Job Description

Job Title HR Business Partner | Chennai
Summary This role focuses on driving employee engagement, culture, and performance initiatives while ensuring a positive employee experience. It involves managing change, resolving employee relations issues, and partnering with business leaders to implement people strategies. The ideal candidate brings strong stakeholder management, HR systems expertise, and a proactive, compliance-driven approach to fostering a healthy workplace culture.

About the Role:
Translate Engagement and Culture Strategy into Action
Collaborate proactively with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to drive engagement plans and activities within the business, ensuring timely execution.
Serve as the go-to person for implementing the 'change management' agenda for employees.
Conduct regular check-ins with employees to gauge satisfaction levels and identify areas of concern.
Partner with managers and People Partners to develop action plans addressing any areas of dissatisfaction identified through employee check-ins.
Ensure the completion of "on-ground" processes in respective patches, such as goal setting and talent cards.
Productivity & Performance
Analyze trends in exit interview data to enhance the overall employee experience and identify potential areas for organizational improvement.
Coach and educate employees on HR policies, platforms, and tech support.
Conduct performance investigations, discussions, and write performance improvement plans for non-managerial staff.
Assess the impact of people practices and policies on the employee experience.
Foster Cordial Relationships Between Managers & Employees
Lead or coordinate workplace investigations in accordance with our global investigation policy and guidelines, upholding these standards in CW India.
Address employee issues, grievances, and disputes in line with our People Values.
Drive expedient resolutions, escalate as required, and ensure appropriate and quality communication and documentation.
About You:
MBA from a reputable B school.
Experience of 10+ years in an MNC managing multiple stakeholders, working through influence in a CoE-based HR Operating Model.
Hands-on experience with HR tools such as Workday and Service Hub is essential.
Relevant experience in Employee Relations and employee engagement.
Attention to detail, a proven sense of urgency, independent decision-making, high standard of compliance, and a passion for doing the right thing for the company and our people.
Excellent interpersonal skills; ability to influence and build professional relationships.
High on digital literacy.
Why join Cushman & Wakefield?
As one of the leading global real estate services firms transforming the way people work, shop and live working at Cushman & Wakefield means you will benefit from;

• Being part of a growing global company;
• Career development and a promote from within culture;
• An organisation committed to Diversity and Inclusion

We're committed to providing work-life balance for our people in an inclusive, rewarding environment.
We achieve this by providing a flexible and agile work environment by focusing on technology and autonomy to help our people achieve their career ambitions. We focus on career progression and foster a promotion from within culture, leveraging global opportunities to ensure we retain our top talent. We encourage continuous learning and development opportunities to develop personal, professional and technical capabilities, and we reward with a comprehensive employee benefits program.
We have a vision of the future, where people simply belong.
That's why we support and celebrate inclusive causes, not just on days of recognition throughout the year, but every day. We embrace diversity across race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or persons with disabilities or protected veteran status.
We ensure DEI is part of our DNA as a global community - it means we go way beyond than just talking about it - we live it. If you want to live it too, join us.
INCO: "Cushman & Wakefield"

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