VP Human Resources

Republic Services is a leader in Environmental Services, partnering with customers to create a more sustainable world.

We are Sustainability in Action - our promise to be environmentally responsible and to help our customers be environmentally responsible too.

Why choose Republic?

Joining Republic isn't just about taking on a new job, it's about making a commitment to create a more sustainable world together. Our people provide an essential service, serving and impacting customers, neighborhoods, and communities everywhere.

As a company, we are proud of our values and encourage those who share in our aspirations to join our team:

• We protect our colleagues and communities through safe practices everywhere, every day.
• We are committed to serving our customers and communities by going above and beyond to exceed expectations.
• We take action to improve neighborhoods and communities by being environmentally responsible and creating a more sustainable world.
• We are driven to deliver results in the right way.
• We encourage a human centered culture that honors the unique potential and dignity of every person.

POSITION SUMMARY: Reporting to the Chief Human Resources Officer, the Vice President, Human Resources (Field), will support two SVP Operations who lead the Field Operations teams of approximately 36,000 employees across 10 areas nationwide. In this role, you and your team of HR professionals will be responsible for the planning, development, and execution of various strategies for the business. You will provide thought-leadership and strategic-partnership to your clients, supporting them with aligning the Company's most important asset, our people, with organizational objectives and direction. You will ensure that employees are given an outstanding employee experience and offered opportunities for growth and development. Simultaneously, you will play an active role in the continued sophistication of our HR programs and initiatives driving HR functional excellence and process improvement. This role requires a data-driven, innovative, and thoughtful business partner who will work collaboratively with various business and HR leaders to drive measurable results.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Partner with senior leaders to develop and execute both long and short term business plans, providing input beyond the HR strategy.
• Lead the HRBP team to deliver creative, future focused people initiatives, ensuring the organization has the talent needed to accomplish its goals.
• Ability to align the HR agenda with the business strategy and key goals.
• Proactively anticipates, analyzes, and prioritizes people data trends to identify root cause issues and solutions that promote positive improvements to turnover, retention, and engagement; creates priorities and process around that data to enhance metrics or outcomes.
• Regularly monitors and assesses the Company's success and market competitiveness against key performance indicators for Human Resources and Talent Management functions and shares that information back with respective HR leaders as needed to drive change.
• Acts as a consultant to Operational Leaders in various activities, including the support of employee relations; labor relations; risk mitigation; talent development; succession planning; performance management; and culture building initiatives.
• Partners with cross-functional, subject-matter experts to support the successful execution of mergers, acquisitions (and corresponding integration) activities. Provides leadership to develop durable integration playbooks.
• Serves as a culture champion and inspirational leader by upholding company values
• Ability to identify best practices and share across the HR function.
• Ability to influence within the HR function to drive long term/foundational change in support of business health and outcomes

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Strong business and financial acumen with the ability to think strategically but also focus on tactical and operational issues
• Experience gathering data, analyzing issues, identifying root causes or change opportunities and creating and implementing people strategies to solve more systemically through other areas of the HR function or business.
• Excellent project and change management skills, while understanding the nuances of the organization (being organizationally aware) to respond to short and long term business priorities.
• Excellent consulting skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders to drive results.
• Ability to make a measurable impact on the business, orchestrating networks and knowledge effectively to consistently deliver the people strategy and exceed business expectations.
• Confident and effective relationship building skills and ability to quickly establish strong working rapport with professionals throughout an organization, functioning as a leader, advisor, business partner.
• Proactive and self-starter; approaches responsibilities with a thoughtful and appropriate sense of urgency - operates with a sense of responsiveness to the business and for the business and accustomed to working in a lean, dynamic organization where everyone roles their sleeves up.
• Ability to impact, influence and drive action and accountability in others

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15 years of progressive Human Resources experience with at least 5 of those years serving in a HR Leadership role supporting Senior Business Leaders
• Experience working in a multi-site/multi-state environment

Rewarding Compensation and Benefits

Eligible employees can elect to participate in:• Comprehensive medical benefits coverage, dental plans and vision coverage.• Health care and dependent care spending accounts. • Short- and long-term disability.• Life insurance and accidental death & dismemberment insurance.• Employee and Family Assistance Program (EAP).• Employee discount programs.• 401(k) plan with a generous company match.• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).

The statements used herein are intended to describe the general nature and level of the work being performed by an employee in this position, and are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of responsibilities, duties and skills required by an incumbent so classified. Furthermore, they do not establish a contract for employment and are subject to change at the discretion of the Company.

Republic Services is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, relationship or association with a protected veteran (spouses or other family members), genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.