Ecolab

HR Business Partner

Ecolab
Posted 10/20/2026full-timeHigh Point • North Carolina • United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $85,900 - $128,900 per yearWebsite
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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in employee relations, performance management, and HR compliance while leveraging data-driven insights to enhance workforce engagement and support organizational goals. Proven ability to coach leaders and improve HR processes in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.

Highest-signal resume keywords
Employee RelationsPerformance ManagementData-Driven Decision MakingHR ComplianceCoaching and Development

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Coach and advise managers on performance, development, engagement, employee relations, and workforce decisions
  • Use data, insights, and HR judgment to help leaders build high-performing teams and address talent needs
  • Support implementation of enterprise HR programs and COE-led processes across client groups
  • Partner with Strategic HR Partners, COEs, Shared Services, Legal, and business leaders to deliver consistent, compliant, practical HR solutions
  • Lead and resolve complex employee relations matters
  • Support performance management, development planning, talent movement, and localized talent initiatives
  • Simplify, standardize, and improve HR processes and employee experience
  • Foster a positive work environment supporting engagement, well-being, inclusion, and Ecolab’s culture
  • Help managers and associates embrace new ways of working and navigate change
  • Ensure HR practices align with Ecolab policies and legal, safety, and regulatory requirements
  • Enable leaders to make thoughtful people decisions using data, insights, and enterprise HR guidance
  • Deliver timely, balanced, and well-documented employee relations support
  • Build manager capability through coaching, tools, and practical problem-solving
  • Strengthen employee experience by connecting enterprise programs to local business needs
  • Surface feedback, trends, and opportunities to improve HR programs and processes
  • Promote compliance, consistency, and responsible risk management across people practices

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related field
  • 5 years of progressive HR experience, including HR business partner, employee relations, or manager coaching experience
  • Demonstrated ability to advise leaders, resolve complex people matters, and balance employee experience with business needs
  • Strong communication, problem-solving, and relationship-building skills
  • Ability to use data and insights to inform recommendations and improve outcomes
  • No immigration sponsorship available for this position
  • Experience supporting plant, field, sales, operations, or other distributed workforces
  • Experience partnering across a matrixed HR model with COEs and Shared Services
  • Working knowledge of employment practices, employee relations, compliance, and HR policies
  • Comfort operating in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and stakeholders
  • Experience with HR systems, workforce data, dashboards, or analytics
  • SHRM-CP, SHRM-SCP, PHR, or SPHR certification

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • Opportunity to build a career in HR with a global company that tackles meaningful challenges in water, hygiene, and infection prevention
  • Highly visible, business-facing role
  • Collaborative HR model with exposure to Centers of Excellence, Shared Services, business HR teams, and business leaders
  • Development opportunities
  • Growth, inclusion, diverse perspectives, and continuous improvement culture
  • Comprehensive benefits package beginning day one of employment
  • Reasonable accommodation during the application process

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Hard Skills
Human ResourcesEmployee RelationsPerformance ManagementTalent DevelopmentHR PoliciesWorkforce AnalyticsProblem-SolvingCompliance ManagementChange ManagementMatrixed HR Model
Soft Skills
CommunicationRelationship BuildingProblem-SolvingCoachingEngagement
Tools & Technologies
HR SystemsWorkforce DataDashboardsAnalytics
Certifications & Qualifications
SHRM-CPSHRM-SCPPHRSPHR
Industry Keywords
Talent NeedsHigh-Performing TeamsEmployee ExperienceEcolab CultureCompliance