Sr People & Culture Partner - American Girl Retail
- Los Angeles, CA
- $95,200 per year
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Responsible for developing hiring & sourcing plans to meet business needs.
- Independently screens, interviews, hires, and onboards talent for regular hourly and seasonal positions. Works in partnership with HR & Retail leadership for exempt roles.
- Manages job postings across all advertising channels to attract strong talent for regular and seasonal positions in a timely manner while minimizing spend.
- Evaluates advertising performance and provides proactive recommendations for optimizing advertising across channels (print, social, digital).
- Supports Global Onboarding team in conducting new hire orientation, including ensuring all legal and company required paperwork is completed accurately, thoroughly, and within designated timeframes.
- Investigates and resolves employee relation issues, providing input on performance and development needs. Ensures leadership is properly informed on findings and partners with execution of next steps. Ensures proper documentation.
- Partners with Employee Relations and/or legal on investigations of Harassment and other conduct-related claims, along with the conducting of terminations and administration of other disciplinary actions.
- Assists with the rollout, communication of new policies, practices & programs, and provides design input as appropriate.
- Ensures the successful implementation of corporate programs such as Accelerating Performance, Career Action Planning, Org & Talent Planning, and Global Engagement Surveys/action plans.
- Identifies organizational development needs and provides training options.
- Ensures store employees complete required compliance trainings.
- Partners with store leadership to assess and create a plan to drive employee engagement & an inclusive culture.
- Partners with store leaders to conduct round tables and other forums that strengthen communication, create touchpoints for employees to share what's on their minds, and enhance the team culture.
- Promotes store recognition programs and activities such as AG Star Awards Program, Matty Awards, etc.
- Leads store-based committees such as employee committee, recognition committee as applicable.
- Organizes and/or leads community facing events/volunteer opportunities.
- Partners with store level management and HR leadership to ensure all activities and celebrations are within budget.
- Responsible for data accuracy & system updates, including Workday data integrity, running reports, and ensuring proper documentation, payment and maintenance of records in accordance with retention guidelines and company standards.
- 4+ years of HR Generalist Experience including investigations, coaching & effective sourcing, recruiting and screening practices.
- Extensive knowledge of State and Federal employment laws pertaining to hiring, employee relations, etc.
- Knowledge of Human Resources principles and practices.
- Strong leadership, coaching and problem resolution skills.
- Highly proficient in communicating in a calm, clear, empathetic, but direct manner. Ability to maintain a high level of confidentiality.
- Ability to work independently.
- Ability to act as a facilitator in a group setting.
- Organizational skills, ability to coordinate multiple tasks, delegate appropriately and meet deadlines/goals.
- Must have the ability to build strong rapport and trust with individuals at all levels of the organization in order to support conflict resolution, elevate employee performance, and change management.
- Ability to take ambiguous and/or incomplete information/concepts/situations/dynamics and transform it into clear and easily understandable information. Must be able to assess problems and identify appropriate solutions and/or know when to partner for support.
- Work effectively and efficiently in a dynamic, fast-paced, sometimes high stress environment with a diversity of individuals including front-line staff, management, internal partners and candidates.
- Experienced with Microsoft Suite and HR Systems
- Ability to work, a flexible schedule including evenings and weekends to support business needs.
**This range is indicative of projected hiring range, however annual base salary will be determined based on a candidate’s work location, skills and experience. Mattel offers competitive total pay programs, comprehensive benefits, and resources to help empower a culture where every employee can reach their full potential.Additional InformationDon’t meet every single requirement? At Mattel, we are dedicated to an inclusive workplace and a culture of belonging. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.How We Work:We are a purpose driven company aiming to empower generations to explore the wonder of childhood and reach their full potential. We live up to our purpose employing the following behaviors:
- We collaborate: Being a part of Mattel means being part of one team with shared values and common goals. Every person counts and working closely together always brings better results. Partnership is our process and our collective capabilities is our superpower.
- We innovate: At Mattel we always aim to find new and better ways to create innovative products and experiences. No matter where you work in the organization, you can always make a difference and have real impact. We welcome new ideas and value new initiatives that challenge conventional thinking.
- We execute: We are a performance-driven company. We strive for excellence and are focused on pursuing best-in-class outcomes. We believe in accountability and ownership and know that our people are at their best when they are empowered to create and deliver results.