Senior Teammate Relations Partner

OverviewThe Senior Teammate Relations Partner serves as a trusted advisor to leaders, driving a proactive teammate relations strategy that fosters an inclusive, high-performing culture across a multi-site organization. This role partners closely with business leaders to identify organizational trends, mitigate risk, strengthen leadership capability, and address performance and engagement challenges before they escalate.Using data-driven insights, consultation, and thoughtful coaching, the Senior Teammate Relations Partner helps leaders navigate complex teammate situations, improve organizational effectiveness, and build high-performing teams. This role combines deep employee relations expertise with business acumen, analytics, and strategic influence to create positive teammate experiences while ensuring consistent and compliant people practices.What You'll DoStrategic Consulting & Leadership PartnershipServe as a trusted consultant to business leaders on teammate relations, organizational health, performance management, and workplace culture.Partner with leaders to proactively identify organizational "hot spots" through analysis of teammate relations trends, engagement data, performance indicators, turnover, and other workforce metrics.Develop actionable recommendations and intervention plans that improve team effectiveness, strengthen leadership capability, and reduce organizational risk.Coach leaders through complex teammate situations, balancing business objectives with a positive teammate experience and legal compliance.Influence leadership decisions through data, insights, and best practice recommendations.Teammate RelationsLead the resolution of complex teammate relations concerns, conducting timely, fair, and thorough investigations while ensuring appropriate documentation and follow-up.Serve as the escalation point for sensitive teammate matters requiring advanced judgment, discretion, and partnership with HR leadership and Legal.Ensure consistent application of company policies, employment practices, and employment laws.Identify patterns across teammate relations cases and recommend systemic solutions to improve organizational effectiveness.Performance & Leadership EffectivenessPartner with leaders to strengthen performance management practices through coaching, documentation support, difficult conversation preparation, and development planning.Advise leaders on performance improvement strategies that promote accountability, timely intervention, and positive teammate outcomes.Build manager capability through education, coaching, and consultation on effective people leadership practices.Support organizational change initiatives by providing guidance on teammate impacts and leader readiness.Data, Analytics & Continuous ImprovementDevelop and maintain teammate relations dashboards, executive reporting, and business narratives that translate data into actionable insights.Analyze trends across investigations, performance actio...