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People Partner

MAERSK INC.
parental leave, paid time off, 401(k)
United States, North Carolina, Charlotte
Mar 22, 2025
We have a vision larger than the ocean: to be a true integrator of container logistics connecting and simplifying our customers' supply chain.We count on our people to make it happen.

We've taken a big step on this journey by building one global People organization carrying out a vital mission: support our employees, so they can best support our customers.

Our People function works across brands, geographies, and cultures to support one global Maersk. The People Partner role is part of the People Partnering Organization (PPO) and as a People Partner, you will gain a comprehensive understanding of the business in your designated function. You will work in a dynamic and fast paced environment, drawing on your broad HR toolbox to coach and support leaders through a time of great business transformation.

Your daily job will be to engage with different stakeholders (leaders in your designated function) and use your wide breadth of HR knowledge to support leaders on a range of people matters and policies all within our HR calendar of people activities and an employee's life cycle.

We are looking for a People Partner with existing proven and successful HR knowledge supporting HR Calendar Activities to be based in Charlotte, NC, Miami, FL or Houston, TX to support leaders in North America.

Key responsibilities (including but not limited to):

  • Act as leaders' point of contact for key HR activities and provide tactical and operational guidance, direction, coaching and advice to leaders on all HR activities
  • Drive the local delivery of the annual HR cycle, including performance management, talent management and succession planning, compensation, training and development, engagement, etc.
  • Partner and build strong relationships with supported leaders and their teams, providing sparing and advice on people matters
  • Support leaders through the annual people performance management cycle, coach leaders on promoting a high-performance culture and addressing performance improvement needs within their teams through action plans
  • Partner with leaders to understand individual and team development needs and provide guidance on how to address these through a range of tools, platforms, and development offerings
  • Advise leaders on team organizational design to ensure fit with business needs, including role design, job leveling and organizational shape
  • Provide advice and guidance to leaders on all exit scenarios, ensure compliance with local labor laws, manage process and support communication to employees, and monitor exit interview trends to address opportunities for improvement
  • Work effectively with the entire regional People Partnering Organization on day-to-day delivery of people processes as well as to resolve complex cases
  • Capability building and process communication towards leaders related to budgets, timeline, and compensation guidelines
  • Partner with the People Business Partners on the implementation of the People Strategy
  • Support deployment of HR projects/initiatives

What we are looking for:

We hope the position sounds as exciting to you as we see it.

This is a unique opportunity in a time of great transformation, so you should ideally enjoy working at a fast pace, dealing with change and a touch of uncertainty. As someone in our team said: you should feel comfortable changing the wheel while the car is in motion.

You should genuinely be a people's person and we truly mean this. Your daily job will be supporting leaders as your primary stakeholders and we need you to be passionate about helping and working with others, both at a more strategic and a more practical level.

As for the skillset and experience, we are looking for:

  • Solid experience (5-8 years) as an HR generalist and deep understanding of HR fundamentals, including recruitment, people performance management, employee engagement, compensation, development, employee relations
  • Demonstrated passion for business through partnering with and supporting leaders to deliver on business results
  • Advanced knowledge of local labor law; experience from working in unionized environments would be beneficial
  • Experience in developing, safeguarding, and interpreting HR policies and processes
  • Acting as a trust advisor on a wide range of HR related matters
  • Experiencefrom large international organizations and the ability to build relationships and navigate a complex stakeholder matrix
  • Good change management, facilitation, and coaching skills
  • Ability to take ownership and act autonomously, while also adopting a collaborative working style, fostering cooperation and teamwork to find solutions
  • Strong ability to influence and impact, and excellent stakeholder management skills
  • Flexibility and adaptability to deliver results in a fast-paced environment
  • Resilience: the change process, is anything but straightforward; accepting uncertainty and demonstrating the ability to overcome challenges and deliver outcomes.
  • Be self-driven, energetic, and have a 'can-do' mindset
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
  • Able to travel 5-10%

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary:

$80,000 to $110,000*

Benefits:

Full time employees are eligible for Health Insurance, Paid Time Off, and 401k Match.

*The above stated pay range is the anticipated starting salary range for this position. The Company may adjust this range in light of prevailing market conditions and other factors such as location. The Company will work directly with the selected candidate(s) on the final starting salary in accordance with all applicable laws.

Notice to applicants applying to positions in the United States

You must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. Relocation & Immigration support is not available for this position.

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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