Overview In this role you partner with site leadership to shape the associate experience at Cepheid's Lodi site. You'll drive engagement, culture, talent development, and leadership coaching to support productivity and safety objectives. You will translate global HR strategies into local programs while ensuring compliant governance and a positive, inclusive work environment. This on-site role sits within the Operations HR team and leverages continuous improvement practices to turn people insights into impact.
Compensation / Benefits- paid time off
- medical/dental/vision insurance
- 401(k)
- bonus/incentive pay
- comprehensive benefits package
Responsibilities- Partner with production and functional leaders to build a high-performing workforce through talent development, workforce planning, employee engagement, and leadership coaching
- Drive site culture, change management, and talent initiatives to strengthen leadership capability, improve retention, and support safety, quality, and productivity goals
- Support employee relations, compliance, attendance, and performance management processes with consistent policy application and proactive issue resolution
- Collaborate with HRBPs and COEs (Talent Acquisition, Talent Management, Total Rewards) to translate global workforce strategies into locally effective programs
- Lead and support change initiatives for the client group, including reorganizations, workforce transitions, and business transformations
Key requirements- Undergraduate degree with 8+ years of progressive HR experience, including HR business partnering, organizational effectiveness, and leadership advisory experience; MBA or advanced degree preferred
- Broad HR generalist expertise (ER, compliance, talent, engagement) with ability to translate global standards into locally compliant practices
- Track record in leading local HR projects/change with moderate-to-high complexity and delivering measurable improvements to the associate experience
- Uses people data and associate insights to spot trends and recommend actions with HRBPs/COEs and business leaders
- Continuous improvement and process orientation with familiarity with lean principles and problem solving in HR
- coaching and influencing People Leaders on sensitive matters
- data-driven decision making
- strong communication and collaboration
- change facilitation and stakeholder management
- self-service/case management tools
- digital, analytics, or AI-enabled tools to enhance HR decision making
