Vice President, Talent and Culture
Build-A-Bear
- Saint Louis, MO
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Drives organizational performance through leadership by linking strategy to structure, implementing transformational change methodologies, and adeptly addressing intricate organizational issues.
- Collaborates with peers across the organization to develop and integrate workforce planning and analysis, talent acquisition, learning and development, performance management, employee engagement and retention, succession planning, and compensation strategies.
- Influences organizational decision-making with the use of relevant, value-added metrics and data. Skilled at Leadership and Talent Management.
- Designs and implements integrated talent management solutions, including executive coaching, individual development planning, talent review, succession planning, and leadership development.
- Leads and develops results-driven performance management tools and processes that integrate with Build-A-Bear values and core competencies.
- Develops and implements a comprehensive diversity and inclusion strategy and builds diversity and inclusion as a capability throughout leadership and the organization.
- Advances existing talent development processes and tools to ensure/ track the quality of the assessments and dialogues across all levels of the organization.
- Fosters a culture of accountability; diversity, equity, and inclusion; trust; recognition; and results among staff at all levels.
- Responsible for all elements of strategies aimed at maintaining a healthy workplace culture, including employee communications, engagement, and relations across the enterprise.
- Proactively drives effective employee communications while maintaining a solid pulse on staff morale, sentiments, and concerns.
- Effectively addresses workplace culture components that impede organizational and individual effectiveness in a manner consistent with Council's values. Other Human Capital Management Responsibilities.
- Provides dynamic leadership to the human resource team through timely feedback, fostering an environment of continuous learning consistent with the needs of the organization, team, and individual staff members.
- Bachelor's degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, or a related field.
- A minimum of 10 years of leadership experience in Human Resource Management, preferably with an organization of national scope.
- Professional certifications such as SPHR, SHRM-SCP or similar credentials.
- MBA or Master's Degree in Organizational Development, HR or related field.
- Initiative, coupled with a sense of competitive drive, and the ability to stay focused on results despite changing conditions, is the key to achieving the performance objectives of this job.
- Decision-making is focused on implementing practical, timely solutions.
- The emphasis on building rapport and relationships with individuals and groups requires an outgoing, poised and persuasive communication style.
- Effective delegation.
- Typical office environment with climate control and sufficient lighting, ergonomic desk/chairs
- Corporate Office located St. Louis, MO