Reporting directly to the North American Regional President for Bosch Home Comfort, the HR Manager will act as a key strategic and operational partner to the site management teams at Watertown, MA, and Londonderry, NH locations, accounting for 180 associates. In addition, this role acts as the HR Business partner for the Watertown location supporting associates in HC/SA5, HC-CW/PAN, CR, GS and various CU departments. This role incorporates Bosch’s global HR strategies into site-specific business objectives. The HR Manager serves as both a trusted advisor, ensuring HR management aligns with business goals and drives the implementation of global and regional HR standards. The HR Manager will also manage all aspects of HR planning and organizational development at the site level.Key Responsibilities:Leadership Consultation:Consults on individual leadership cases and acts as sparring partner on eye levelCo-creates with leaders the plans for demand and supply of talent, for short- and long-term business needsSparring partner for leaders in terms of TAR, people performance, development and career conversationsProactively provides feedback and consultation on leadership topicsProposes training / development measures to leadersStrategy Partner:Actively participates in local management meetings and embeds global P&O strategy with local business strategyInfluences and takes decisions with the business team; is able to calculate ROI and build arguments to gather investments in topicsTransfers business requests (e. g. sustainable high performing organization / culture) into new HR measures through collaboration with HRX organizationAnticipates future developments, proactively shows implications and initiates corresponding measuresPeople Partner:Facilitates career development opportunities for talentsConsults on individual skills and consults on skill and learning journey (e. g. BTC, eUniversities)Inspires and fosters a strong learning culture and mindset to become a Learning CompanyIs contact person for associates in case of critical people topicsOrganizational Development ConsultantConsults on reorganization and restructuring and supports implementationActs as change agent (drives change projects in the location) and as a broker to transformation consultants (inhouse/external) in case of large-scale change or transformation projectsAdvises on organizational skill and competence structure, future requirements and skill and competence strategy to ensure future fit organizationSupports and promotes new ways of working e. g. Smart Work and IWC in the locationData AnalystContinuously monitors and analyses available HR reports, dashboardsMakes up to-date-driven proposals for HR measuresProvides regularly insights to management team on people metricsTransfers future data needs to HR expert organizationAccesses relevant HR data or utilizes dashboards for answering local questions or requestsLeadership of Associates:Lead the local HR team in both professional and disciplinary matters. Ensure that HR associates are effectively managed, developed, and supported in their rolesDiversity and Inclusion:Develop and implement site-specific diversity strategies based on broader corporate initiatives. Provide advice to managers and HR Business Partners (HR BPs) on diversity initiatives and best practices
