Senior HR Business Partner

Senior Hr Business Partner

The Senior HR Business Partner will play a critical role in aligning HR strategies with the needs of our corporate functions. Reporting to the Corporate HR Director, this role will act as a trusted advisor to leaders, providing strategic guidance on talent, engagement, performance, and organizational effectiveness. This role will partner closely with leadership to anticipate workforce needs, develop high-impact people solutions, and ensure a strong, inclusive culture that drives business results. In this role, you will balance strategic vision with hands-on execution, enabling teams to achieve their goals while fostering employee growth and retention.

What You'll Do

• Partner with designated departments to develop and execute people strategies that align with business objectives.
• Serve as primary HR contact for assigned departments, advising on organizational design, workforce planning, and talent management.
• Guide leaders through employee relations matters, ensuring compliance, fairness, and consistency.
• Analyze HR metrics to identify trends, propose solutions, and measure progress.
• Support leadership in building high-performing teams through coaching, performance management, and development planning.
• Collaborate with Talent Acquisition to attract and select top talent.
• Lead engagement survey initiatives, translating survey results into actionable plans.
• Facilitate and support the succession management review process, ensuring leaders have clear plans in place to develop and retain critical talent.
• Drive change management efforts related to technology implementations, process changes, and organizational restructuring.
• Partner with HR Centers of Excellence to deliver programs such as compensation, benefits, and learning & development initiatives.

Required Skills

• 7+ years of HR business partner experience.
• Experience supporting IT organizations or technology teams.
• Proven experience partnering with senior leaders to drive talent, engagement, and organizational effectiveness.
• Strong business acumen with the ability to link HR strategies to business outcomes.
• Expertise in employee relations, change management, and organizational development.
• Data-driven decision-making skills, with ability to interpret and present insights from HR metrics.
• Exceptional communication and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to work at Corporate Headquarters in Oak Brook, IL.

Preferred Skills

• Experience in a corporate, multi-site environment.

Compensation Details:

$86,700 - $108,500 per year

Why Should You Join Our Team?

We live our values - W.E.L.I.G.H.T (Winning, Excellence, Love, Integrity, Gratitude, Humility, and Teamwork). Gratitude. Humility. Love. You don't often see values like these in most corporate statements, but Ace is different. These things are important to us. They represent our commitment to the company, our employees, to Ace retailers and to the Ace brand.

In addition to providing our employees a great culture, Ace also offers competitive benefits* that address life's necessities and perks, many of which expand and improve year after year, including:

• Incentive opportunities, based on role/grade level (rapid company growth over the past 5 years resulted in incentives being paid out at an average of 122% of your target opportunity!)
• Generous 401(k) retirement savings plan with a fully vested matching contribution the first year in addition to quarterly contributions and annual discretionary contribution (once eligibility requirements have been met). Over the past 5 years, company contributions (matching, quarterly & discretionary) for fully eligible employees have averaged 10.4% of total eligible compensation.
• Comprehensive health coverage (medical, dental, vision and disability – up to 26 weeks short-term disability and long-term disability) & life insurance benefits for you and your dependents
• 21 days of vacation immediately available (prorated in the first year) and up to 6 paid holidays depending on the month of hire
• Your career at Ace is more than just a job. It's a chance to be part of something meaningful. We help locally-owned businesses thrive and make an impact in their communities – and we support our employees in doing the same by offering an annual Ace Cares Week, 20 hours off work per year to volunteer at an organization of your choice, opportunities to help Children's Miracle Network Hospitals and the Ace Helpful Fund through the Ace Foundation
• Ace invests in every employee we hire, with a key focus on development and coaching. We offer on-site classes, facilitator-led courses, and a generous tuition assistance program, plus a performance management approach that goes beyond the typical annual review
• We know the work environment matters. That's why Ace holds frequent campus events like Employee Appreciation Week, vendor demos, cookouts, and merchandise sales
• We bring them to you! Services such as mobile spas, auto maintenance, car wash and detailing, dry cleaning, dentists, eye doctors, flu shots, recycling and more!
• Employee discounts on Ace merchandise (including top brands like Weber, Traeger, Yeti, Craftsman, DeWalt and more), travel, fitness, computers and thousands more
• Birth/Adoption bonding paid time off
• Adoption cost reimbursement
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – access to free visits to therapists and lawyers, guidance on financial matters, elder and childcare, and assistance with tickets to entertainment events
• Identity theft protection

* Benefits are provided in compliance with applicable plans and policies.