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Director – Field HR
Company | Taco Bell |
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Location | Irvine, CA, USA |
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Salary | $160400 – $207680 |
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Type | Full-Time |
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Degrees | Bachelor’s, Master’s |
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Experience Level | Senior, Expert or higher |
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Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required
- 10+ years of progressive experience in all aspects of Human Resources, including exposure to a multi-state, multi-unit environment
- Experience working in both non-union and union environments preferred
- A deep understanding of all aspects of HR, from leadership development to training, to compensation and benefits
- Proven ability to influence and lead engagement and best practice implementation across functions
- Organization design and development experience, including strong change management, for a high growth, decentralized and evolving global business
- Strong executive presence and proven experience directly supporting senior executives, influencing executives to make better people decisions that achieve business results
- Talent magnet, with a history of acquiring and developing top talent, both within own P&C organization and within assigned business groups
- Demonstrated leadership in providing strategic guidance throughout an organization and a track record of delivering quantifiable results
- Exceptional project and process management skills with a demonstrated track record of delivering high-quality results in a fast-paced, complex, dynamic business environment
Responsibilities
- Develop, drive and lead the TB US Operations People Strategy to position the brand from a people perspective to deliver on organization business growth
- Lead innovation and future thinking, driving People and Culture initiatives with P&C teams across the US including driving change across the franchise system
- Act as the confidant and advisor to the Directors of Operations across the US counselling and advising on all aspects of the business to ensure a high potential and high-performance culture
- Partner with the SVP, Operations and the Director, Global L&D and Field P&C to develop an org design plan for today and the future, strategically placing work and roles where they need to be for the current stage of growth as well as for the future
- Develop the overall Field Operations P&C function, ensuring appropriate representation of assigned functions while creating new HR processes, systems and approaches that progress the company as a whole
- Act as the people brand steward, ensuring that brand strategies and standards are established, well communicated, and executed by the field team
- Own the in-restaurant employee experience partnering with our Operations partners across the equity-owned Regions and building the brand to be recognized as the employer of choice
- Lead complex cross-functional project teams to ensure US Taco Bell Operations’ success through people, driving executional excellence in all aspects of HR
- Lead a people and culture calendar that grows Taco Bell’s relevance and fame as an employer across the US
- Lead, coach, develop and retain a diverse, high performing and high potential team with an emphasis on strategic analysis, critical thinking, problem solving and business acumen to drive results
- Identify, develop and guide an ongoing pipeline of talent; build successors, retain key talent, and recruit key hires in order to ensure that the organization has the talent it needs to achieve its short- and long-term goals
- Instill a highly collaborative working partnership between P&C, Operations, Training, Legal, etc., to achieve business goals
- As a member of both the Operations leadership team and the Field P&C leadership team, play a leading role in business strategy discussions beyond the function of P&C
Preferred Qualifications
- Advanced degree in human resources, business, or related field preferred
- A second language beyond English is a plus