HR Business Partner

Burlington Coat Factory Warehouse Corporation is a 3 billion dollar national department store retail chain featuring  outerwear, apparel, shoes, accessories for the entire family, baby clothes, furniture, toys, home decor items, and gifts. Over 380 stores can be found in 43 states nationwide. Burlington Coat Factory and its subsidiaries employ more than 28,000 full and part-time employees nationwide. Burlington Coat Factory is an Equal Opportunity Employer.  Description:In this position you will partner with the assigned strategic business organization’s management team to assist in optimizing people, strategy, structure, process and culture and to facilitate the liaison /delivery of HR services as appropriate.The business partner is responsible for all aspects of HR functional areas including HR operations; employment/staffing and recruitment; compensation; benefits; training and development; employee relations and company sponsored programs. Develop a thorough understanding of the business organization and needs and future direction in order to communicate HR implications to the business organization’s management team. Identify HR needs in the client’s organization, prioritize and effectively communicate needs to leadership and the HR team for collaboration and solution. Provide consultancy, advice and coaching to business leaders as appropriate. Interface with all levels of the organization and constantly coordinate with HR Department. Facilitate change and seize opportunities to introduce, support and implement improvement to current practices and procedures. Proactively identify talent management needs including acquisition, promotion and development. Work with recruiters to develop recruiting strategies for open positions and participate in recruitment process. Coordinate and deliver training to management on HR related activities (e.g. salary planning, harassment, policies, new employee orientation, employee motivation, ethic reporting, outplacement) Work closely with compensation to evaluate positions. Communicate and ensure compliance with corporate and HR related policies. Leads HR development programs as necessary. Act as first line resource to staff on employee relations issues and partner to implement solutions. Serve as advocate to employees. Through problem solving and investigation, resolves issues raised by employees and/or managers, in a timely manner, and document the outcome. Provide guidance and direction to management team and employees on human resource related topics.Competencies: Effective team player able to work across the organization to get thing done. Continually thinks of ways to improve department efficiency and effectiveness. Builds confidence and respect of others through a positive and energizing style. Work to build technical expertise through attending external courses and seminars. Maintains high level of confidentiality. Highest integrity. Strong interpersonal, persuasive and conflict resolution skills. Excellent communication and listening skills. Ability to identify alternative solutions recognizes the impact of those alternatives and determines solutions, which result in the best outcome.Qualifications: Bachelors Degree or equivalent PHR/SPHR preferred Minimum 8+ years HR generalist experience Broad knowledge of HR functional areas Ability to build business case using logical thinking and financials to support proposed HR initiativeBenefits and Compensation: ·  Competitive Salary ·  401K/Profit Sharing Plan ·  529 College Savings Plan · Medical, Dental, Life Insurance · Store Wide Discounts · Fitness Center· Cafeteria on Site· Vacation, Sick, Holiday, Personal Paid-Time Off Company: BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY Location: Burlington, NJ 08016 Status: Full Time, Employee Job Category: Human Resources Relevant Work Experience: 7+ to 10 Years Career Level: Experienced (Non-Manager) Company: BURLINGTON COAT FACTORY Address: 1830 Route 130 NBurlington,NJ 08016 Email: Apply by Email