Director HR Stores

Key Responsibilities

• Partners with leaders in the planning process to ensure strategic plans drive business results, optimize customer service and align with company values. Contributes to the development of people strategies that support business strategies and objectives and help to drive business and organizational performance. Support and influence key operational and strategic decisions.
• Understands the general business conditions that affect their industries, functions and geographical regions while staying current on the research and trends within HR to present an informed point of view.
• Provides strategic and consultative human capital support for Directors at the Region , establishing consistent change, coaching, and development and accountability activities to achieve business goals and drive outcomes.
• Provides leadership development coaching for RVPs, regional/market leaders and Area Business Partners by preparing leaders for talent review discussions and facilitating quarterly talent check-in meetings to ensure business follow through on talent commitments and strategies.
• Identifies and capitalizes on organizational capabilities by aligning strategy, culture, practices and behaviors in order to drive performance, values and creates a meaningful work environment.
• Develops and ensures that organization design is aligned with strategy and vision by assisting management in setting human capital standards regarding performance management, career paths and succession planning.
• Consults with business leaders to initiate change that is needed, understands the impact of the change and implications, and implements the processes and systems to sustain the change.
• Establishes the key priorities and communicates those priorities throughout the region to ensure the alignment of the region to overall company people and business strategy.
• Uses organizational diagnostics (e.g., surveys, workforce analysis, HR compliance reporting, etc.) to proactively identify and react to key talent/employee engagement challenges and opportunities in the business. Partners with leaders and HR Centers of Expertise (COEs) to craft, select, implement, and/or support solutions (e.g., team or individual assessments, manager assimilations, team building events, coaching, customized training, or other appropriate actions)
• Participates in the interview and selection process for People Leaders to ensure consistent quality of leadership
• Recruits, hires, trains, and develops a team of Area Business Partners in locations who support and provide consultation at the area to deliver business results through people strategies. Addresses deviations of performance through coaching, constructive and honest regular feedback, and the annual performance evaluation process
• Provides input to Site Leaders on sourcing, recruiting and staffing plans (e.g., spring, seasonal conversions) and partners with Talent Acquisition team leadership to determine and support hiring plans
• Coach leaders on change management strategies and resistance management techniques in accordance with the Lowe's change management methodology
• In partnership with other business leaders, create strategies to identify and overcome barriers (e.g., by facilitating meetings/conversations to identify root-cause issues of change blockers and coaching managers on appropriate tactics to mitigate or overcome issues)
• Assists in connecting people through various mediums in order to build relationships within their business and across the organization as well as leveraging external networks to enhance their connections.
• Develops and implements plans to ensure exceptional results from change initiatives
• Identifies where inconsistent communications or messaging may appear and aligns communication plan with company strategy to ensure expected results
• Partners with Field Leadership on strategic community outreach and engagement such as supporting local job fairs, participating in community service, and maintaining local hiring partnerships
• Supports all aspects of HR during new site openings, closings or relocations. In partnership with other senior HR leaders, provides human capital consultation regarding team, department, or more significant business/operational restructuring
• Partners with business leadership in the development of engagement action plans based on their Employee Opinion Survey results in alignment with their future business trends.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree HR, Business, or relevant field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
• 10 Years HR experience with increasing s of responsibility

Associate Benefits ( https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/joining-our-team )

• Working at one of the largest retail companies has its perks. We offer exceptional benefits and wellness programs for eligible full-time and part-time associates, tailored for many different lifestyles. Our benefits range from health, vision and dental insurance to paid vacation, tuition assistance and parental and family-building benefits. Plus, we offer learning and development opportunities to help our associates grow their skills and achieve their goals.
• Health, Dental and Vision insurance
• Life and Disability insurance
• Paid time off based on role, tenure, and locality, including vacation, holidays, sick and volunteer time
• Flexible spending and health savings accounts
• 401(k) Retirement account with company match
• Employee Assistance Program with concierge, work/life services and no-cost counseling for all kinds of needs
• Education support programs, including tuition assistance and trade skills scholarships
• Business Travel Accident insurance
• Maternity and Parental leave
• Adoption assistance
• Lowe's Associate Discount and broad discount platform
• Other discretionary benefits (based on eligibility) include annual bonuses, enrollment in Lowe's Employee Stock Purchase Plan and/or deferred compensation plan, and grant awards

About Lowe's
Lowe's Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe's employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe's supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com .
Lowe's is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
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