash Your Potential. At Lubrizol we're transforming the specialty chemicals manufacturing industry and looking for exceptional talent to join us on this journey. If you are ready to join an international company with talent around the world, and want to make a real impact, we want you on our team.

What You'll Do:

We are seeking an HR Business Partner to provide counsel and advice to ensure the assigned leaders have a competitive talent base to achieve goals and objectives. The role is ideal for a candidate who has working knowledge of how people and culture create advantage for the company and are comfortable leading change that accelerates business results.

This role will be based out of one of our corporate headquarters in Brecksville or Wickliffe, OH, following a hybrid working model. 

What We're Looking For:

• Build and sustain trusted advisor/business partner relationships with assigned leadership team
• Understand the business/functions, competitive landscape, and key strategies to shape the talent and HR requirements for the business
• Provide input and tools to support talent-related discussions, workforce and succession planning
• Ensure effective performance management process, through the good use of performance evaluation tools, seeking transparency and increased efficiency and productivity
• Develop effective working relationships, trust and credibility with Global HR Center of Expertise (CoE) seeking best alternatives to meet business needs regarding talent attraction, retention, development and management
• Identify need for compensation review of existing and future job/role, evaluate requirements, document responsibilities and competencies
• Support the implementation of corporate HR policies, processes and programs 
• Coach managers to remain compliant with HR guidelines and laws related to employees and to identify / mitigate employee relations issues
• Drive innovation in HR processes, including continued automation of transactional work and leveraging shared services across the business
• Demonstrate courage to proactively recognize and articulate when ideas and/or strategies may not align with company values expectations and business vision, offering alternative perspectives
• Identify and facilitate initiatives to foster an inclusive and diverse culture
• Thrive in a fast paced and changing environment while managing multiple priorities

Skills That Make a Difference:

• 5 or more years of relevant business HR experience
• Bachelor’s degree in human resources management, or related field 
• Experience working in a medium to large sized company and/or a global organization
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a matrixed team environment
• Demonstrate expert knowledge, communication and application of all HR policies, practices, and processes
• Consistently identify opportunities for HR process improvement and implements with appropriate approvals and input
• Experience implementing initiatives to accelerate achievement of business objectives
• Experience coaching and leading experienced business professionals
• Demonstrated capability to use data to make business decisions 

Perks and Rewards That Inspire:

• Competitive salary with performance-based bonus plans
• 401K Match plus Age Weighted Defined Contribution
• Competitive medical, dental & vision offerings
• Health Savings Account
• Paid Holidays, Vacation, Parental Leave
• Flexible work environment

Learn more at benefits.lubrizol.com!

Ready for your next career step? Apply today and let's shape the future together! 

It’s an exciting time to be part of Lubrizol. Lubrizol is not staying put. We are continually learning and evolving. Our passion delivers our success — not only for Lubrizol but for those who count on us every day: our employees, customers and communities. 

We work with a relentless commitment to operate safely and responsibly, keeping safety, sustainability, ethics, and compliance at the forefront of everything we do. The well-being of our employees, customers and communities is paramount to our culture and in the way we approach our work.

As a diverse, global team, we work together to solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges. We impact everyday lives through science only Lubrizol can deliver, and we never stop pushing to do it better.

One of the founding principles of The Lubrizol Corporation more than 90 years ago was treating every employee with dignity and respect. That same commitment is only stronger today. 

More than that, we are committed to providing an environment where every employee can be the best they can be, no matter their race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic. #LI-HD1